Hi,
Since I have installed WinNT (2 years ago) on my computer, I have never had an issue with it. The computer runs smooth and fast all of the time except recently. I use my computer for things such as internet, CAD, image software and music. Recently, software programs lag behind when I open them and the computer freezes for a few seconds quite often. My screen saver moves 1 frame every 5 seconds....i feel like im using a 486 sometimes!

I have a feeling there is spyware running in the background eating up every last shread of memory. It could also be a virus, but I did a quick online check and nothing came up.

Any ideas on where I should start to look? Any good software?

Thanks Much!
-Al Conforti

Did you check the running processes to see if there's anything taking up all the memory?

Well if there was a virus your best bet would to use AVG Anti-Virus 7.0, way better than norton, people say different, but i currently have both, and AVG detects viruses Norton doesnt. AVG is available for trial at www.grisoft.com/

If you have Spyware you could get Spybot, Or Ad-aware. Spybot Available at security.kolla.de, and Ad-aware Available at http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

BetaTech *_*

I forgot one thing, You may need new RAM, Because RAM can get used up and become full, Therefore needing new RAM, I myself have had the proble with RAM.

BetaTech *_*

Well, I put new Ram in the computer about a year ago. Im now up to 512mb and the computer has been running fine up till about a week ago.

As for the resources, I don't really know what should be there and what shouldn't...
The processor usage is at 100% (which is normal isn't it?)

Thanks for the input...i'll check the virus and spyware stuff!

Thanks,
Al Conforti

No, 100% CPU usage all the time is not normal. What processes are using the most resources?

And, I've never heard of RAM being used up and becoming full. That's a new one. :)

Some people have reported having problems (Woody's Watch, Brian's Buzz) after downloading MS critical updates MS04-004 (KB832894),IE Exporer; and MS04-007 (KB828028) which included Win2000 and WinXP, not WinNT. In one case, uninstalling the updates corrected the problem. So, you might check your installation history to see if the problems started about the time the update was installed. If so, see if uninstalling it corrects the problem.

W/r to Jennifer's post (2/18/04)
RAM does get full. Consider that not too many years ago, PC's were sold with 64K RAM. As programs grew(e.g. Office Suites, Games)
more and RAM was addded. Although 256K is pretty much the standard now on new machines, I know some people have had to increase the size of their page files (Virtual Memory) to run new programs. I think when you get to that point, though, you should consider increasing your RAM