Any computer boffs around today? I need PC advice

My puter has been running slowely for a while when it boots up and sometimes when you click to open applications. Is this a sign of more RAM required? The PC is about 3-4 years old I think

Posted By: conker on August 30th 2009 at 11:17:47

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Any computer boffs around today? I need PC advice (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 11:17:47
- Try CCleaner (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 30, 11:46:13
  - Yeah done that too (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 11:47:52
- Have a look at what's running in the startup (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Aug 30, 11:35:50
  - You lost me, I got to the command prompt screen (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 11:38:03
    - Type in msconfig and then hit enter (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Aug 30, 11:39:31
      - I get the following (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 11:43:47
        
        helps if you type the right thing... (General Chat) - Dog, Aug 30, 12:17:10
        
        that doesnt work either (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 12:20:29
        
        It's msconfig - no 'i' between 'm' and 's' (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 30, 12:23:46
        
        You don't need the command prompt. (General Chat) - Arganth, Aug 30, 12:30:48
        
        Oh... (General Chat) - Dog, Aug 30, 12:21:13
- Get a mac (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Aug 30, 11:20:31
  - My Mac is currently running at about 1mph (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Aug 30, 11:32:15
    - mine isn't. I've never seen it go so quick. (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Aug 30, 11:35:34
  - Seems quite an expensive solution to my problem (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 11:24:43
    - fairy nuff, how much ram do you have at the moment? (n/m) (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Aug 30, 11:31:15
      - I think I'm right in thinking I check my right clicking on My Computer (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 11:33:49
        
        That would be it. 1Gb of ram is bugger all nowadays, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Aug 30, 11:38:31
        
        also do what kentoncanary said. (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Aug 30, 11:39:18
        
        Yeah already done the defrag (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 11:44:51
        
        Also, my fans seem to go into overdrive from time to time (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 11:46:56
        
        your CPU is getting hot, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Aug 30, 11:51:11
        
        Yeah, Flash is a big old CPU hog (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 30, 11:54:11
        
        The fan working overtime implies you're hammering the processor (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 30, 11:50:31
        
        Sometimes Im only surfing (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 11:54:13
        
        Well that looks normal (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 30, 11:58:14
        
        I'm using Firefox 3.5 I think (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 12:08:21
        
        it does sound like you need to upgrade the memory though. (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Aug 30, 11:46:24
        
        Just gave the scan a go and it suggests adding up 3GB to existing (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 11:48:29
        
        Hmmm (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 30, 11:52:25
        
        Really? (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 11:55:18
        
        Generally speaking load up with as much memory as you can afford (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 30, 12:01:29
        
        Are new blocks of memory plug and play? (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 12:17:28
        
        God, no! (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 30, 12:22:00
        
        Oh super, I look forward to shutting down the PC to installing it (General Chat) - conker, Aug 30, 12:24:45
        
        Haha - it's not so difficult; just be careful (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 30, 12:30:59

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