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More info?)
Sorry it took so long to get back to you, I first had to
find out where to check for memory/ram these are the
numbers I can find
256 memory (Ram)
I also found this part and It says
C: 52.68 GB
C: 35.65 GB Free
D: 7.33 GB
D: 4.32 Free
I also found these numbers, I don't know if these are of
importance
Used-17.5 GB
Free - 38.13
Physical memory available to windows 261,496K
Hopefully you can make sense out of this. I am pretty new
at this but I am very willing to learn how to correct
things if I can
Thanks , You have been great
Linda
>-----Original Message-----
>Linda wrote:
>> I have tried to figure this out from other posts but
>> can't seem to find the same problem. My computer closes
>> windows very slow,but also in sections,if you know
what I
>> mean. A window may take six sections out one at a time
>> before it is completely closed, like in blocks.
Sometimes
>> the outer edge of a picture or a frame closes and
leaves
>> behind black boarders before it fully closes.Any ideas?
>> The other thing is it takes forever for my programs to
>> close along the task bar, and if I have two or three
open
>> in the task bar my computer seems to get slower and
>> slower until I close the opened programs or web sites
in
>> my task bar, then it seems to pick up speed again.
>> I have windows xp SP2,Norton Internet security
2004,which
>> I heard could be a problem?? Can anyone help me out on
>> this,
>
>Shenan wrote:
>> Sounds like the machine is overpowered by something.
Either you
>> don't have enough RAM and everything is being cached
to the hard
>> drive or your video card is just that weak or a
combination of
>> factors. You really did not give enough information
for anyone to
>> accurately diagnose your issue.
>>
>> What processor do you have?
>> What video card do you have?
>> How much RAM (memory) do you have?
>> How big of a hard drive(type as well) and how much
free space do you
>> have on your C:\ partition?
>> When was the last time you checked for viruses?
>> When was the last time you looked through Add/Remove
Programs in
>> Control Panel and uninstalled applications you never
use?
>> When was the last time you ran 3 or more of the most
used
>> anti-spyware applications and cleaned/immunized your
computer?
>> When was the last time you went to the manufacturer's
web sites for
>> your hardware (sound card, video card, etc) and
updated your drivers
>> to the latest version?
>> Did you recently install any Microsoft patches? SP2?
Other?
>> Have you defragmented/checked your hard drives for
errors lately?
>
>Linda wrote:
>> Processor 1300 megahertz Intell Pentium 111. 32
kilobyte
>> primary memory cache, 256 kilobytes memory cache.
>> Local Drive Volumes
>> c
🙁on drive o)52.68GB 36.65 GB free
>> d: (on drive o) 7.33GB 4.32 GB free
>>
>> 60.01 gigabytes usable hard drive capacity
>> 40.97 gigabytes Hard drive free space.
>> I have NVIDIA RIVA TNT Model 64 pro
>> System Model Compaq Presario 5420CA
>> I run Norton Internet security 2004 check for viruses
at
>> least once a week, I run adaware and spybot at least
once
>> a week, I clean up temp internet files daily and clean
up
>> cookies, defrag scandisk for errors weekly. I have
>> uninstalled programs I don't use any more, I get all
>> windows updates, I haven't updated or got new drivers
for
>> my display adapter yet but I will look into that now,
>> hope this is enough information for you, if not let me
>> know, Thanks for your time
>
>Well, I still don't know how much RAM (memory) you have -
I know your
>processor has 256K cache. - but that really doesn't help
in the hard drive
>swappage arena too much.
>
>How much memory does your PC have? 64MB, 128MB, 256MB,
512MB or 1GB or
>more/less?
>
>Personally - for now - I would uninstalled Norton
(Symantec) Internet
>Security - leaving Norton AV. Also, when you see this
slowness, press
>CTRL+SHIFT+ESC and look through the processes tab
(organize by CPU, see what
>is taking up the most and then organize by memory and do
the same there.)
>Look in your event log - see if there are any erroneous
events.
>
>--
><- Shenan ->
>--
>The information is provided "as is", it is suggested you
research for
>yourself before you take any advice - you are the one
ultimately
>responsible for your actions/problems/solutions. Know
what you are
>getting into before you jump in with both feet.
>
>
>.
>
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