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Post the full specs?
Memory
Supported RAM Technology SDRAM, DDR SDRAM
RAM Installed ( Max ) 0 MB / 2 GB (max)
Supported RAM Speed PC2100, PC1600, PC2700, PC100, PC133
I see with a program called ram booster is always a 73% aprox ram remaining wich is ok
Page file usage is about 439 usually
and virtual memory is set to be managed by system
I tried setting it mannual to
3070
6140
because it's 1,5 availble ram and twice that value for maximum...
But system says 4096 is the max... so had to set it on "automatic" I mean managed by windows.
1) Are you SURE it's spyware clean? How do you know? What did you use to check? I've seen many computers infected that had to go through 2,3 or even 4 different spyware detectors to actually find the spyware as there are so many types these days.
2) Is this a new computer or did it just recently start slowing down?
Never got a great performance but changed from 512 mb to 2gb ram recently and nothing is going much faster either.
Scrolling a page or folder takes long, when double click my pc delays some seconds to show the disc icons... not a fast pc at all....
set page file at a static constant size, that way windows doesn't have to keep expanding or contracting the page file, pushing other data around etc.
If you have 2 gig of ram, you should need no more than 512 mB page file, max and min set. 1 gig on the very outside, but I'd like to know what programs you run if you need that much, things like fireworks mx 2004 have massive memory leaks, and firefox if not corrected can try to grab 1/2 gig of ram.
spyware no needs to be removed manually. the removal programs work for common stuff, but you really need startuplist.exe and some experience to get the bad stuff out all the way...
Do you run [N]orton Internet Security, by any chance?
About:
go into the bios and make sure that the frontside bus etc speeds are set correctly, this will make a roughly 50% difference in speed. Most mobos default to failsafe slow speed, you have to set it manually to run at the correct speed, for cpu, memory, and frontside bus.
How do I do that?
Run
type msconfig
hit enter
click startup tab
make sure you do not have a zillion prg running in your bg.
How do I do that?
Read the motherboard manual.
Disconnect from the internet and uninstall all security software, i.e. firewall, anti-virus, and anti-spyware, and restart. If still no joy, uninstall all other utilities that are running such as registry monitors and restart.
If still no joy, reinstall everything that you've just removed, reconnect to the internet and work through each running process, firstly identifying the process and then closing it if is safe to do so. You can usually google each process name.
This problem is probably related to the external hard disk issue dicussed in your other thread. It could be a driver fault or an incorrect setting but you should always start by running the easy tests first (i.e. uninstalling stuff discussed above).
Kaled.
are the most consuming, and are leaving some 73% ram free
Startup items some 10, I see PCCClient.exe (old entry for Pccilin antivirus uninstalled time ago. Won't go I always delete that enty and comes back)
However, it sounds that there hardware isnt the problem. A 1.8 p4 can still pull its weight. I recommend booting up in safe mode (with no networking) and running all anti spyware and anti virus programs.
Also scan ur drives for errors and defragment your hard drive/s.
hope some of this helps.
and the other partition of same disc with paging file both values are the same 512 for min and 512 for max.
Is that ok? Some suggest 1,5 timesyour RAM s pagin file size for min and more for max. Others leave system to manage it. I'm a bit confused...
Now the machine is up to speed again like it was when I bought it about 4 years ago.
Good luck in fixing your machine.
What's wrong with directory structures?
With 2gB of RAM you may not need a swap file
You might find that with 2gB of RAM the Windows memory manager is slow, try reducing to 1gB of RAM and see if that improves things (honestly!)
If all else fails, backup your data, reformat the hard disk, reinstall the operating system and your applications, and restore your data. It's drastic, but effective!
Matt
What you mean "Afterwards, reorganized some directory structures"
What's wrong with directory structures?
There is nothing wrong with directory structure, but in the old days I kept files of similar type or belonging to one program close together so the head of the HD had not to move too far when accessing files.
Nowadays I also organize files (e.g. logfiles from my servers that I have on my desktop for analysis) in separate folders to keep the folder with the most current ones small, which makes the programs (in this case the logfile analyzer) run faster.
Hope this helps.
