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clarkey00
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_ 		17. November 2008 @ 14:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hay guys i got a serious prob, my computer is running seriousley slow!! i hav a
4GIG Processor
2GB Ram
geforce 8600GT 512MB
500GB Hard drive ( only used like 200gb of it)
running winxp sp2 ( i tryed sp3 but still the same prob)


Takes about 15mins to boot up then once its started everything just takes ages to load up, my sound is all cracked wen i play musci, games take forever to load, if i plug a usb into any ports my computer will hang then crash, i have done virus scans and registrey clean up and still the same, i have done system restore's and still that same, i even tryed booting from winxp disc so i could format but my usb keyboard will not load up untill my computer is on desktop. im goin out my mind, any ideas what it could be??? faulty ram or mobo?? im gonna try a ps2 keyboards to do a format and fresh install see if that will solve it, if not i will try gettin a new hard drive but im thinking my mobo minght be broken.. i have also tryed to update my bios and still nothing!!! any info would be great guys.. thanx
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ddp
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_ 		17. November 2008 @ 16:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
see if windows shows 2 gigs of ram. how many sticks of ram do you have?
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gnovak1
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_ 		17. November 2008 @ 17:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hold down ctl-alt-del to get to the task manager if you have Windows XP. Click on the 'Processes' tab and look in the mem usage column for anything with a high number. You might have something running in the background using all your memory which will slow you down considerably. Look for anything over 20,000.

Then click the performance tab. Look at the 'Physical Memory' section under available and make sure you have enough memory available. You should have at least 150 for decent performance.

Also look on your desktop at the lower right of your taskbar where the time is. If you have a lot of icons there, this means you are running too many things at one time and that will slow your computer down. You need to get rid of some of those icons.
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 17. November 2008 @ 17:14
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