Re: PC too slow

From: yabbadoo (lsdolby_at_ignore.ntlwor.com)
Date: 02/26/05


Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:53:06 -0000

Most definately YES increase the RAM to whatever you can afford, the speed
gain will be dramatic.
Len
"yba02" <yba02@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DAC9176A-947D-4B96-AE9B-FC2074309E67@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I am running a a network of a handful of PCs under a DC.
> My PC (admin PC,) which has nothing much than other PCs apart from the AV
> and the DB management consoles, became too slow recently.
> When running a RAM monitor tool, the memory starts declining, by its own,
> in
> the system idle state.
> I am quite certain that I have no malware on the system but I can not
> figure
> out what is up. If it is all about memory, which is currently 256, would
> a
> memory increase help boost the system.
> Thanks
> Yba



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