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computer prob
« on: 12 July 2010, 18:55:19 »
im on vista home premium and its slow sometimes and crashes,has anyone used these online..registry boosters and health check thingamibobs that claim to speed your boot up and pc speed or a they a load of tallywacker
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Re: computer prob
« Reply #1 on: 12 July 2010, 18:57:44 »
Generally shite. May create an improvement. Ideally YOU need to find whats wrong (what are the errors - you say 'it' (but not what) is crashing).

Or simply rebuild it.
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Re: computer prob
« Reply #2 on: 12 July 2010, 18:58:55 »
what crashes?
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Re: computer prob
« Reply #3 on: 12 July 2010, 19:01:40 »
its just slow and i often get at the top not responding
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Re: computer prob
« Reply #4 on: 12 July 2010, 19:04:28 »
so nothing is crashing?

Machine specs?  Memory usage at idle?
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Re: computer prob
« Reply #5 on: 12 July 2010, 19:13:50 »
press ctrl alt and del together, click on task manager to see whats running in the background.
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Re: computer prob
« Reply #6 on: 12 July 2010, 19:24:17 »
ive just done a disc cleanup and and free,d up nearly 3 gb in the task manager it says ive got 72 processes my cpu usage fluctuates between 4% and about40% physical memory 75% and theres another box says memory 582mb which all...eh to me,the only thing running is oof.now ive had this pc about 3 years and when i got it it was fast and all i do is browse and music plus a few photos,its prob just me and the fact its getting old and outdated
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Re: computer prob
« Reply #7 on: 12 July 2010, 19:34:47 »
What are the specs of machine?

Also, what Antivirus solution do you use?
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Re: computer prob
« Reply #8 on: 12 July 2010, 19:40:21 »
ooh the specs,from what i can see stickers say amd athlon 64x2...ati radeon graphics...iirc when i bought it it had 1gb ram and 120gb hard drive i think,its an acer aspire and i use avg
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Re: computer prob
« Reply #9 on: 12 July 2010, 19:44:58 »
Seems an odd spec  :-/

Anyways, enough to run Vista quite happily.  Back up all your data, and use Acer's method to rebuild it back to how if left the factory :y
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Re: computer prob
« Reply #10 on: 12 July 2010, 20:02:39 »
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Seems an odd spec  :-/

Anyways, enough to run Vista quite happily.  Back up all your data, and use Acer's method to rebuild it back to how if left the factory :y
cheers by that i take it you mean put photos and such onto a mem stick and then basically format it so to speak
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Re: computer prob
« Reply #11 on: 12 July 2010, 20:26:35 »
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Seems an odd spec  :-/

Anyways, enough to run Vista quite happily.  Back up all your data, and use Acer's method to rebuild it back to how if left the factory :y

Those two words should never be used in the same sentence!
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Re: computer prob
« Reply #12 on: 12 July 2010, 20:32:10 »
wish id bought xp now,i started using mozilla cos IE got really slow but im on it now and ive reset it and so far it seems ok
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Re: computer prob
« Reply #13 on: 12 July 2010, 20:34:48 »
windows machines need re-building every 6 months to maintain performance, Macs on the other hand don't!

My 1.8 Ghz duo Intel Mac Mini is 5 years old, (been 2 years since a re-build) and its still faster than the HP core2 2.6ghz duo 3gb ram HP piece of crap work give me last month that runs Windows...

I used to be Windows fan, but since got my Mac, never looked back!  :)
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Re: computer prob
« Reply #14 on: 12 July 2010, 20:43:37 »
I've had my pc for seven years now, running xp. It has slowed down a bit, but so have I, so we live in harmony. :)
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