Re: my computer is running slow too

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I'm glad I could help! If the problems don't seem to matter - then
perhaps the solution will present itself sometime and until then, happy
computing. It's always good NOT to have any ! and those can cause
different problems.

Yes, fixing those ! are going to be important for your computer
operations or comfort...

Upgrading can be really tricky in deciding what to get. Ram is an easy
option and if you are happy with the rest of your computer, that would
be the way to go. I like to have at least 20% - 30% free on my HDD's
as well. Problem is.... building a whole new one isn't much more after
the ram and HDD (other than for gamers) - but that's all a different
discussion! :)

So, to fix the !'s I would look into reinstalling those drivers or
troubleshoot Pinnacle for that matter.

Not sure about the usb -

I had a similar problem with a creative audigy platinum... and it was
IRQ assignment problem (moving the card and disabling other motherboard
components cleared it) but I'm not familiar with Pinnacle, sorry.



bryantyler wrote:
Thanks Gerry and JC! I have tried all that you have suggested and it
seems to be running a lot smoother now! I only came across 2 problems,
but they don't really seem to matter.

1) I don't have a "More Options" in my disk cleanup so I wasn't able to
delete early restore points.

2) I did find a couple of ! in my hardware profile that I can't seem to
fix no matter what. 2 are in my Sound, Video and Game Controllers
called 'Pinnacle Systems Studio AV/DV E4' and 'Pinnacle Systems Studio
AV/DV Overlay'. I have downloaded what I think are the latest drivers
etc but they are still there with the yellow !. Another one is a 'USB
Mass Storage Device' under the Universal Serial Bus controllers. I
have "uninstalled" it and rebooted with Windows attempting to reinstall
it, but that was unsuccessful after not being able to locate the
software. (Atleast that's what I think it said.) The only thing I have
in my USB ports are my external hd, my printer and my mouse, which are
all working.

I think what did it was a combination of defragging and finding 2 files
that were almost 5 gb's each that I had forgotten about (home movies)!
It was the defragging that caught those for me when it alerted me that
it couldn't defrag them. I will also look into getting more memory. I
could of sworn that I had gotten more than that when I had my pc
upgraded last year. Thanks again for helping!

.

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