Re: Need Help With XP Memory

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"pressureguy" <pressureguy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Apparently, I am out of memory. I have deleted all unnecessary files,
> such as avi/mpegs, mp3 files, all games and any other thing you can
> imagine, but every few days the computer is not able to perform basic
> functions such as play a cd, use any program, or pull up the internet
> explorer page due to lack of memory.
>
> I have dumped my trash can, defragged, deleted temporary internet files
> (inluding the ones under settings), and done disc cleanup for all
> drives.
>
> On my C drive, I have 73.1 GB and according to my computer, 68.4 of
> that is free. The computer is a 2.79 GHz with 240 MB of RAM.
>
> What else can I do, and where has my memory gone if I have deleted all
> unnecessary things?
>
> Any ideas or comments will be greatly appreciated.
>
> pg

Giving yourself more hard drive space by deleting stuff is an exercise in
futility. It does nothing for speed, only storage space. If your hard drive
was almost full, that would have been different, though not too much of an
improvement. Find out what type of RAM you have and add more system RAM to
your computer. Most techies say 256MB RAM is the bare minimum that should be
in the computer for Windows XP, and that 512MB is ideal to get things
running smoothly.


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