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10-18-2006, 03:31 AM
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I'm not sure if I'm doing the right thing so I could use some help.
I am noticing that my PC is running anywhere between 45 and 50% RAM just doing basic stuff like typing this message. I'm running 1GB. I know that there must be stuff running in the background that is eating up RAM but 50% seems to be too much. So I want to know how to best shut down some stuff that is loaded up at startup. I'm assuming that most of it are displayed in the System Tray. For example I'm running an ATI utility, ActiveSync for my iPaq, Norton AV (Corporate Edition), and a few other things. I sometimes run Skype and uses up a fair bit of RAM it seems. What I have done is get into msconfig and manually disable some programs. I did that and I'm still eating up RAM. Is the the best way to do this or is there a better way? I am particularly sensitive to this because I got a sweet new keyboard that has a backlit LCD display and one thing is scrolls is CPU and RAM usage.
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10-18-2006, 08:43 AM
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When you see your list of startup items, type the process name into Google to ID what it is and whether or not it is safe to remove it. I have only 3 items checked in my startup list btw. IMO, you should have less than 30 processes running after initial boot up of your computer and before opening any programs.
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10-18-2006, 08:54 AM
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IMHO you've got a worm/trojan.
Delete all of your offline IE content and cookies, then do a full system scan with the machine in safe mode and not connected to the internet.
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10-18-2006, 12:20 PM
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I'm going to go home and blow up my computer. Oh, and the basic specs: P4 3.0 HT 1 GB RAM Windows XP Service Pack 2, can't remember what specific version of that.
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10-18-2006, 12:24 PM
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 Get rid of Norton and get Trend PcCillin 
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10-18-2006, 01:21 PM
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 I feel like pulling out MrMossberg or, S&W or, my Glock, about once a week and showing this Dell bastard who's really boss. 
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10-18-2006, 01:29 PM
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Before you blow anything up, let's make sure you're looking at the right variable: Are you looking at PF (page file) useage? or RAM ? and do you have multiple MS Office apps open at the same time when you're checking task manager? R
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10-18-2006, 09:26 AM
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How does one check to see what RAM usage is?
I can't resist screwing around and seeing what's doing in my 'puter. And, like SG, I want it running leano and meano. SG, thanks for the tips on paring down the startup stuff. BR,mD
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