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Basically I now have my new 2MEG Broadband but it still feels very sluggish
Are there any ways to speed it up ? Basically the PC is old and the RAM is low so the processing speed isn't quite up to scratch - is there any way I can improve my RAM, e.g by deleting files ?
It's a fill-in PC for the new Laptop which I'm getting in the next few weeks, which will be much faster and allow it to run at full capacity.
Until then though ... any ideas ?
Are there any ways to speed it up ? Basically the PC is old and the RAM is low so the processing speed isn't quite up to scratch - is there any way I can improve my RAM, e.g by deleting files ?
It's a fill-in PC for the new Laptop which I'm getting in the next few weeks, which will be much faster and allow it to run at full capacity.
Until then though ... any ideas ?
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You can free up some of the RAM using "Memory Maximising" programs.
AnalogX's "MaxMem" is pretty good. It displays a little graph in the corner by the clock to show you how full your RAM is.
AnalogX's "MaxMem" is pretty good. It displays a little graph in the corner by the clock to show you how full your RAM is.
What Provider do you use aswell?
As for the RAM thing I do know that having a swap file is important as most Programs need it unless you have at LEAST 2gb of RAM even then I still think that's an excessive amount.
As for the RAM thing I do know that having a swap file is important as most Programs need it unless you have at LEAST 2gb of RAM even then I still think that's an excessive amount.
Is your modem connected via USB by any chance?
USB connected modems are a bit of a pain, they're transfer speeds can hamper performace.
If you are using a USB one, try getting ethernet.
USB connected modems are a bit of a pain, they're transfer speeds can hamper performace.
If you are using a USB one, try getting ethernet.
I think the term would be "owned"
But yer I imagine you've probably got spyware or some sort of bandwidth leeching programme running in the background. If you're using IE it doesn't really use much RAM so it probably won't be that.
But yer I imagine you've probably got spyware or some sort of bandwidth leeching programme running in the background. If you're using IE it doesn't really use much RAM so it probably won't be that.
Swap file?
Nope, did you not see the Acorn reference?
Nope, did you not see the Acorn reference?
paul_the_invincible wrote:
> yes it's called swap file. it makes your computer real slow if it does
> it, so you can only hope that you have enough ram.
I was going to make this point, only with more sarcasm and a condescending holier-than-thou attitude.
> yes it's called swap file. it makes your computer real slow if it does
> it, so you can only hope that you have enough ram.
I was going to make this point, only with more sarcasm and a condescending holier-than-thou attitude.
yes it's called swap file. it makes your computer real slow if it does it, so you can only hope that you have enough ram.
RAM is RAM.
Windows uses virtual memory on the Hard Disk when it runs out of RAM. The problem with this is that RAM is thousands of times faster than the transfer rate from a HDD.
Windows uses virtual memory on the Hard Disk when it runs out of RAM. The problem with this is that RAM is thousands of times faster than the transfer rate from a HDD.
All it does is create an image of a process in the RAM and stores it on the hard drive when it is not being used, to free up available RAM. It doesn't add more RAM and therefore if the RAM is full and every process in the RAM is being used, the hard drive will not increase the amount of RAM.
All PC's do this.
All PC's do this.
Well I would show it to you...
It was some trickery to do with memory usage.
It was some trickery to do with memory usage.
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