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re: Slow computer Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:52 am Posted by Steve (23811 messages posted) how much do you have now [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Slow computer Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 11:20 am Posted by Wesley I. McNaught (41 messages posted) Dell Inspiron 531S Service Pack 2 1.00 GB Ram 32-bit Operating System On Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:52 am, Steve wrote: >how much do you have now [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Slow computer Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 11:26 am Posted by Steve (23811 messages posted) I doubt more ram will solve the problem. Though it wouldn't hurt either. You might look for a friend with some Computer experience to Help. Even a legit Application can cause Windows problems. A example, awhile back I help someone with similar symptoms, and it turned out to be Her AntiVirus software causing the Problem. It took Me some time screwing around to sort it out, and Never would have solved it with being behind the Keyboard. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Slow computer Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 1:29 pm Posted by MartinM (7551 messages posted) Almost certainly won't prevent "freeze-ups" Can you describe exactly what you mean by this term and we might be able to help with them ? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Slow computer Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 4:13 pm Posted by JimmyK (168 messages posted) Slow computer generally indicates spyware, malware, adware and virus's. Also indicates that hard drive needs defraging and registry cleaned and optimized. Just runnig one spyware program is not going to cut it. check out this site and look at the free software list. I use 5 different applications for spyware, adware and malware removal. They all find something that the others miss. That's the nature of the beast. Vista has a built in defrager but it takes hours to complete. I use Auslogics disk defrager and registry defrager. Then I recomend MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials), this replaces One care and its free. It has a antivirus built in it so have to uninstall what you have to use MSE. http://www.vistax64.com/software/ On Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:47 am, Wesley I. McNaught wrote: >Would installing memory sticks help speed up computer and lesson freeze-ups? I have >ran virus check and malware check. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Slow computer Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 6:11 pm Posted by MartinM (7551 messages posted) Sorry, but defragmenting NTFS-based systems makes precious little difference to performance, ditto registry "cleaning" or "optimisation" in Vista. Agree about malware, but we really need to know more about what he's experiencing, especially what he calls "freeze-ups" before being able to help with his specifics. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Slow computer Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 8:26 pm Posted by Wesley I. McNaught (41 messages posted) What I call a freeze-up with my computer is when you are doing browsing, etc. and the computer just quits. You can't do anything with it but to shut it down and then start it again. On Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 1:29 pm, MartinM wrote: > >Almost certainly won't prevent "freeze-ups" > >Can you describe exactly what you mean by this term and we might be able to help >with them ? > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum