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Old December 26th, 2008, 07:09 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Slow Computer

I have an older computer that is very very slow. I'm running XP and until recently it wasn't too bad. I tried a system restore to a previous date but that didn't help. I think I have a memory issue, but I'm not sure. I checked the performance and a couple of programs (Mcafee antivirus and pc sypware doctor) are having an enormous number of memory page faults. Another possibility is that there is a problem with video memory because sometimes I get dozens of echoed screens when I move a window, as if the screen refresh can't keep up. I don't want to buy more memory and find it's the wrong solution, so if you have any ideas, please let me know. Thanks.
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Old December 26th, 2008, 10:29 AM     #2 (permalink)
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Clean the system first. Download, update and run anti malware from Malwarebytes.org and do the same with Hijack This.
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