I got a Pentium 4 Toshiba laptop, 266 mb ram on it, pretty new. But I get problems when right cliking or loading some programs, It takes way too much time to load. Right cliking might take some ages to show up. Any suggestions, it running win XP
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get another 256 mb of ram, you can fasten the right click speed, go to run and type in regedit, there, you have to set the time from 400 to anything arround 25 to 75, try it, but do carefully, as it may corroupt your os,
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laptop processors naturally are slower than desktop ones. I'm sure Amd can run all the applications intel can. your celeron probably can't run some programs smoothly but it can probably run them slowly.
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Restart your computer first! If that doesnt help, look for spyware, adware, viruses. If that doesnt help, check how many programs you have running at startup. if you dont need all of them runnung all of the time, remove them from your startup. if that doesnt work, make sure your hard drive isnt full. you should have 800mb minimum free space. if you dont, delete some old stuff you dont use anymore. if the hard drive is fine you could either buy more RAM (best idea), or increase your virtual memory. go into system properties, and the advanced tab. select performance settings...
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all of these are good ideals ----HOWEVER try this first...\n\nit is called PREFETCH----also ADD RAM\n\nWindows XP's Prefetch folder stores information about each program you launch; then, on subsequent restarts, XP uses the information in the folder to preload parts of those programs at boot time. Clean out the Prefetch folder periodically to keep boot times from dragging.\n\nOne of Microsoft's big selling points for Windows XP was that it loads applications much faster than its predecessors. To accomplish this feat, Windows XP uses what is called the "Prefetch technique," in which the operating system gathers information about each program that you launch and stores that information in the &#92;Windows&#92;Prefetch folder. Then on subsequent restarts, Windows XP uses the information in the Prefetch folder to essentially preload parts of those programs at boot time. Thus, when you launch your application, it appears to load really fast.\n\nHowever, the Prefetch folder can accumulate too much information over time. This makes the operating system so busy loading bits and pieces of lots of applications into memory that it ends up slowing down the boot process. Fortunately, you can clean out the Prefetch folder at any time. Follow these four steps:\n\n1.       Access the Run dialog box by pressing [Windows]R. \n\n2.       Type Prefetch in the Open text box and click OK. \n\n3.       Press [Ctrl]A to select all the files. \n\n4.       Press [Delete]. \n\nAs you use your system, Windows XP will rebuild the contents of the Prefetch folder.\n\nHope this helps - might be some what of a solution....A+, MCSA, CCNA, Security +, Net + (the reason i know this answer)
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There is a program called Quick Startup that disables some startup programs. I used it and my computer loads a lot faster.
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check the CPU usage. if your ranning winXP, go to the task manager.\n\nit depends also on the size of your RAM!
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Definitely you should consider upgrading the system with more memory.  I would suggest 1GB.  If you have multiple programs running, it is amazing how much memory they can chew up.\n\nYou should also bring up the Task Manager (ctrl-alt-del).\nSort the display to look for processes that are using the most CPU.\nYou might also have some run away processes that are sucking down CPU.\nYou can also look at the memory usage.  If you have reserved more memory than exists on the machine, this is confirmation that you need more RAM.\n\nThe other problem is that Windows XP tries to start almost all startup programs at once during start-up and these compete for resources during startup slowing things down immensely.\n\nThe new OS Vista is supposed to help with this by scheduling the startup from what I've read, but this will not be available until 2007.\n\nIn the mean time, see if there are programs in your Startup sequence that you don't need.  Getting rid of them will help speed up your start up.\n\nOne other thing to consider is to use "Sleep" or "Hibernate" mode rather than shutting down each time.  This will speed things up somewhat versus a complete restart.
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U SHOULD USE PENTIUM III PROCESSER WITH 800MHz\nTHE RAM SHOULD BE 128MB OR ABOVE TO INSTALL THE WINDOWS XP\n\nRIGHT CLICK ON THE MY COMPUTER-CLICK ON THE PROPERTY THEY U CAN SEE THE RAM SIZE AND PROCESSER
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I don't believe you have a RAM  issue, I believe you're overtaxing your processor.  Depending on the type of processor you have, you can only accomplish so many tasks at one time.  You also might have too many background programs running at one time, on top of the programs that you initiate.  Download the program I have supplied a link for below, and find out exactly what's running on your system.  Turn off anything that's not system critical this should free up some processor time.
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be sure to defrag your hard drive. when you install more that a few programs its always a good idea to do so. May increase your performance speed. also do a registry clean up
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I've seen this happen before. It's usually a hard drive error or memory error. What happens is that your operating system stops loading half-way when it encounters that error. A lot of times, it will stop at the welcome page.\n\nYou can go to your bios and change the settings. Let it perform a full memory check instead of a quick boot up. See if that's your problem. If it is, all you have to do is replace the memory, and maybe get an upgrade while your at it.\n\nIf not, it's likely to be your hard drive. In that case, you'll need to get a new hard drive and replace the OS. It's costly because you're working on a laptop. If you still have a warentee, use it.\n\nThere's also another possibility that I've also encountered once on a computer with Zone Alarm Firewall installed. I have no idea about its exact mechanism. If you have a faulty firewall, it could block windows from loading. You'll either be stuck on the welcome screen, or you'll get past it, but only half of your programs and windows becomes glitchy.\n\nAnyways, good luck on fixing your laptop.
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I just purchased a Dell Inspiron 9300, not the cream of the crop, but a higher end selection. If I could offer any advice, I would suggest an Apple. Even with a brand new operating system, I constantly have programs freezing up. You should look into Apple - I hear they are wonderful.
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i'd say it's your RAM. no other good solution except to buy a new one. but i do have a slightly improving solution (but far from as good as buy a new RAM). go to control panel, open the system, and click the performance tab.\n\ncheck the "adjust for the performance" and click "apply". DON'T click on the "ok" button first. click on "advanced" tab.\nin the "virtual memory" section, click change.\n\nincrease the seize of the paging. this won't be a problem if you have a lot of free space on your hard disk. this be will added up to your physical memory(RAM) as a virtual memory. it will not be as fast as physical RAM, but will at least increase your computer's speed. click "ok" and that's it...
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Maybe its the wrong type/speed of ram.\nI don't know what effect that has on CPU usage, but probably does.
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This is the Desktop Computer forum, not the Antiques forum ;-)\n\nIE is bloated, but that may not be all that's eating your memory.  I've run Win98SE on 32MB - slow, but still mostly usable.  Check for other processes eating memory. \n\nAnd upgrade to Firefox :)\n\np.s. "formatting", as suggested by another answer, is NOT the answer.
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it may not have anything to do with it being a pentium 4, it mostly has to do with hard drive space & your video/graphics card. You can call the Geek Squad at Best Buy & ask them, they can help.
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Well, in that moment of peril, try using <CTRL> <ALT> <DELETE> to open task manager and end any processes that are showing "Not Responding". However, this may not always work, though it might help.\n\nIn the future to prevent this from happening, try the following things.\n1. Make sure your PC is not overheating, with more heat, the performance falls. If it is overheating, buy a cooling dock fan for around $30 dollars.\n2. Make sure you are not running to many "stealth" programs in the background. These programs take up RAM and CPU. To fix this problem, go to Run and type in "Msconfig" and go to last tab called Startup. Now uncheck everything that you reconize from past program installations except for your firewall.\n3. Make sure you don't run too many programs at the same time. This would increase your RAM and CPU usage and cause your PC to freeze much easily.