Ammer wrote:
For some weird reason, my computer is slowing down. We have a total of 145 GB and we have used 13 GB already. I have deleted many of our unused games, deleted cookies, disk defragment and deleted any spyware. But for some reason, my computer is slower now. I have a program called LimeWire but it has never caused problems before.
Another fact is my computer repeatedly tells me windows is increasing my memory because it's too low. But we have 132 GB left, how is this little?
Can anyone help me?
As already said, the memory in question is actually the RAM, or Random Access Memory, and not Memory in terms of your Hard drive.
Every program or "process" that is running on a PC uses up some of your RAM. This includes everything from browser windows, music players, anti-virus monitors, chat programs, task managers, and your operating system itself. Anything you run on your PC uses a portion of RAM to function. Because the amount of RAM you have is finite ( probably 512mb in your case ), once you have so many processes running that nearly all of your RAM is being used, your PC will not be able to run anymore processes.
To see which processes you have running at any particular time, and how much of your memory they are each using, perform a ctrl + alt + delete ( just one! ), and then click the processes tab.
Windows has a system in place called "Virtual Memory" to try and ease this load, but this should just sit in the bachground and do its job. Being told your PC needs to increase it means you lack the RAM necessary to perform all the actions you want.
Can you give us some more specs? Amount of RAM, Operating system and any newly installed programs or changes made to the machine should suffice. The probable solution is to use fewer programs at a time and/or install more memory, but we might be able to tell you why this has only happened now.
Fizzy wrote:
We've been having a problem with the computer clock. At least once a week, it gets off, usually only by 30 minutes or so, but sometimes by a few hours. We re-synchronize it and it's okay for a while. But the next day it's off again.
We've scanned for adware and stuff like that, but the computer's always clean except for a few tracking cookies.
Any ideas on what could be wrong?
Sounds like the battery on your motherboard is nearly dead. This is used in storing settings such as time. Replacing it isnt quite as simple as inserting a new one, as some bios settings are often lost when this battery is removed, so ask somebody who knows what theyre doing to help
Charisma wrote:
question...(I know it's probably due to either zonealarm blocking pop ups or to IE java option that I have clicked)
Whenever I go to some sites that have links that pop up certain small windows the pop up link won't open correctly and I have to view the page with Mozilla for it to work. If this makes no sense let me link you to a page that has the type of pop up boxes I want to view and IE won't open.
http://www.soundcheck.net.au/charts.jsp ... =allbyrank ok on this site whenever I want to vote for SL, it won't open the box when I click the link to his song, doesn't do it whenver I'm on victoria secret's website and click the pictures for a bigger image...I can't right click and open it on a new window because that just displays this javascript:popUpEntry(488) on the URL and I get a "can't be displayed"
If it's ZoneAlarm, how do I change this setting? If it's a setting on IE, where do I change it?
Victoria's Secrets.....
...oh.. sorry
Ahem
Lets see if we can sort this out.
These windows are created using javascript. As we all know, many security programs associate such scripts with the devil. Too many people have complained about pop-ups, so every man and his dog tries to build a pop-up blocker into their software these days. Nice idea, but it means too many people are in your situation.
Anyway, to disable pop-up blocking in ZoneAlarm, follow this:
ZoneAlarm > Privacy > Custom Button in the Ad Blocking section > uncheck the pop-up blocker box.
If that doesnt fix things,you might try disabling IE's own pop-up blocker. To do this :
Right click the IE icon > Properties > click the Privacy tab > uncheck the Block Most Pop-ups box at the bottom of the window.
There is a custom settings box there that you can play with if you wish, but first disabling the program entirely to see if this fixes the problem is probably a wise choice. If it works, you can tweak the settings afterwards to add a little more security.
If this doesnt help, post back with more specs
Do you use any spyware scanners or toolbars that also block pop-ups?
zorg wrote:
Okay i instaleld windows XP australian edition a while ago, on my british PC, so the keyboards are a bit screwed. I haven't been able to work out how to change the setting of the keyboard so that the buttons are in the right places (such as " ~!@#%@$%^ things, i dont even have a pound sign any more!)
Where can I go to change this?
First you need to follow these instructions:
Start Menu > Settings > Control Panel
This page should help you from there:
http://www.starr.net/is/type/intl-add.html