Re: Slow Computer Response:

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On Jan 9, 2:24 am, "Gerry" <ge...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Robert

Adding Memory:http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8200/replace.htm#110...

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8200/specs.htm#1102365

You should contact Dell in the first instance for additional memory or
as mentioned Crucial if Dell cannot help. The site above is the US site
but you should contact Dell in the country where you are if it is not
the US. You may not find additional memory is expensive. You have 4
memory slots so the maximum you can have is 4 x 512 mb. You need to get
the specific RAM for the machine. i.e. PC800 RDRAM.

Until you have added RAM you should minimise multi-tasking as this will
push the system into using the pagefile. This is why you are getting
applications hanging. If the machine becomes non-responsive the best
thing to do is to leave the machine alone as given time it will usually
resolve itself. Intervention can create new problems.

To increase your pagefile settings select Start, Control Panel, System,
Advanced, Performance Settings, Advanced, Virtual Memory, Change. You
can select System Managed Size (commonly recommended) or Custom Size. If
you select Custom Size set a Minumum and a Maximum of 2,000 mb. When you
have made your selection click on Set, OK and exit. You will need to
restart your computer for the new settings to take effect.http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

What do you use ImageX for? Research suggests this is a Graphics
converter and therefore may need more memory than text based programmes.
Is there any correlation between it's use and response times.

You have included iexplore- twice in the list of processes! Is this
correct?

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Servicehttp://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.5e readme.txthttp://snipurl.com/ko8m

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Robert wrote:
On Jan 8, 10:08 am, "Gerry" <ge...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Robert

You need to increase your RAM from 256 mb to at least 512 mb. It is
obvious from the Commit Charges figures that you system is reliant
for
some of your activities on the pagefile. Accessing the pagefile is
slower than RAM and this will mean a less responsive computer. I
would
also double or even quadruple the maximum for the pagefile from 384
mb
as you have plenty of free disk space.

To advise on adding memory we need to know more about your computer.
You
need to get the right type. What isyour computer make and model. How
old is it?

This freeware programme is excellent for getting information about
your computer:Everest Home Edition
(freeware)http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

Tip: To copy select Report, Quick Report, Plain Text, highlight
required text, right click and select copy. However, whilst this is
fine for posting small amounts of information into newsgroup messages
longer reports will irritate other newsgroup subscribers.

In Everest expand Motherboard, Chipset and post the details for each
Memory slot.

Some advice on
cCleanerhttp://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asphttp://www.ccleaner.com/

With any cleaner you need to proceed with caution. To be safe you
should create a restore point before using cCleaner. cCleaner also
offers backup before removal.

When using cCleaner think twice before checking Autocomplete Form
History under Internet Explorer. You do get a warning but this one
has
irritating consequences. You may need to restore your system's
recollection of passwords after use so keep a record off computer so
that they can easily be re-entered.

Leave the Scan for Issues option alone.

A tip for Disk CleanUp. Select Start, All Programs, accessories,
System
Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all but
the
latest System Restore point. This facility is not available with
cCleaner.

You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the
boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the
figures
for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear
in
a previous boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer.

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is
a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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I just thought that I would make this further observation that in the
morning the computer was slow, dragging and sluggish and now in the
evening it's just as fast as it usually is. Strange.....

Robert- Hide quoted text -

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Hi Gerry,
I'll contact Dell about getting new RAM, I usually only have 1 or 2
browsers open and my Dell Imaging software running and toggle between
them but I didn't think this was too much multi-tasking but what you
say makes sense.

I've increased the size of my pagefile

I did a search on ImageX and it seems to be part of my Dell Imaging
software. I have quite a number of jpg files on my Dell Imagining and
I think I will copy all of those to disc and free up the space.

Yes, you saw (2) iexpore process's because I had two browsers open at
the time. Sorry for the duplication.

I downloaded the Hive cleanup service but after it closed I didn't see
it in new programs added and it didn't put an icon on the desktop.



Robert
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