Memory Issues

Newsgroup wrote:

> I am using XPPro sp2 and use 1GB RAM. Lately, my boot-up and general
> PC actions (not screen activity) take longer than I would have
> thought. 1 GB of RAM is adequate for most people.


It's considerably* more* than adequate for most people


> How do I go about
> improving it?
> I have noticed in Task Manager when trying to load a program, it
> takes a long time --relatively speaking but most of the activity
> happening with the HDD. My CPU & RAM utilisation remains well below
> 50%.


These days the most common cause for performance issues is malware
infestation. The first thing to do is always to be sure you are free of
malware. I see that Malke has already given you a link to her excellent
malware removal site, and I second her recommendation to go there.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on
the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties. Hardware,
Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?

Try Start, Run, type "sigverif.exe" without quotes and hit OK. What
drivers are listed as unsigned? Disregard those which are not checked.

Check the Application and System logs in Event Viewer
for Warning / Error Reports.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click for further information. You can copy using copy
and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further
information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event Viewer.
Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the
message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
Viewer.


--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Newsgroup wrote:
> I am using XPPro sp2 and use 1GB RAM. Lately, my boot-up and
> general
> PC actions (not screen activity) take longer than I would have
> thought. 1 GB of RAM is adequate for most people. How do I go
> about
> improving it?
> I have noticed in Task Manager when trying to load a program, it
> takes a long time --relatively speaking but most of the activity
> happening with the HDD. My CPU & RAM utilisation remains well below
> 50%.
> How do I improve the speed and can anyone direct me to a site that
> explains the connections between all the different type of memory
> that a PC uses: e.g.; pagefile, RAM, virtual etc....
>
> Thanks.

No issues with the devices as such... I recall some days ago the windows
update downloaded IE7 and I declined to install it (although it was already
downloaded by the update manager)... since then the update icon has not
appeared again in order to check what exactly happened to that file....

Could this be responsible in some way for the slow down of the system and if
so; any remedy of either deleting the download (or installing it)? Insofar
as malware etc... goes, my system is pretty well up to date on the primary
anti-virus/spyware etc.. hence it is not likely to be the case.


"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc DeleteThis @tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
news:uL6tjmfMHHA.960@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on
> the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties. Hardware,
> Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?
>
> Try Start, Run, type "sigverif.exe" without quotes and hit OK. What
> drivers are listed as unsigned? Disregard those which are not checked.
>
> Check the Application and System logs in Event Viewer
> for Warning / Error Reports.
>
> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
> of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
> are important.
>
> HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us
>
> Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
> should double click for further information. You can copy using copy
> and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further
> information.
> http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
> (Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)
>
> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
> click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
> button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event Viewer.
> Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the
> message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
> Viewer.
>
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> Newsgroup wrote:
>> I am using XPPro sp2 and use 1GB RAM. Lately, my boot-up and general
>> PC actions (not screen activity) take longer than I would have
>> thought. 1 GB of RAM is adequate for most people. How do I go about
>> improving it?
>> I have noticed in Task Manager when trying to load a program, it
>> takes a long time --relatively speaking but most of the activity
>> happening with the HDD. My CPU & RAM utilisation remains well below
>> 50%.
>> How do I improve the speed and can anyone direct me to a site that
>> explains the connections between all the different type of memory
>> that a PC uses: e.g.; pagefile, RAM, virtual etc....
>>
>> Thanks.
>

Event Viewer Reports?

