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October 4th 09, 06:25 PM
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HIgh RAM-----slow PC
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 -- asta-la-Vista Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com 
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October 4th 09, 07:02 PM
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HIgh RAM-----slow PC
On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:25:37 +0100, 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 Software like that is junk that is far more likely to worsen the problem than to solve it. and did the long OnceCare scan with MCS, defragmented drives, increased the memory that can be used as RAM on the hard drive. Page File? Doing that was unnecessary. 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? The two most likely things that would degrade your performance are what malware infection, and what background programs start up automatically. Malware infection is most likely. What anti-virus and antispyware programs do you run? Are they kept up to date? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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October 4th 09, 07:02 PM
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HIgh RAM-----slow PC
On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:25:37 +0100, 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 Software like that is junk that is far more likely to worsen the problem than to solve it. and did the long OnceCare scan with MCS, defragmented drives, increased the memory that can be used as RAM on the hard drive. Page File? Doing that was unnecessary. 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? The two most likely things that would degrade your performance are what malware infection, and what background programs start up automatically. Malware infection is most likely. What anti-virus and antispyware programs do you run? Are they kept up to date? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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October 4th 09, 07:54 PM
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HIgh RAM-----slow PC
Hi, antivirus....Avast/ use Spybot/ defender/ update always and scan.... and the One care from mcs site which took like 4 hours......myabe use one or two malware stuff once. Ken Blake, MVP;1574054 Wrote: On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:25:37 +0100, 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 Software like that is junk that is far more likely to worsen the problem than to solve it. and did the long OnceCare scan with MCS, defragmented drives, increased the memory that can be used as RAM on the hard drive. Page File? Doing that was unnecessary. 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? The two most likely things that would degrade your performance are what malware infection, and what background programs start up automatically. Malware infection is most likely. What anti-virus and antispyware programs do you run? Are they kept up to date? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup -- asta-la-Vista Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
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October 4th 09, 07:54 PM
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HIgh RAM-----slow PC
Hi, antivirus....Avast/ use Spybot/ defender/ update always and scan.... and the One care from mcs site which took like 4 hours......myabe use one or two malware stuff once. Ken Blake, MVP;1574054 Wrote: On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:25:37 +0100, 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 Software like that is junk that is far more likely to worsen the problem than to solve it. and did the long OnceCare scan with MCS, defragmented drives, increased the memory that can be used as RAM on the hard drive. Page File? Doing that was unnecessary. 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? The two most likely things that would degrade your performance are what malware infection, and what background programs start up automatically. Malware infection is most likely. What anti-virus and antispyware programs do you run? Are they kept up to date? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup -- asta-la-Vista Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
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October 4th 09, 09:49 PM
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On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 20:54:52 +0100, asta-la-Vista
wrote: Hi, antivirus....Avast/ OK, good choice. use Spybot/ defender/ update always and scan.... But relying on those is *not* a good choice. I recommend downloading and trying the freeware versions of MalwareBytes AntiMalware and SuperAntiSpyware. and the One care from mcs site which took like 4 hours......myabe use one or two malware stuff once. Ken Blake, MVP;1574054 Wrote: On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:25:37 +0100, 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 Software like that is junk that is far more likely to worsen the problem than to solve it. and did the long OnceCare scan with MCS, defragmented drives, increased the memory that can be used as RAM on the hard drive. Page File? Doing that was unnecessary. 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? The two most likely things that would degrade your performance are what malware infection, and what background programs start up automatically. Malware infection is most likely. What anti-virus and antispyware programs do you run? Are they kept up to date? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup -- asta-la-Vista Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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October 4th 09, 09:49 PM
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HIgh RAM-----slow PC
On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 20:54:52 +0100, asta-la-Vista
wrote: Hi, antivirus....Avast/ OK, good choice. use Spybot/ defender/ update always and scan.... But relying on those is *not* a good choice. I recommend downloading and trying the freeware versions of MalwareBytes AntiMalware and SuperAntiSpyware. and the One care from mcs site which took like 4 hours......myabe use one or two malware stuff once. Ken Blake, MVP;1574054 Wrote: On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:25:37 +0100, 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 Software like that is junk that is far more likely to worsen the problem than to solve it. and did the long OnceCare scan with MCS, defragmented drives, increased the memory that can be used as RAM on the hard drive. Page File? Doing that was unnecessary. 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? The two most likely things that would degrade your performance are what malware infection, and what background programs start up automatically. Malware infection is most likely. What anti-virus and antispyware programs do you run? Are they kept up to date? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup -- asta-la-Vista Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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October 9th 09, 07:01 PM
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HIgh RAM-----slow PC
"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 -- asta-la-Vista Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
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October 9th 09, 07:01 PM
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HIgh RAM-----slow PC
"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 -- asta-la-Vista Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
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October 11th 09, 02:30 AM
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HIgh RAM-----slow PC
"doc1234" wrote in message ...
"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 -- asta-la-Vista Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com 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.
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