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How can I speed up my computer
many web pages are taking 5 to 10 seconds, some even longer, to load.
Programs don't open quickly, either. I have a DSL connection. The OS is Windows Vista, 6.0.6002 SP 2. per the System info available under Accessories - System Tools - System Information The only program open when I wrote this was Notepad. I opened Firefox, version 7.0.1,, copied and pasted this in here. ESET NOD 32 is in the background but is not "open" per se, i.e., no scan is running. I don't have Word, Mail, and other programs open at the same time. 2 or 3 Firefox tabs at a max. Opera & IE are slow, too. I believe this is called a "memory leak", but I have no idea how to fix it. Thanks |
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How can I speed up my computer
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:31:44 -0700, Me wrote:
many web pages are taking 5 to 10 seconds, some even longer, to load. Programs don't open quickly, either. I have a DSL connection. The OS is Windows Vista, 6.0.6002 SP 2. per the System info available under Accessories - System Tools - System Information The only program open when I wrote this was Notepad. I opened Firefox, version 7.0.1,, copied and pasted this in here. ESET NOD 32 is in the background but is not "open" per se, i.e., no scan is running. I don't have Word, Mail, and other programs open at the same time. 2 or 3 Firefox tabs at a max. Opera & IE are slow, too. I believe this is called a "memory leak", but I have no idea how to fix it. Thanks I have no idea why you think it's a memory leak - it doesn't especially sound like one, and it's not so easy to identify one. But since you mention your connection is DSL, I might wonder if that isn't the problem. I don't think it's fair to say that ESET isn't open, since it is running in the background. It might even be scanning everything that your browsers are downloading, as well as every executable file that is loading. In fact I think it's *supposed* be doing those things. Were things much faster before? I.e., has there been a change in speed? Was it sudden? Did it happen right after you installed a new program? And so on... -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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How can I speed up my computer
From: "Me" meatacmewidgetsdotcom
many web pages are taking 5 to 10 seconds, some even longer, to load. Programs don't open quickly, either. I have a DSL connection. The OS is Windows Vista, 6.0.6002 SP 2. per the System info available under Accessories - System Tools - System Information The only program open when I wrote this was Notepad. I opened Firefox, version 7.0.1,, copied and pasted this in here. ESET NOD 32 is in the background but is not "open" per se, i.e., no scan is running. I don't have Word, Mail, and other programs open at the same time. 2 or 3 Firefox tabs at a max. Opera & IE are slow, too. I believe this is called a "memory leak", but I have no idea how to fix it. Thanks How much RAM ? -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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How can I speed up my computer
"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message ... On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:31:44 -0700, Me wrote: many web pages are taking 5 to 10 seconds, some even longer, to load. Programs don't open quickly, either. I have a DSL connection. The OS is Windows Vista, 6.0.6002 SP 2. per the System info available under Accessories - System Tools - System Information The only program open when I wrote this was Notepad. I opened Firefox, version 7.0.1,, copied and pasted this in here. ESET NOD 32 is in the background but is not "open" per se, i.e., no scan is running. I don't have Word, Mail, and other programs open at the same time. 2 or 3 Firefox tabs at a max. Opera & IE are slow, too. I believe this is called a "memory leak", but I have no idea how to fix it. Thanks I have no idea why you think it's a memory leak - it doesn't especially sound like one, and it's not so easy to identify one. But since you mention your connection is DSL, I might wonder if that isn't the problem. I don't think it's fair to say that ESET isn't open, since it is running in the background. It might even be scanning everything that your browsers are downloading, as well as every executable file that is loading. In fact I think it's *supposed* be doing those things. Were things much faster before? I.e., has there been a change in speed? Was it sudden? Did it happen right after you installed a new program? And so on... -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) From http://speedtest.net/ ping 107 download 1.31 mbps upload .73 from cnet.com line speed 1289 kbps ESET is running AntiVirus & AntiSpyWare It's been a gradual delinme in speed The programs I've installed are Opera - it's not running. I downloaded it to compare it to Firefox I added System Mechanic and run it daily From task manager here are some of the processes and services running. The processes listed asre the ones that are over 1k. It shows 59 processes & Services each. The services I listed are just the first 15 in the list Processes: dwm.exe 53k explorer.exe 36k WDDMStatus 17k WD Drive Manager Status cwtray.exe 17k wincal.exe 8k egui.exe 5k ESET GUI taskeng.exe 3k taskmgr.exe 2k rundll32.exe 1k csrss.exe 1k winlogon 1k --------- Services AELookUP AudioEndPoint Audiosrv BFE BITS Bonjour Service Browser CryptSvc DcomLaunch DHCP Dnscache DPS EKM EMDMgmt Thanks |
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How can I speed up my computer
"David H. Lipman" wrote in message ... From: "Me" meatacmewidgetsdotcom many web pages are taking 5 to 10 seconds, some even longer, to load. Programs don't open quickly, either. I have a DSL connection. The OS is Windows Vista, 6.0.6002 SP 2. per the System info available under Accessories - System Tools - System Information The only program open when I wrote this was Notepad. I opened Firefox, version 7.0.1,, copied and pasted this in here. ESET NOD 32 is in the background but is not "open" per se, i.e., no scan is running. I don't have Word, Mail, and other programs open at the same time. 2 or 3 Firefox tabs at a max. Opera & IE are slow, too. I believe this is called a "memory leak", but I have no idea how to fix it. Thanks How much RAM ? I don't know. I know that's random access memory but I don't know where do I find it. thanks -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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How can I speed up my computer
