slow performance

[debi blacklidge]

My computer is running unbelievably slow. It constantly
has a bubble in the taskbar saying 'memory is low' and
the disk scan/clean freature comes up. This morning I
went in to programs and found Windows Hotfix using 6.9MB
12 times. There is another list of Hotfix's as long that
don't show MB and have a red lightening (?) symbol by
them. Does this have anything to do with why my computer
is running so slow. What do I do to improve the
performance. I've defraged, compressed, deleted files and
nothing seems to resolve it. My 'memory blaster' program
is doing zip.
Thank You,
debi

 

[Rich Barry]

Debi, how much Ram does your system have. It should be at least 256MB and
512MB preferably. Check for a virus
Go to www.google.com and type virus checker. You can do it online.
Also, check for spy and ad ware. There's
a couple of programs that are free and will do that for you.
http://security.kolla.de/news.php?lang=en
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ Rt click on MyComputer\
Select Properties\ Advanced\
Performance-Settings\ Advanced \Virtual Memory-Change. Select Custom
Size\ Initial Size type: 600 Max Size
type: 600 Click on Set and Ok.

 

[Alex Nichol]

My computer is running unbelievably slow. It constantly
has a bubble in the taskbar saying 'memory is low' and
the disk scan/clean freature comes up.

THat leaves me feeling that you are confusing 'Memory' and 'Hard disk
space'. EIther might give a message about being low, but it is the disk
space that would lead into disk cleanup