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"asta-la-Vista" wrote:


Hi I looked for posts dealing with RAM and had trouble finding, I
thought everybody had problems with slow PCs.........

Now i need some advice please I have a Vista that is 1 1/2 years old
and it had become really slow. RAM is high even when all applications
are off and Firefox can use up to 1GB of memory and I have 2G/, I used
software like RAMboost and did the long OnceCare scan with MCS,
defragmented drives, increased the memory that can be used as RAM on the
hard drive. etc.....many things recommended. still same nothing is
changed after a short while.....

Is reformatting and bringing back to how it was when I bought my only
hope?
And should Firefox take a bloody 1 GB of RAM alone? I checked the
processes in task manager and it seems I need all of them
somehow..........and if that was the case if I reformat then wouldn't
the same thing happen again?

thanks


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In addition to what f/fgeorge said, have you run your disk cleanup tool?
A load of temp files will definitely slow the computer down.

OK guys, thanks for the help. I removed Ramboost and ran all the malware
stuff that was recomended. I used a purge software that erased many temp
files etc...it helped for a few days but went back to the headacke. It
starts fine and a few hours later slows down painfully. I will try IE
but I have many addons in fox that I need like Zotero etc.....i do not
understand I cannot use fox on my computer while the whole world uses
it.
1G of ram for fox I mean is that normal anywhere? I have had
situations like this before and formatted the hard drive and things were
fine for a good while. I do not see anybody recomending that, is it
useless with this Vista mess? I will reset the things i remember I
changed but this is not right. I have scanned this pc like there is no
tomorrow, stopped many startup files. Is W7 much better than this crap?
thanks again..........before I throw this at the wall and rest......


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OK guys, thanks for the help. I removed Ramboost and ran all the malware
stuff that was recomended. I used a purge software that erased many temp
files etc...it helped for a few days but went back to the headacke. It
starts fine and a few hours later slows down painfully. I will try IE
but I have many addons in fox that I need like Zotero etc.....i do not
understand I cannot use fox on my computer while the whole world uses
it.
1G of ram for fox I mean is that normal anywhere? I have had
situations like this before and formatted the hard drive and things were
fine for a good while. I do not see anybody recomending that, is it
useless with this Vista mess? I will reset the things i remember I
changed but this is not right. I have scanned this pc like there is no
tomorrow, stopped many startup files. Is W7 much better than this crap?
thanks again..........before I throw this at the wall and rest......


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asta-la-Vista
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