On 10/19/2011 11:04 PM, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "Me"meatacmewidgetsdotcom many web pages are taking 5 to 10 seconds, some even longer, to load. Programs don't open quickly, either. I have a DSL connection. The OS is Windows Vista, 6.0.6002 SP 2. per the System info available under Accessories - System Tools - System Information You're not being clear, and maybe you're not even sure yourself, whether your problem is Internet bandwidth speed or your system speed. Sounds like it's your system, not your DSL connection -- which have little or nothing to do with each other! When you experience system slowdowns, is your hard drive light showing constant activity? Have you checked that? If it is, then that will definitely slow everything down and you need to find what's causing this constant drive activity. Vista has a bad history of constantly accessing the hard drive for whatever the Hell it does. Also, have you looked at your Startup items -- those programs that load as you boot the system up? Too many of these will use up much of your RAM and system resources. |
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How can I speed up my computer
On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:27:14 -0700, "Me" meatacmewidgetsdotcom
wrote: How much RAM ? I don't know. I know that's random access memory but I don't know where do I find it. There are many ways to find out. Here's an easy one: hold down the Windows key and press Pause|Break. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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How can I speed up my computer
On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:25:19 -0700, Me wrote:
"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message ... On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:31:44 -0700, Me wrote: many web pages are taking 5 to 10 seconds, some even longer, to load. Programs don't open quickly, either. I have a DSL connection. The OS is Windows Vista, 6.0.6002 SP 2. per the System info available under Accessories - System Tools - System Information The only program open when I wrote this was Notepad. I opened Firefox, version 7.0.1,, copied and pasted this in here. ESET NOD 32 is in the background but is not "open" per se, i.e., no scan is running. I don't have Word, Mail, and other programs open at the same time. 2 or 3 Firefox tabs at a max. Opera & IE are slow, too. I believe this is called a "memory leak", but I have no idea how to fix it. Thanks I have no idea why you think it's a memory leak - it doesn't especially sound like one, and it's not so easy to identify one. But since you mention your connection is DSL, I might wonder if that isn't the problem. I don't think it's fair to say that ESET isn't open, since it is running in the background. It might even be scanning everything that your browsers are downloading, as well as every executable file that is loading. In fact I think it's *supposed* be doing those things. Were things much faster before? I.e., has there been a change in speed? Was it sudden? Did it happen right after you installed a new program? And so on... -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) From http://speedtest.net/ ping 107 download 1.31 mbps upload .73 from cnet.com line speed 1289 kbps That is very slow. I have 34 & 6, both on SpeakEasy and speedtest. CNet says 24000. ESET is running AntiVirus & AntiSpyWare It's been a gradual delinme in speed The programs I've installed are Opera - it's not running. I downloaded it to compare it to Firefox I added System Mechanic and run it daily From task manager here are some of the processes and services running. The processes listed asre the ones that are over 1k. It shows 59 processes & Services each. The services I listed are just the first 15 in the list Processes: dwm.exe 53k explorer.exe 36k WDDMStatus 17k WD Drive Manager Status cwtray.exe 17k wincal.exe 8k egui.exe 5k ESET GUI taskeng.exe 3k taskmgr.exe 2k rundll32.exe 1k csrss.exe 1k winlogon 1k --------- Services AELookUP AudioEndPoint Audiosrv BFE BITS Bonjour Service Browser CryptSvc DcomLaunch DHCP Dnscache DPS EKM EMDMgmt Thanks I'm not qualified to help you there. Nothing looks odd to me, but still, I wonder when you "added System Mechanic". Does it run in the backgrund? -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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How can I speed up my computer
I hate to ask, but would you mind listing all your running processes? make sure you check the option to show for all users as well Also, it would be very helpful to know processor speed, the amount of ram and what your DSL speed is SUPPOSED to be some people limit their connection speed for a good price... as for finding out ram and such, I know on XP all you have to do is right click on the my computer icon on the desktop and click properties, in vista I can't remember if that works, but it's worth a try |
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How can I speed up my computer
On 1/05/2012, The_KiKi posted:
I hate to ask, but would you mind listing all your running processes? make sure you check the option to show for all users as well Also, it would be very helpful to know processor speed, the amount of ram and what your DSL speed is SUPPOSED to be some people limit their connection speed for a good price... as for finding out ram and such, I know on XP all you have to do is right click on the my computer icon on the desktop and click properties, in vista I can't remember if that works, but it's worth a try Why are you interested in my running processes? Makes no sense. And yes, I *would* mind listing them. Also, I don't have DSL, and I don't have Vista. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |