Hello friends: I haven't written recently because all seemed well. But
something is troubling me, and I am not a techy.

I have a Vista Premium AMD Turion x2 laptop, dual core, 250gb hd, 3g
Ram.
Since purchase in Oct 08 until a couple of days ago, upon boot the
memory meter always started at around 35% or less and never went past
mid 40s for any time. For some reason, for the past few days, when I
turn it on it is around 35%, but it increases gradually (40, 50, 60,
70%) in only a few hours of use. Even with no open programs/apps. Just
a while ago, it got to a point where the memory meter was at 82% and the
bar turned from green to red. I have done nothing different from the
past. My Outlook is usually opened so that I know when emails arrive; I
work with Firefox; and am your basic Word/PPt 07 user.

Every time I re-start, the issue starts all over again.

I have checked processes in the Task manager and nothing seems out of
the ordinary. I've scanned for viruses and malware, and nothing.

It's driving me nuts.
Can you help?
Thanks,
Hiram


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Therev

Therev wrote:


Hello friends: I haven't written recently because all seemed well. But
something is troubling me, and I am not a techy.

I have a Vista Premium AMD Turion x2 laptop, dual core, 250gb hd, 3g
Ram.
Since purchase in Oct 08 until a couple of days ago, upon boot the
memory meter always started at around 35% or less and never went past
mid 40s for any time. For some reason, for the past few days, when I
turn it on it is around 35%, but it increases gradually (40, 50, 60,
70%) in only a few hours of use. Even with no open programs/apps. Just
a while ago, it got to a point where the memory meter was at 82% and the
bar turned from green to red. I have done nothing different from the
past. My Outlook is usually opened so that I know when emails arrive; I
work with Firefox; and am your basic Word/PPt 07 user.

Every time I re-start, the issue starts all over again.

I have checked processes in the Task manager and nothing seems out of
the ordinary. I've scanned for viruses and malware, and nothing.

Start by thoroughly checking for viruses/malware. Don't skip the preparatory
work.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

If the machine is clean, then answer The First Question Of Troubleshooting:
If the problem is new, what changed between the time things worked and the
time they didn't?

And check your Startup Matrix using Autoruns:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...s/default.mspx

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Thanks Elephantboy:

I've received your suggestions, downloaded autoruns, and performing
some basic, non-techy tests. Will get back to you.

Thanks again,
Hiram


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Therev