Re: 2 gigs of memory-- doing nothing

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I appreciate all the answers, but all I'm really seeing is that you're
telling me to uninstall Norton. (PC Doctor doesn't run automatically).

I've downloaded and run SpyBot. Nothing there. All the advice from others
about virtual memory is apparently irrelevant, if as you say my problem has
nothing to do with memory.

You suggest disabling startup applications, but wouldn't their impact be
seen in terms of system resources being used? If it's not memory, are there
other parameters in Task Manager I should be monitoring?

All I know is I have half a compuer here, and of course Lenovo offers no
support for the OS, so again I'm grateful for any help.

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:28:05 -0800, Mr. Coffee
<MrCoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

PC Doctor came packaged on my machine, a Lenovo Thinkpad T-61. It tests all
the hardware and appears to be legit. I haven't installed any snake oil,
unless you count Norton.


I count both PC Doctor and Norton anything as snake oil. I would try
running without them to see if that improves your situation.


The Thinkpad does have a ton of stuff that runs at
startup.


You should also look very closely at each to those to see what it is,
why it's there, what the impact on performance is, and whether or not
you need it.


This is why I'm confused. It appears that I have plenty of memory, but the
apps don't seem to use it or perhaps don't have access to it.



No, that's not the problem.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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