Dartz Wrote:It's probably not the RAM that's causing choppy behaviour with your PC... it might well be the fact that you're using Internet Explorer (6?), or OS problems. A 1Ghz Processor, and 512Mb of RAM should be more than enough... I mean, I've got Youtube videos running fine on an IBM X20, with a 600Mhz Pentium 3, and only 192Meg's of RAM. First thing you might want to try, is reinstalling Windows. Cleaning out a few years of Windows Rot will usually make a PC feel pretty snappy again.I'm running Internet Explorer 8 and the computer came with Window XP pre-installed. Since there is no installation disk in the box or on my shelf of computer CD's (and I wouldn't have thrown something like that out), I'm assuming that I have no way to reinstall a legal copy of the OS.
I've heard that a full hard drive can slow things down, but my 20 GB drive is still 43 percent free. I've considered getting a bigger one installed just in case it was the source of the problem, but doubt that I have the expertise to do it myself and wouldn't want to risk it without some way to reinstall the OS.
Also, I strongly suspect that a big part of the problem is my antivirus sytem (Kaspersky). I was trying to tweak my settings downward slightly to speed things up, but think that I accidentally boosted something instead, as my system only slowed down even further. Unfortunately, since the program can be used on up to three computers and it was only being used on two, my brother from out of state took the disk so that he could install a copy on his computer, so I can't simply delete it and reinstall. I'll have to ask him to bring the disk when he visits for Thanksgiving.
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