[adhruv92]

i have computer and it runs tooooo slow. i just recently formatted the pc, installed the drivers, installed few softwares and security updates by microsoft.

till far i have installed
dreamweaver, flash, fireworks [ all versio = 8 ]
mozilla firefox
thunderbird
flash player
ms office 2007
ie 8
kaspersky internet secrutiy 2010
foxit reader
yahoo messenger
winrar
Picassa 3

i ran a full pc scan using kaspersky but no luck, the computer still runs slow.

i have a hard disk of 40 GB
and net RAM of 760 MB with XP SP3 installed

plz help

[adhruv92]

i have computer and it runs tooooo slow. i just recently formatted the pc, installed the drivers, installed few softwares and security updates by microsoft.

till far i have installed
dreamweaver, flash, fireworks [ all versio = 8 ]
mozilla firefox
thunderbird
flash player
ms office 2007
ie 8
kaspersky internet secrutiy 2010
foxit reader
yahoo messenger
winrar
Picassa 3

i ran a full pc scan using kaspersky but no luck, the computer still runs slow.

i have a hard disk of 40 GB
and net RAM of 760 MB with XP SP3 installed

plz help

[bodom658]

try a defrag?

[Gorian]

Well, 760 MB is not a lot. Your Running RAMBUS? Check your Page File size, see how big it is. Note that if your total memory usage exceeds 760 MB, your system will make up for the lack of RAM by using a paging file on the Hard Drive as RAM, and that is Way slower, especially if you are running an IDE Hard Drive. What is the speed of the RAM? One thing to do is to download a program that monitors how much RAM is being used. With XP, you should be fine with 760, but it depends on what you are doing....

Another thing I recommend is to get familiar with the running processes on the Task Manager so you can easily notice any that should not be there and kill them. The Autoruns.exe file from theSysInternals suite is a good program to have. I would recommend turning off any Startup Programs that you can open by yourself, like IMs and iTunes.

[Gorian]

Dude, Same topic here

[OliveOyl3471]

* figured out how to merge threads! Ahem, I mean, Threads Merged*

[Gorian]

lol. Good for you olive! Nice to see you as a mod

[adhruv92]

degragfed it but it did but no significant change

i am buying a new 2 GB ram, would it work with 40 GB hard disk ?

and ill let u know the progress

This post has been edited by adhruv92: 03 November 2009 - 10:57 AM

[Gorian]

A Hard Disk has no effect on the RAM. You could have a 3.2 GB hard disk with 8GB of RAM in an x64 System (though you would have a hard time doing much of anything after getting the OS installed....)

[TMKCodes]

One thing is, does kapersky check your pc for viruses all the time or is it so that you have to run it to find viruses? Virus checking takes quite much resources.

[adhruv92]

Gorian, on 3 Nov, 2009 - 10:04 AM, said:

A Hard Disk has no effect on the RAM. You could have a 3.2 GB hard disk with 8GB of RAM in an x64 System (though you would have a hard time doing much of anything after getting the OS installed....)

ok, then i m buying a new 2 GB RAM

TMKCodes, on 3 Nov, 2009 - 10:08 AM, said:

One thing is, does kapersky check your pc for viruses all the time or is it so that you have to run it to find viruses? Virus checking takes quite much resources.

yes, kaspersky does scan for viruses on it's own. it's the best anti virus and firewall software i have used till date.

[Gorian]

He has a point. like I said, get familiar with the running processes and you will be able to see what is making it go slow, and if you can kill it .

[Nikhil_07n]

adhruv92, on 3 Nov, 2009 - 08:50 PM, said:

kaspersky internet secrutiy 2010
yahoo messenger

There they are.

Yahoo messenger is an annoying piece of shit that registers itself as a startup application when executed even if we removed it earlier.

Kaspersky Internet security.. I don't have words for that thing.
Use avast free edition, it's way better for your PC specs.

[adhruv92]

Nikhil_07n, on 3 Nov, 2009 - 04:58 PM, said:

There they are.

Yahoo messenger is an annoying piece of shit that registers itself as a startup application when executed even if we removed it earlier.

Kaspersky Internet security.. I don't have words for that thing.
Use avast free edition, it's way better for your PC specs.

i used avast once and that software is a shit.
my pc was infected with loads of viruses, then i used kaspersky and it found 56 viruses inside my pc. i am using kaspersky's latest version, i think that's why it is taking too much resources, earlie i used version 7, which did that much of resources.

[Nikhil_07n]

I don't know why.. but I have 640 MB RAM and fully updated Kaspersky turned my system into hell. I had to reformat it once every two months. But after using avast I'm running this system fine for approx. four months now without a problem.

P.S. : This is my personal experience. People have different experiences.