A lot of people have not had problems installing IE7! I have no
problems. If installing I would go Offline and turn off all real time
protection until it is installed.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"Newsgroup" <hrk_1.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23q5W2IBNHHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> No issues with the devices as such... I recall some days ago the
> windows update downloaded IE7 and I declined to install it (although
> it was already downloaded by the update manager)... since then the
> update icon has not appeared again in order to check what exactly
> happened to that file....
>
> Could this be responsible in some way for the slow down of the
> system and if so; any remedy of either deleting the download (or
> installing it)? Insofar as malware etc... goes, my system is pretty
> well up to date on the primary anti-virus/spyware etc.. hence it is
> not likely to be the case.
>
>
> "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc.DeleteThis@tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
> news:uL6tjmfMHHA.960@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click
>> on
>> the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties.
>> Hardware,
>> Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?
>>
>> Try Start, Run, type "sigverif.exe" without quotes and hit OK. What
>> drivers are listed as unsigned? Disregard those which are not
>> checked.
>>
>> Check the Application and System logs in Event Viewer
>> for Warning / Error Reports.
>>
>> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
>> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the
>> meaning
>> of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and
>> Description
>> are important.
>>
>> HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us
>>
>> Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
>> should double click for further information. You can copy using
>> copy
>> and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further
>> information.
>> http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
>> (Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)
>>
>> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
>> double
>> click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears
>> is a
>> button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
>> Viewer.
>> Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the
>> message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
>> Viewer.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>> Newsgroup wrote:
>>> I am using XPPro sp2 and use 1GB RAM. Lately, my boot-up and
>>> general
>>> PC actions (not screen activity) take longer than I would have
>>> thought. 1 GB of RAM is adequate for most people. How do I go
>>> about
>>> improving it?
>>> I have noticed in Task Manager when trying to load a program, it
>>> takes a long time --relatively speaking but most of the activity
>>> happening with the HDD. My CPU & RAM utilisation remains well
>>> below
>>> 50%.
>>> How do I improve the speed and can anyone direct me to a site that
>>> explains the connections between all the different type of memory
>>> that a PC uses: e.g.; pagefile, RAM, virtual etc....
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>
>

well it's not an installation problem, i just did not want to install IE7 by
choice. I don't have problem installing IE7 --if I have to... the problem
is where is the downloaded IE7 update kept, if not installed when prompted
initially by windows update manager....and whether having it downloaded and
not installed could lead to my PC slowing down.


"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc.RemoveThis@tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
news:OupiaHDNHHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Event Viewer Reports?
>
> A lot of people have not had problems installing IE7! I have no problems.
> If installing I would go Offline and turn off all real time protection
> until it is installed.
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> "Newsgroup" <hrk_1.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23q5W2IBNHHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> No issues with the devices as such... I recall some days ago the windows
>> update downloaded IE7 and I declined to install it (although it was
>> already downloaded by the update manager)... since then the update icon
>> has not appeared again in order to check what exactly happened to that
>> file....
>>
>> Could this be responsible in some way for the slow down of the system and
>> if so; any remedy of either deleting the download (or installing it)?
>> Insofar as malware etc... goes, my system is pretty well up to date on
>> the primary anti-virus/spyware etc.. hence it is not likely to be the
>> case.
>>
>>
>> "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc.RemoveThis@tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
>> news:uL6tjmfMHHA.960@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on
>>> the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties. Hardware,
>>> Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?
>>>
>>> Try Start, Run, type "sigverif.exe" without quotes and hit OK. What
>>> drivers are listed as unsigned? Disregard those which are not checked.
>>>
>>> Check the Application and System logs in Event Viewer
>>> for Warning / Error Reports.
>>>
>>> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
>>> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
>>> of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
>>> are important.
>>>
>>> HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us
>>>
>>> Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
>>> should double click for further information. You can copy using copy
>>> and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further
>>> information.
>>> http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
>>> (Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)
>>>
>>> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
>>> click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
>>> button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event Viewer.
>>> Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the
>>> message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
>>> Viewer.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Gerry
>>> ~~~~
>>> FCA
>>> Stourport, England
>>> Enquire, plan and execute
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>>
>>> Newsgroup wrote:
>>>> I am using XPPro sp2 and use 1GB RAM. Lately, my boot-up and general
>>>> PC actions (not screen activity) take longer than I would have
>>>> thought. 1 GB of RAM is adequate for most people. How do I go about
>>>> improving it?
>>>> I have noticed in Task Manager when trying to load a program, it
>>>> takes a long time --relatively speaking but most of the activity
>>>> happening with the HDD. My CPU & RAM utilisation remains well below
>>>> 50%.
>>>> How do I improve the speed and can anyone direct me to a site that
>>>> explains the connections between all the different type of memory
>>>> that a PC uses: e.g.; pagefile, RAM, virtual etc....
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>
>>
>