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friend101
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16. November 2007 @ 11:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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16. November 2007 @ 11:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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?
friend101
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16. November 2007 @ 12:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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16. November 2007 @ 13:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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friend101
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16. November 2007 @ 13:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok ill give it a try, thanks mate.
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16. November 2007 @ 13:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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/


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