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ctghost

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May 9th, 2002 16:00

Constant need to reboot

Any idea why my computer slows down and needs to be rebooted several times per session? This has been a frequent inconvenience I purchased the machine a little more then a year ago. I have increased the amount of RAM and Hard Drive hoping to correct this. I also perform routine maintenance (scan disk, defrag, run Norton, and System Mechanic, etc ) almost on a daily basis.

I do a lot of messenging and usually have yahoo, msn and AIM all running while I do other things.

Dell Dimension 8100, P-4
120 + 40 gig hard drives
512 Meg Dell RAM
Windows ME
Cable modem


Thanks,





jakeburns

4 Posts

May 9th, 2002 17:00

One other tip . . .

When I upgraded to XP, I didn't reinstall Norton Utilities.

I suspected that NU contributed to my previous problems and I've heard others say the same.

XP's maintenance software appear sufficient anyways.

I still use Norton Antivirus, however.

jakeburns

4 Posts

May 9th, 2002 17:00

Dump Windows ME!

ME appears to be extremely buggy. The slow downs are probably from memory leaks -- that's were programs incrementally use more and more memory until there's none left for anything else.

I highly recommend upgrading to XP.

I have a 4300 that came with ME. It was constantly slowing down, crashing, and extremely frustrating.

ALL my computer problems were solved when I upgraded to XP. It's like a different machine -- far more reliable and faster. I can't say enough about the difference XP made. Now everything works like it's supposed to -- what a concept!

Good luck.



volcano11

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May 9th, 2002 17:00

When the machine starts to slow down, check the available system resources by right clicking on "My Computer" then selecting "Properties" from the drop down menu and clicking on the "Performance" tab. If free system resources are below 10% then you have a resource problem which can only be cured by rebooting or running less programs in the background. Since most of the background programs run from startup, you can increase your system resources by eliminating those programs that are unnecessary - see the following:

http://www2.whidbey.net/djdenham/

You might also want to check your system for spyware and eliminate this unnecessary garbage from running. To eliminate spyware go to the following site and download and install Adaware:

http://www.lsfileserv.com/

Steve

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