HIgh RAM-----slow PC

asta-la-Vista · External Since: Oct 04, 2009 Posts: 1

Hi I looked for posts dealing with RAM and had trouble finding, I
thought everybody had problems with slow PCs.........

Now i need some advice please I have a Vista that is 1 1/2 years old
and it had become really slow. RAM is high even when all applications
are off and Firefox can use up to 1GB of memory and I have 2G/, I used
software like RAMboost and did the long OnceCare scan with MCS,
defragmented drives, increased the memory that can be used as RAM on the
hard drive. etc.....many things recommended. still same nothing is
changed after a short while.....

Is reformatting and bringing back to how it was when I bought my only
hope?
And should Firefox take a bloody 1 GB of RAM alone? I checked the
processes in task manager and it seems I need all of them
somehow..........and if that was the case if I reformat then wouldn't
the same thing happen again?

thanks

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Ken Blake, MVP · External Since: Jun 19, 2006 Posts: 169

On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:25:37 +0100, asta-la-Vista
<asta-la-Vista.3zjog2 RemoveThis @no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote:

>
> Hi I looked for posts dealing with RAM and had trouble finding, I
> thought everybody had problems with slow PCs.........
>
> Now i need some advice please I have a Vista that is 1 1/2 years old
> and it had become really slow. RAM is high even when all applications
> are off and Firefox can use up to 1GB of memory and I have 2G/, I used
> software like RAMboost

Software like that is junk that is far more likely to worsen the
problem than to solve it.

> and did the long OnceCare scan with MCS,
> defragmented drives, increased the memory that can be used as RAM on the
> hard drive.

Page File? Doing that was unnecessary.

> etc.....many things recommended. still same nothing is
> changed after a short while.....
>
> Is reformatting and bringing back to how it was when I bought my only
> hope?

The two most likely things that would degrade your performance are
what malware infection, and what background programs start up
automatically.

Malware infection is most likely. What anti-virus and antispyware
programs do you run? Are they kept up to date?

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asta-la-Vista · External Since: Oct 04, 2009 Posts: 1

Hi, antivirus....Avast/ use Spybot/ defender/ update always and scan....
and the One care from mcs site which took like 4 hours......myabe use
one or two malware stuff once.

Ken Blake, MVP;1574054 Wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:25:37 +0100, asta-la-Vista
> <asta-la-Vista.3zjog2.TakeThisOut@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi I looked for posts dealing with RAM and had trouble finding, I
> > thought everybody had problems with slow PCs.........
> >
> > Now i need some advice please I have a Vista that is 1 1/2 years old
> > and it had become really slow. RAM is high even when all
> applications
> > are off and Firefox can use up to 1GB of memory and I have 2G/, I
> used
> > software like RAMboost
>
>
> Software like that is junk that is far more likely to worsen the
> problem than to solve it.
>
>
>
> > and did the long OnceCare scan with MCS,
> > defragmented drives, increased the memory that can be used as RAM on
> the
> > hard drive.
>
>
> Page File? Doing that was unnecessary.
>
>
> > etc.....many things recommended. still same nothing is
> > changed after a short while.....
> >
> > Is reformatting and bringing back to how it was when I bought my
> only
> > hope?
>
>
> The two most likely things that would degrade your performance are
> what malware infection, and what background programs start up
> automatically.
>
> Malware infection is most likely. What anti-virus and antispyware
> programs do you run? Are they kept up to date?
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

--
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Ken Blake, MVP · External Since: Jun 19, 2006 Posts: 169

On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 20:54:52 +0100, asta-la-Vista
<asta-la-Vista.3zjske RemoveThis @no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote:

>
> Hi, antivirus....Avast/

OK, good choice.

> use Spybot/ defender/ update always and scan....

But relying on those is *not* a good choice. I recommend downloading
and trying the freeware versions of MalwareBytes AntiMalware and
SuperAntiSpyware.

> and the One care from mcs site which took like 4 hours......myabe use
> one or two malware stuff once.
>
>
> Ken Blake, MVP;1574054 Wrote:
> > On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:25:37 +0100, asta-la-Vista
> > <asta-la-Vista.3zjog2 RemoveThis @no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi I looked for posts dealing with RAM and had trouble finding, I
> > > thought everybody had problems with slow PCs.........
> > >
> > > Now i need some advice please I have a Vista that is 1 1/2 years old
> > > and it had become really slow. RAM is high even when all
> > applications
> > > are off and Firefox can use up to 1GB of memory and I have 2G/, I
> > used
> > > software like RAMboost
> >
> >
> > Software like that is junk that is far more likely to worsen the
> > problem than to solve it.
> >
> >
> >
> > > and did the long OnceCare scan with MCS,
> > > defragmented drives, increased the memory that can be used as RAM on
> > the
> > > hard drive.
> >
> >
> > Page File? Doing that was unnecessary.
> >
> >
> > > etc.....many things recommended. still same nothing is
> > > changed after a short while.....
> > >
> > > Is reformatting and bringing back to how it was when I bought my
> > only
> > > hope?
> >
> >
> > The two most likely things that would degrade your performance are
> > what malware infection, and what background programs start up
> > automatically.
> >
> > Malware infection is most likely. What anti-virus and antispyware
> > programs do you run? Are they kept up to date?
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
>
> --
> asta-la-Vista
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

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doc1234 · External Since: Oct 09, 2009 Posts: 1

"asta-la-Vista" wrote:

>
> Hi I looked for posts dealing with RAM and had trouble finding, I
> thought everybody had problems with slow PCs.........
>
> Now i need some advice please I have a Vista that is 1 1/2 years old
> and it had become really slow. RAM is high even when all applications
> are off and Firefox can use up to 1GB of memory and I have 2G/, I used
> software like RAMboost and did the long OnceCare scan with MCS,
> defragmented drives, increased the memory that can be used as RAM on the
> hard drive. etc.....many things recommended. still same nothing is
> changed after a short while.....
>
> Is reformatting and bringing back to how it was when I bought my only
> hope?
> And should Firefox take a bloody 1 GB of RAM alone? I checked the
> processes in task manager and it seems I need all of them
> somehow..........and if that was the case if I reformat then wouldn't
> the same thing happen again?
>
> thanks
>
>
> --
> asta-la-Vista
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>
>

f/fgeorge · External Since: Feb 01, 2007 Posts: 62

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Richard in AZ · External Since: Jun 13, 2006 Posts: 66

"doc1234" <doc1234.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E701EEA6-1DBC-4647-8909-38CAC7D261DB@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "asta-la-Vista" wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi I looked for posts dealing with RAM and had trouble finding, I
>> thought everybody had problems with slow PCs.........
>>
>> Now i need some advice please I have a Vista that is 1 1/2 years old
>> and it had become really slow. RAM is high even when all applications
>> are off and Firefox can use up to 1GB of memory and I have 2G/, I used
>> software like RAMboost and did the long OnceCare scan with MCS,
>> defragmented drives, increased the memory that can be used as RAM on the
>> hard drive. etc.....many things recommended. still same nothing is
>> changed after a short while.....
>>
>> Is reformatting and bringing back to how it was when I bought my only
>> hope?
>> And should Firefox take a bloody 1 GB of RAM alone? I checked the
>> processes in task manager and it seems I need all of them
>> somehow..........and if that was the case if I reformat then wouldn't
>> the same thing happen again?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>>
>> --
>> asta-la-Vista
>> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>>
>>

In addition to what f/fgeorge said, have you run your disk cleanup tool?
A load of temp files will definitely slow the computer down.