I have Xp pro. My RAM is taking up much more time to load. I have also noticed significant change in speed from last 4 weeks. Is there a virus which is resident in RAM or is there any solution to make my PC work much fast manually other than varios tweak up programs?
PLz help.:)
2007-01-18 22:50:33 · 9 answers · asked by Chinmay B 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
May be there is some problem with the ram. try upgrading it to 1gb so that u can run vista also smoothly
2007-01-18 23:09:33 · answer #1 · answered by Jamshy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was working well before and if it is not now, then it's most probably the virus. You must check it with antivirus softwares like MCAfee etc.,
Otherwise, check the latest softwares you might have installed lately. Some of the multimedia softwares do poll the internet and do some work in the background that can cause the slowness.
And then check what is the top process that is consuming a lot of CPU and Memory from the taks manager.
2007-01-18 22:59:43 · answer #2 · answered by jaggie_c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agreewith above answer (unload unused programs that only take up space on your computer). The things that also would help are doing routine maintenance...defragmenting, disk cleanup, dumping history and cookies, and skan disk for errors and fix. These all contribute to a slowing down of your machine. Also, if you download something and find your computer slower than normal, dump what you downloaded and run your virus and spyware programs to clean up what was slipped in with the download.
2007-01-18 23:04:24 · answer #3 · answered by Dragonsiren 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean by "my RAM is taking up much more time to load"? RAM doesn't "load"...
My suggestion would be to do a clean install of Windows and all your programs (take backups first), and possibly get some more RAM, or even a faster processor...
2007-01-18 22:55:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
You must have good program Anti-Virus. because viruses let the computer works bad. Try ( Avg anti-virus). Also, you must have good program spyware. You can try ( spyware doctor ) it is good program. Also, as I think that Xp Pro let the computer heavier, so I think you can try Xp Home edition if you don't care about the differences between them.
Bye.
2007-01-18 22:57:19 · answer #5 · answered by HaMTaRo244 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few things to do would be to uninstall any unused programs and such also make sure you don't have too many programs starting when you boot your computer
This site has loads of info regarding programs that start up
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm
2007-01-18 22:56:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try running cleanup then defrag your hard drive.
Eliminate extra startup programs. Too much running in memor will slow the machine down. Increase the virtual memory too.
2007-01-18 22:59:04 · answer #7 · answered by David W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be a virus get a anti virus like Norton avg etc.
otherwise improve u r ram or upgrade ur computer
2007-01-18 23:30:59 · answer #8 · answered by Pushpendra Singh Sisodia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to start-> Run--> type "msconfig" and press enter---> go to "startup"--> then choose which software u want for boot...uncheeck the softwares u don't want...restart...
cheers
2007-01-18 23:35:21 · answer #9 · answered by SeXyBoY_16 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