Re: computer getting slow for not the usual reasons

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Paul

pagefilemon takes snapshots. You need to run it at the beginning of
the session at then run it again at intervals throughout the sessions.

I do think your is heading towards a diagnosis of insufficient RAM memory for the activities you are using your computer for!

What is your CPU processor speed?

What is your graphics card make and model?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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paulmars wrote:
yes and looking at it now, 1/2 a day later and it is unchanged
(2:13:05pm).
Before my problems started 3 or 4 weeks ago, I could upload a
video, edit another video and watch a third online - all at the
same time. And have OE and both IM opened. Now with all that the
upload did show down, but not too much. If I was doing all that,
but instead of watching video online I tried to watch a video on
my HDD it might be chopping, but the audio would be fine, the
upload file would upload not too slowly and the Edit would
complete at a good speed.
No way now!

commit charge
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714486
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"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Paul

You have posted two copies of the same report ie. the second
report should be 24 minutes later but it has the same time as
the first! 2/22/2007 2:13:05 PM
Pagefile Physical Location: C:\pagefile.sys
Current Pagefile Usage: 18 MB
Session Peak Usage: 18 MB
Current Pagefile Size: 432 MB

At 26 minutes I close the video and:
2/22/2007 2:13:05 PM
Pagefile Physical Location: C:\pagefile.sys
Current Pagefile Usage: 18 MB
Session Peak Usage: 18 MB
Current Pagefile Size: 432 MB

288 mb RAM would reckoned by most people to be insufficient RAM
for Windows XP. The normal recommendation is 512 mb.

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the
Performance Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the
Limit and the Peak? --

Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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paulmars wrote:
ok, I was watching that google video while it was running last
night. I just started it again now, about 60 seconds after the
desktop appeared. So, now I will run a video, but actually I
have not yet install any players since my last xp reinstall.
Let me install VideoLAN and watch one of my videos....
Ok, now I am watching an mpg...

24 minutes into watching that mpg and:
2/22/2007 2:13:05 PM
Pagefile Physical Location: C:\pagefile.sys
Current Pagefile Usage: 18 MB
Session Peak Usage: 18 MB
Current Pagefile Size: 432 MB

At 26 minutes I close the video and:
2/22/2007 2:13:05 PM
Pagefile Physical Location: C:\pagefile.sys
Current Pagefile Usage: 18 MB
Session Peak Usage: 18 MB
Current Pagefile Size: 432 MB

is this monitoring or just a snapshot?

"...but you need to monitor it over a period of time."
"I left it running, but did not see it in task mgr."

288meg ram since june 2003, before that I was running xp with
less.
Adjust for best performance. That's what I had before and one of
the first things I checked/set after reinstall. I just double
checked and it is still Adjust for best performance.



"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Paul

You need to start Pagefilemon as soon as you can after the
Desktop appears and then see how usage varies. A session peak
of 132 mb would not be too bad but you need to monitor it over
a period of time. It would interesting to see what happens when
you are running a video and what happens when you stop the
video. How much RAM memory do you have? What are your virtual
memory
settings? Which of four settings do you have selected? Right
click My Computer icon on Desktopand select Properties,
Advanced, Performance Settings, Visual Effects to see setting
options.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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"paulmars" <pmars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No errors, but slow to a crawl. I was ready to write this 25
minutes ago, but I could not even make this the active window,
until I closed most other things and each app that I closed
took between 5 and 10 minutes to close. They were all open and
all was fine and I was watching a google video and after about
10 minutes it started to loose frames, then the audio started
to stop and start. So, I closed ie and started switching to
other open apps and close them, but switching took minutes and
so did closing. one HDD, 4 partitions. C is 20 gig with 14
gig free. OS is on
C. All system files are on C, except that I keep favs and OE
store on D, as I have always done.

No, I had not monitored it. Here is the file from that exe u
mentioned. I left it running, but did not see it in task mgr.

2/22/2007 7:44:03 AM
Pagefile Physical Location: C:\pagefile.sys
Current Pagefile Usage: 132 MB
Session Peak Usage: 132 MB
Current Pagefile Size: 432 MB

slowdown happens with no graphics and photo editing app
opened. Please note that nothing on my system has changed when
this
condition started. And after the reinstall, I have never even
installed many existing apps that I did have.

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