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Solve : Xp problems for me..Grrrrrrrr? |
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Answer» I'm having mega problems with my xp ,it runs almost all the time even when I'm not trying to go to a web page,this started about a month ago after we did a windows update and have checked to SEE that was ok. We (my husband &I ) have defraged,virus scaned, SPY sweeped and went through a number of digonistic checks. We have even tried to reatore the computer to 3 (three) earlier dates but the computer will not do that. Can you give me some advice what else to try before my husband throws the computer out the window. We have NOT added anything new during or before this trouble started. I'm having mega problems with my xp ,it runs almost all the time even when I'm not trying to go to a web page,this started about a month ago after we did a windows update and have checked to see that was ok. We (my husband &I ) have defraged,virus scaned, spy sweeped and went through a number of digonistic checks. Because XP is the operating system , it is what runs whenever the machine is turned on . More info on the specific problem would be helpful. dl65 Quote In the control panel, look into system. Go to the advanced tab, and click the performance settings button. On the new Window that appears, click advanced. Look at the virtual memory box. How much is listed? If I looked correctly it says " Total paging file size for all drives 449MB" I don't know if thats good or bad I deleted some pictures and it went from 352 to 449 MB DL65 I use internet explorer if thats a help when we turn the computer on starting since about July12th instead of taking 5 minutes to come on line ( I have broadband) it now takes upwards of ten minutes. and then seems to RUN all the time. I have Compaq 2.5ghz 256 mb 80gb sorry if I take long to answer but it's getting to the problem of just trying to go from one page to another takes time.Do you have a real WIndows CD to reload if necessary? That would certainly fix it quickly. I am sure you have malware problems involved, even though you think you don't if nothing else has changed physically with the machine, no playing in the BIOS, etc. Of course more RAM would dramatically improve performance in a properly behaved machine, but I think there are other issues at work here.GX1..... I think you are correct that or I've a virus that is not being picked up. I have all the cd's that came with the cpmputer and have sugested that we try that but my man thinks that doing that I'd loss all my information I've in my computer , I've a few files that are rather important to me and can not just save to dic. So my question is if we were to put in the recovery cd's can I be sure I'd lose nothing ? Absolutely not, you would probably lose everything. THis depends on the computer manufacturer and the way the system restore CD's are set up, but in any case it would be best to back up important files before proceeding. What hardware do you have? A CDRW drive? How big are the files in question? Small enough that you could save them on a pen drive? Who is the manufacturer of the computer and what do the discs say on them exactly?How much free harddisk space do you have? On the bottem right of the start menu bar, look at those icons. Are there a lot? Try looking in some of their options and disabling automatic LOAD up at startup to speed up loading (but not virus scaner etc of course) |
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