Laptop running slow, is it the memory?

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  1. friend101

    friend101 Member

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    Hi,

    I've had a Acer Travelmate 3230 for 11 months and now it is running slow. I haven't bought any new memory for in, matter of fact I haven't replaced anything on it.

    Do you think its the memory running out? any other suggestions?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks
     
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  2. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    if it was fast before but slow now then it could be to much stuff loaded in your startup so what amount of ram do you have & what is free? could also be spyware &/or viruses slowing it down so what do you have to get rid of those?
     
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  3. friend101

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    Virtual Memory

    Free: 853 MB
    Total: 1,228 MB

    Physical Memory

    Free: 287,300 KB
    Total: 515,500 KB
    Used: 44%


    Windows task manager says I have 45 processes running.


    For virus and spyware, I have AVG which is updated daily. I also use zone alarm firewall. I did have spyware doctor but its expired.


    Thanks mate.
     
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    Simple things to try:
    Uninstall all un-necessary programs
    Defragment the hard disk drive
    Go into msconfig (start->run and type msconfig)
    go to the startup tab and remove all the applications that aren't necessary (things like the itunes helper, java updates, and so on)
     
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    ok ill give it a try, thanks mate.
     
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    assuming youre running xp

    run all in safe mode after all is installed
    and updated & then run in normal mode

    AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition (never have more than one anti-virus installed at one time)

    EMCO Malware Destroyer

    SUPERAntiSpyware (Free Edition)

    Spyware Terminator

    Spybot - Search and Destroy

    Ad-Aware SE

    SpywareBlaster & McAfee SiteAdvisor after cleaning up your computer

    these are all free and given my two thumbs up and if i had another hand it would be 3 thumbs

    uninstall antispyware that doesnt update

    found at http://www.snapfiles.com/


    giving back what was so freely given to me at afterdawn.com... good luck from zer0ink
     
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