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My machine has started to run very slow, is there any clean up measures I
could use? I have run the disk defrag.
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could use? I have run the disk defrag.
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A few things on why your pc is running slow:
1. It's possible that your computer may have so many background programs
running that there is not enough main memory to run your main programs. All
icons in your computer's system tray are background programs using memory.
To see and remove all running background programs:
a. Press the Ctrl + Alt + Del go to Task Manager
b. Click any program or task except Explorer or Systray,
c. and then click End Task (before doing this make sure you're not ending a
task that is know to Windows). Check your task list here:
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
2. Your hard drive could be too full of data to function efficiently. There
should be at least 2MB-3MBs (200,000 -300,000 bytes) of free space to allow
for disk file chores. Note that this mostly applies to the C: drive or
whatever drive your Window's cache is on.
If your C: drive is too full, delete unused programs on the C: drive to make
space.
3. Your computer could have a fragmented hard drive. This results from
programs being loaded and deleted. Run the Window's hard drive defragmenter
(Defrag) once a month.
4. If you have 64 MB of memory or less, or you like to play games, you may
not have enough system memory to run your software efficiently. You should
probably upgrade to 128MB or more of system memory.
5. You could have old or conflicting Windows device drivers. An example
would be you might actually have two entirely different video drivers on your
system and Windows could actually be alternately using both of them.
To prevent this problem, First boot the computer in Safe Mode by pressing
and holding the F8 key during startup, after the DOS memory check has
completed.
While in Safe Mode select Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Devices. Click
on all the devices and see if the various drivers have any yellow or red
exclamation marks (which indicates a driver conflict) and also determine if
there are any duplicate drivers that can be eliminated.
You may have to delete and reload a driver to correct these problems.
Duplicate drivers can and should be deleted.
6. As each new Windows program is installed and uninstalled, it leaves
behind parts of itself that can slow down or crash your computer. These are
mostly .dlls and other shared files.
It's also very possible when uninstalling a program that needed Windows
system files can be deleted. When your computer asks if you want to uninstall
shared files it's usually safest to say no -- even if your uninstall program
claims the files are not being used.
Old Windows drivers can be found by booting into Safe Mode, then opening
Control Panel/System/Devices and ridding your system of old drivers.
Another option is to use Noton Utlities' WinDoctor program to find and fix
problems. Usually Norton Utilities can be downloaded for a free 30 trial at
www.symantec.com.
Let me know if these hints worked for you.
GLuck!
1. It's possible that your computer may have so many background programs
running that there is not enough main memory to run your main programs. All
icons in your computer's system tray are background programs using memory.
To see and remove all running background programs:
a. Press the Ctrl + Alt + Del go to Task Manager
b. Click any program or task except Explorer or Systray,
c. and then click End Task (before doing this make sure you're not ending a
task that is know to Windows). Check your task list here:
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
2. Your hard drive could be too full of data to function efficiently. There
should be at least 2MB-3MBs (200,000 -300,000 bytes) of free space to allow
for disk file chores. Note that this mostly applies to the C: drive or
whatever drive your Window's cache is on.
If your C: drive is too full, delete unused programs on the C: drive to make
space.
3. Your computer could have a fragmented hard drive. This results from
programs being loaded and deleted. Run the Window's hard drive defragmenter
(Defrag) once a month.
4. If you have 64 MB of memory or less, or you like to play games, you may
not have enough system memory to run your software efficiently. You should
probably upgrade to 128MB or more of system memory.
5. You could have old or conflicting Windows device drivers. An example
would be you might actually have two entirely different video drivers on your
system and Windows could actually be alternately using both of them.
To prevent this problem, First boot the computer in Safe Mode by pressing
and holding the F8 key during startup, after the DOS memory check has
completed.
While in Safe Mode select Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Devices. Click
on all the devices and see if the various drivers have any yellow or red
exclamation marks (which indicates a driver conflict) and also determine if
there are any duplicate drivers that can be eliminated.
You may have to delete and reload a driver to correct these problems.
Duplicate drivers can and should be deleted.
6. As each new Windows program is installed and uninstalled, it leaves
behind parts of itself that can slow down or crash your computer. These are
mostly .dlls and other shared files.
It's also very possible when uninstalling a program that needed Windows
system files can be deleted. When your computer asks if you want to uninstall
shared files it's usually safest to say no -- even if your uninstall program
claims the files are not being used.
Old Windows drivers can be found by booting into Safe Mode, then opening
Control Panel/System/Devices and ridding your system of old drivers.
Another option is to use Noton Utlities' WinDoctor program to find and fix
problems. Usually Norton Utilities can be downloaded for a free 30 trial at
www.symantec.com.
Let me know if these hints worked for you.
GLuck!
K
Kevin
Empty the Temporary Internet Files (TIF) folder. Run malware scanning
applications.
applications.
G
Gerry Cornell
How much RAM? Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring Task Manager and select the
Performance
Tab. What is the Commit Charge? What was the Peak?
How large is your hard drive and how much free space does it have? If
your hard drive is partitioned
then details for each partition would be helpful.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Performance
Tab. What is the Commit Charge? What was the Peak?
How large is your hard drive and how much free space does it have? If
your hard drive is partitioned
then details for each partition would be helpful.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Plato
=?Utf-8?B?RGVsYmVydA==?= said:1. It's possible that your computer may have so many background programs
running that there is not enough main memory to run your main programs. All
icons in your computer's system tray are background programs using memory.
Right. If they are hogging the ram, then the pc is forced to use
swap/page on the HDD as virtural ram. Which is, of course, way slower
then using real ram.
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