Slow Windows... ideas?
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I'm using my Mum's PC for a few days at home. The computer is a 2Ghz AMD with GeForce4 so not ancient.
It loads up as normal relatively fine. Then once Windows is up it takes aaagggeeesss to load whatever program I double click on, eg. IE.
Once the program is loaded it all seems to work fine. Also once the initial program is loaded, others load fine as well, its the initial startup of programs that takes forever.
Any ideas? My old 1Ghz PC works faster than this...
:scratchchin:
It loads up as normal relatively fine. Then once Windows is up it takes aaagggeeesss to load whatever program I double click on, eg. IE.
Once the program is loaded it all seems to work fine. Also once the initial program is loaded, others load fine as well, its the initial startup of programs that takes forever.
Any ideas? My old 1Ghz PC works faster than this...
:scratchchin:
2ghz AMD, or 2GHz Equiv AMD.
Could well be lack of ram causing it to page out to disk alot.. Right click on the Start menu bar, somewhere in the middle, and choose Task Manaer
then see how much ram you are using (commit charge x/x)
then goto the performance tab and see how much Physical Memory you have Total / Available.
J
Could well be lack of ram causing it to page out to disk alot.. Right click on the Start menu bar, somewhere in the middle, and choose Task Manaer
then see how much ram you are using (commit charge x/x)
then goto the performance tab and see how much Physical Memory you have Total / Available.
J
Andy,
Alternatively go to My Computer, right click, Properties will tell you how much physical memory is installed. 256Mb *will* work, but with all the programs and tasks running by default it will soon swallow this up. As others have said, once this gets too low Windows will start paging out to disk, which REALLY slows things down.
I'd recommend minimum these days of 512Mb RAM, 1Gb if you can go to it.
A Defrag will help too.
Thats about all I can think of, unless your motherboard is incorrectly configured for the speed of RAM you've got installed. Doubt its that though.
Greg
Alternatively go to My Computer, right click, Properties will tell you how much physical memory is installed. 256Mb *will* work, but with all the programs and tasks running by default it will soon swallow this up. As others have said, once this gets too low Windows will start paging out to disk, which REALLY slows things down.
I'd recommend minimum these days of 512Mb RAM, 1Gb if you can go to it.
A Defrag will help too.
Thats about all I can think of, unless your motherboard is incorrectly configured for the speed of RAM you've got installed. Doubt its that though.
Greg
What operating system - NT4, 95, XP, etc?
How many bits of spyware/pop up blockers are installed and running?
How many other programs are running in the background? In XP (i'm assuming...), press Ctrl/Alt/Del, and look at the 'applications that are running, they should tell you what programs you know you have open. Then click on the Processes tab and tell me what looks surreal to you...
You're not inadvertantly downloading stuff from some dodgy modem dailer?
How much RAM do you have on the system?
As has been mentioned, Defrag the drive, and maybe run a memory optimiser.
I can help, but need more info - e:mail me if you like...
How many bits of spyware/pop up blockers are installed and running?
How many other programs are running in the background? In XP (i'm assuming...), press Ctrl/Alt/Del, and look at the 'applications that are running, they should tell you what programs you know you have open. Then click on the Processes tab and tell me what looks surreal to you...
You're not inadvertantly downloading stuff from some dodgy modem dailer?
How much RAM do you have on the system?
As has been mentioned, Defrag the drive, and maybe run a memory optimiser.
I can help, but need more info - e:mail me if you like...
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