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my computer slows down
Name: sid Date: January 21, 2001 at 10:42:34 Pacific
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After a while I'm working with windows ME like an hour or so my computer slows down with no reason. when I check the system resources they show that 88% of the system resources are free. What can I do?
Name: TW562 Date: January 21, 2001 at 11:09:58 Pacific
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What type of pc do you have?If it is a Compaq you have go back installed.Go in and disable it.Windows Me Has System Restore>Find it it system Tools,System festore.Bring it up and go to box that says manual set that one.Hope this helps
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Response Number 2
Name: sid Date: January 21, 2001 at 11:18:15 Pacific
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I don't get what you mean TW562. I have a PIII 600 MHZ whith 128 MB of RAM, it isn't compaq. disable what??? go to system restore and go back to when and why???
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Response Number 3
Name: Dodenburg Date: January 21, 2001 at 14:36:05 Pacific
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Disable System restore from control panel...system.....performance....file system
Didable PC Health checks
Disable automatic Updates....control panel
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Response Number 4
Name: Tim Date: January 23, 2001 at 15:05:31 Pacific
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Follow the advice of these guys and disable system restore and pc health checks. They are performance hogs (especially system restore). One guy that removed it completely told me that the file was about one gig and took 40 minutes to delete.
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Response Number 5
Name: ChosenWon Date: January 23, 2001 at 19:58:09 Pacific
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Sys restore uses approx 8-10% of your total hdd space. also try start run type in msconfig and edit it down to the nessary stuff. if you remove the sys restore, make sure you do frequent back ups.
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Response Number 6
Name: Samuel Chang Date: March 22, 2001 at 02:03:45 Pacific
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I have the same problem. I have an Athlon 800 with 128 MB RAM but after about 30-40 min, my computer begins to move extremely slowly. I have done what was said, but still run pretty badly. I don't want to format my computer if there is a simple explaination for this.
I've tried removing one program at a time but even with nothing running (including the ctl+alt+del programs) it still runs really slowly. Could the problem be hardware? or maybe WinME?
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