Re: Upgrade RAM from 2GB to 4GB

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Doug W. wrote:


"caver1" <phillip@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:469f925f$0$30641$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



caver1 wrote:



FGGH wrote:


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Spyware doctor could be your problem. If you let it do automatic scans it will bring your whole computer to a dead stop.
The best thing to do when your computer is crawling is to open Windows Task Manager click on the Process tab and in the CPU column see what is eating up your processor. then you can right click on it and click on end process. See how that improves things. If it works either get rid of that program or reset the settings for it.
Sometimes a programs auto update will do the same thing. That is why I always manually update.
Caver1


I also notice that you have Adobe Reader8 on your computer. I got rid of it as foxit reader does just as well and I had the same problem that you described. I went into Task manager and Adobe Readers update was using 100% of my cpu. got rid of it and no problems. I have almost as many programs running as you do ( I know because my son complains) but my computer zips along with 1gig of ram. Its not so much how many progams, although it can be a problem, but which programs and what you are letting them do.
caver1

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Hi: Adobe Ver 8 is a bad actor. If I use the damned thing, it will try and download the update and use up my bandwidth as I am on dial-up. I DON'T want the update unless it is on my initiative. I have discontinued the sneaky download three times already. I can't seem to be able to head it off and have tried mightily.

It's easy to control if you use a firewall that can keep outbound connections in check. The XP firewall is completely oblivious to outbound connections.

John

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