Ok this is one for all you computer geniuses out there (sadly i'm not one of them!)....
Ok my problem is this. Something is amis with my pc...it started running really slowly for no reason. I have totally formatted it and re-installed a genuine copy of Windows XP home. The syptoms are it takes ages to open anything and when I'm playing my favourite game (splinter cell-double agent for anyone who's interested), the more I save and reload the game while playing the slower and slower the computer gets to the point where you can't use it and have to reboot. I thought that maybe the computer was writing to my ram and not my hard drive so it was gradually getting fuller and fuller the more I save but that's just my very uneducated guess.
It's a fairly recent pc (compaq pc world bought desktop) and it runs a 1.9 ghz motherboard with a gig of ddr ram and an nvidia 256 g force graphics card. I don't have anything on it to slow it down and it's not connected to the internet. HELP!!!
2007-05-04 07:25:50 · 12 answers · asked by johnny 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Sounds like its a problem with the game not releasing the memory that it had. You may want to check out the vendors website and check for a patch for that issue.
2007-05-04 07:31:53 · answer #1 · answered by 7S282 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did the symptoms start immediately after re-installing XP or after installing a particular program?
Could be the hard drive is knackered and getting worse as it gets warmer. If it's still under warranty get PC World to look at it. Unlikely to be writing only to RAM and not HD.
Quick thought. How full is the hard drive? Running out of space on the HD is pretty serious under later Windows versions. May need a larger drive or 2nd drive to move the virtual memory file onto.
2007-05-04 08:49:12 · answer #2 · answered by Steven 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am assuming that you have scanned for spyware. Often having spyware on the PC will slow it - especially when not connected to the Internet. If the spyware can not find the Internet, it keeps trying and trying until it bogs down the PC.
2007-05-04 07:36:24 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much info to go, but best guess.
Is Dr Watson running by any chance? Right-click on your taskbar & open Task manager. Select 'processes' in the tab. You're looking for a process called: drwtsn32.exe If it's running...stop-it!
2007-05-04 07:34:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good registry cleaner I use is CCleaner. It's a reliable tool to get rid of worms, trojams, malwares and viruses that affect your pc performances. Free download here http://bit.ly/UrAq8d
2014-08-31 18:08:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your computer needs clean up of temp files.
Run
DiskSweeper Free 2 from
http://www.craveworldwide.com/disksweep.zip
FreeRam XP Pro from ( to check your ram memory usage and clear them)
http://www.yourwaresolutions.com
2007-05-04 08:35:03 · answer #6 · answered by essbebe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a possibility that it is a heat related issue.
If the processor is overheating, it will often times throttle its frequency down to protect itself.
In other words it will throttle from 1.9ghz down to more like 700mhz to cool down.
Take off the side panel and spray the heatsink and fans off with compressed air and then try it again.
If that doesn't solve it, repost.
2007-05-04 07:32:08 · answer #7 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could try and test your RAM, to see if it is functioning correctly. Download the program memtest86 and load it per their directions and run the memory for at least 1.5 hours. See if it comes up clean. Here is the website: http://www.memtest86.com/ Good Luck
2007-05-04 08:19:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about Ram memory or Hard drive storage memory????
2016-05-20 05:49:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK click control panel,click system,click advanced,go down to performance click settings, click advanced.Click change,click on custom size(should be green dot in circle)Where it says Initial size type in 1500 go to maxium size and type in 2000.then click on set .This should solve your problem
2007-05-04 08:01:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