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24-05-2006, 10:48 AM
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| | | Virtual Memory
My computer is getting slower day by day, although I still have a quarter of free space in C: and half free in D: and I don't usually open up more than 2 programs at a time. I run three different spyware, adware and antivirus programs everyday, so computer should be free from those. For the last couple of weeks though, I keep getting a screen bubble that says my computer's virtual memory is low. Maybe that is the reason for the slowness. But I am loss at to what I should do to counteract this warning. What else should I watch out for? Please help! | |
24-05-2006, 11:50 AM
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| | | Thank you Jimbo
Thanx for fixing my problem. My computer is now as fast as new! One more question if I may, do you know why I recently get a screen from time to time saying "Connection is Reset" with a "try again" button when I surf the web? Is it a setting problem on my computer. a wireless router problem or a spyware problem do you reckon?
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24-05-2006, 12:26 PM
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| | | Allow me to jump in here whilst jimbo is away making a coffee ... sounds like you're connecting using wi-fi and if you are not moving around too much then it maybe related to the power-saving mode being used by your notebook. Check this out and enable maximum performance to see if it makes any difference. | |
24-05-2006, 12:48 PM
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| | | Thank you Discobay!
I have indeed changed the power management setting a couple of weeks ago. Now that I have lessen the power savings on my computer, those "connection reset" pages seem to have disspeared! Thanx Discobay for your great advise! | |
24-05-2006, 12:59 PM
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| | | Additionally, I would not set the page file values way too high either.
If you have 512MB RAM, I would not allocate more than 1536MB for the "Maximum Size" of the page file. | |
24-05-2006, 01:19 PM
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| | | In that case, maybe I should get more RAM once and for all then! Are those cheap? Is it a DIY job or I should get it done by staff at computer shops? And could you recommend a good, honest shop where I can get the chip or have it fixed? | |
24-05-2006, 01:36 PM
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| | | How much RAM do you have? What OS? | |
24-05-2006, 01:54 PM
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| | | Ram
Looking at the system page, I am running on Windows XP with only 256RAM. I don't know how I exhaust my computer's memory though. I don't think I have that many programmes installed, and I only use Office, Firefox, Outlook on a daily basis. Having said that, I have only got a small collection of documents and photos. I rarely open more than 2 programmes at a time.
Looking at the "Processes" in the Task Manager, there seems to be a lot of programmes running. Could there be something that is running unnessessarily? | |
24-05-2006, 02:06 PM
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