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Name: Becks Bear Date: November 29, 2003 at 01:21:30 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: AMB 2+ 512DDR
Comment:
Please help new to this computing but learning fast i know there have been many questions asked about this subject so please bear with me, can someone answer me in simple language what i need to do to fix this? i have adware, spy bot, norton etc and are run almost weekly, and all upfated on the net My system has a AMD 2.1 processor, 512DDR ram. i was thinking of up grading the processor and the ram up to #1 gig would this help? many thanks for your patience
Name: Hooner Date: November 29, 2003 at 01:26:13 Pacific
Reply:
Your processor and RAM are more than enough, no need to upgrade at all.
Bring up Task Manager, which process is at 100% ???
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Response Number 2
Name: Alex Date: November 29, 2003 at 08:31:58 Pacific
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Hi, you can try binging up the task manager, click on processes tab and see which program is useing up the ram and you can terminate it or removing the program if not important to the system and if important I'll c what will happen and what is that important program useing all of that ram!?
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Response Number 3
Name: Hooner Date: November 29, 2003 at 09:46:15 Pacific
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Becks, it aint no good posting a message and running, we need more info, need more input from you.
If you want help, then post a message and hang around for a while, whilst peepz try and help you.
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Response Number 4
Name: Becks Bear Date: November 29, 2003 at 11:11:40 Pacific
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Hooner sorry man not trying to run away, i am not writing these from my home computer but from the PC in our recreational room offshore...............sorry about this not always possible to stick around. i am trying to get as much info together to fix my PC when i get home
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