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Howdy,
I have an HP Pavilion laptop and am experiencing low available Physical Memory which seems to make the system run slow when loading programs

My OS is Windows Vista Home Premium
Processor   AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-52, 1600 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
Hard drive: Size   103.87 GB (111,534,764,032 bytes)
Free Space   54.36 GB (58,365,833,216 bytes)


Installed Physical Memory (RAM)   1.00 GB
Total Physical Memory                   958 MB
Available Physical Memory                   261 MB
Total Virtual Memory                   2.13 GB
Available Virtual Memory                   1.16 GB
Page File Space                                   1.23 GB
Page File                                                   C:\pagefile.sys

I've seen the Available PM up to about 314 MB's
I've REMOVED many of the installed programs and cleaned the registry as best I can.Are you worried that you don't see free memory or that the system is not running well? Quote from: Allan on JANUARY 02, 2011, 02:12:00 PM

Are you worried that you don't see free memory or that the system is not running well?
Hi Allan, I was more concerned that this machine appeared to be running slower than I remembered.
I wanted to clean it up , file and program wise, and give it to someone who is unable to buy a laptop.
EXCUSE THE SLOW RESPONSE, TOOK A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REPLY.....

Herb Wipe it out. I think it's the F11 key at boot.If you are giving away the system perhaps you should format and do a clean install.Allan
That might be a bit BEYOND me capabilities............
Not sure that I have the system installation disks like I had on an older Toshiba... that one had several disks that did what you are talking about, formatted the disk and reinstalled to original condition..
I'm game, if I have the software that you might be talking..
I don't want to waste your time with my novice status.. but am willing to try if you suggest...
HerbAnd what happens if you press F11 at boot as suggested above?Usually, you only have to add more memory in ORDER for your computer to speed up. But sometimes, your computer slows down due to bad files in your registry. There might be missing or corrupted registry files that’s why your computer is very slow. The registry is a very important part of your operation system. And each time you install and uninstall a program, your registry gets congested. It also becomes full of errors. You may have thought that you already cleaned your registry well but you may have not. So, it is better if you will get a good software that can clean your registry and free it from corrupted files. Quote from: trentonc on January 15, 2011, 01:59:57 AM
Usually, you only have to add more memory in order for your computer to speed up. But sometimes, your computer slows down due to bad files in your registry. There might be missing or corrupted registry files that’s why your computer is very slow. The registry is a very important part of your operation system. And each time you install and uninstall a program, your registry gets congested. It also becomes full of errors. You may have thought that you already cleaned your registry well but you may have not. So, it is better if you will get a good software that can clean your registry and free it from corrupted files.

Oh dear, I'd just like to point out that 'Registry cleaners' are not recommended on this forum. Please just ignore trentonc's post


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