What if I download too much stuff on my PC?  Can I delete this stuff and get my memory back?  Will my computer run more smoothly?  Or am I just doomed?
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Before I answer this question you need to understand what memory is.  Memory is RAM (Random access Memory) measured in Megabytes or Gigabytes or on a really old computer Kilobytes. My laptop has 768MB (megabytes) of RAM.  Deleting files and un-installing programs wont do anything to your memory (unless they are programs running in the background such as virus killers which use a certain amount of memory to run) RAM is a temporary way your computer exchanges information it is fast and volitile (i.e when you switch your computer off or restart it erases itself).  When you load windows up it stores certian small programs in RAM in order to access them quickly. The memory I think you are talking about (and lots of people make the same mistake) is your Hard Drive which is the disk drive inside your computer which stores the operating system (i.e windows XP) and your programs.  The reason why people get this confused with there RAM is that Hard Drives and RAM capacity is both measured in GB and MB (Gigabytes and Megabytes)  If you want more RAM then you need to get someone who knows what they are doing to install a memory stick inside your computer.  If you want more hard drive space, yes you can delete files you dont want.  But only remove what you dont need, if you want to remove programs, dont just delete them from your desktop (that just removes the shortcut to the program) click on start/control panel, double click on Add/Remove programs, click on a program you wish to remove and click on remove.  You can free up more space on your hard drive by using disk cleanup.  Click on Start/All programs/Accessorys/Sytem Tools/Disk cleanup.  Then tick all the files that have at least 1KB next to them and click on ok then yes.  If you still don't have a lot of hard drive space then you could get someone in the know to either fit another hard drive (so you would have 2) or copy all the stuff accross from your old hard drive to the new unit and sell your old HD on Ebay (make sure you get your expert to low level format it first or the buyer could access your personal files)  I recomend a HD size of 80 GB if you are just an average user and 160-300GB if you deal with a lot of chunky video files.
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Go throught your files you have saved... Like movie files, song files, ect... Get them off your computer... You can also do other stuff to free up the space, but if youd like I could walk you throught it step bye step... Just email me a question to help you, and Ill be able to do that for you.. Its hard to step by step if you are not on line talking to me at the same time..
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Make sure you do system maintenance once a week or so.  Run Disc Cleanup on C drive - and make sure to run DeFrag.  Make sure to reboot after doing those two things (in that order).  Memory should be AT LEAST 512 if you want to use XP at any reasonable speed.  Of course, you really didn't tell me about your computer.  The more memory - the better.  If you computer is newer, a gig of ram is becoming standard (depending on the chip).\n\nPersonally, I use registry mechanic to clean my registry.  One more thing is that if you're using Norton, it is notorious for slowing down your computer.  I heard that PC-cillin is a good alternative.
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NOOOOOOOOOOO!! DON'T DO IT!!!\n\nI kept getting that stupid popup and kept clicking No. But if you don't READ THE LITTLE BOX CAREFULLY when it pops up after you click X, you could get nailed... cuz it says, "Click OK to download and install while you continue browing the Internet." I warned my kids, but didn't have a chance to warn my husband... and he must have clicked it while playing around online 6 days ago.\n\nAfter he'd been online for an hour or so, the system suddenly, WITHOUT warning, started shutting down and saying it was reformatting Windows. There was NOTHING we could do to stop it. It took about 30 minutes, and the system finally came back up - like an almost clean slate. Windows had been "fixed" - reinstalled. ALL my registries, License keys, settings, gone. All my previously deleted unwanted windows programs, back. EVERYTHING from My Documents - gone, wiped out, starting from scratch! I lost ALL my digital camera pics, poof - irreplacable pics of my kids! And almost 4,000 mp3 files I paid for and DL-ed, or copied off my huge CD collection, gone. Because My Documents is a Windows-based folder! Most things saved on my basic C:/ drive survived, but needed reinstalled and lost keys retrieved. I'm still cleaning up the mess, and have hundreds of CD's in piles around me right now. :(
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A) run defrag  (if you cant find it search your computer for it through start -> search\nB) Try deleting stuff that you don't use.\nC) Buy more RAM\nD) Buy a better graphics card (it has its own memory s well)
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the processes are to heavy for the amount of RAM you have... get more RAM. x
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Try this to speed things up.\n\nTools - Internet Options - Browsing History - Reduce Disk Space to 50.\n\nTools - Internet Options - Advanced - check box  HTTP 1.1 Settings - check box Use HTTP 1.1 through proxy connections\n\nI've done this and my pc is so much faster.\n\nBut bear in mind if you have a Web Site Filter on your anti virus, this will slow things down quite a bit anyway.
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Here is how your computer works, you have two memory areas, ram and rom, rom is the place where your programs are stored whether it be a hard drve, a cd, etc.  now for the good part, ram is the area where your programs in rom are loaded to when you run them. lets say you have 256 megs of ram....you got a program running that uses 100 megs of ram, you got another program that uses another 100 megs also running, and last but not least you have another program running that uses 57 megs. guess what happens? you only have 256 megs of ram and you are using 257 megs of ram. things aint equatin rite! it may even run like this but, shit has to be dumped from ram and reloaded into ram to share the ram. this takes much time! sometimes it will lock you up even! the less crap you have running in the background the faster your computer will respond. got it? \n\nALL WEBSITES THAT CLAIM FREE MUSIC DOWNLOADS, PORN, ONLINE GAMES, GAMBLING ETC. are infested with spyware, adware, trojans, malicious software, highjackers and viruses! Got it? Anyone who tells you different is a fool! If you dont mind having your system become inffected then feel free to use any of them. If you choose too, dont come back and whine because your system has slowed down or failed to boot. Been working with PCs and the internet from the get go and have cleaned tons of systems out because of this. If you dont heed this advice it makes no difference to me....I make good money at diggin this crap out!
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There are different ways you could do that.  I would recommend going to Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup.  It will take a second, then let you know what stuff you can get rid of.  Make sure Temporary Internet Files and Temporary Files are selected.  Then ok.  It will delete those files and also free up disk space.
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Of course there could be a number of issues, but my first suggestion is to check how much RAM you have installed.  Adding more memory on a system that crashes a lot or runs poorly can't hurt.  Right click on My Computer/Properties to see how much memory is installed.  Anything below 512 MB should be upgraded.
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It will be much better to simply reinstall the system: otherwise there's no way to be sure you got rid of everything unwanted. This is =especially= true when you've bought a used compter from someone else! It's almost certainly riddled with cookies, bots, adware, malware and even a virus or two for good measure!\n\nStart fresh!!!
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You seem to have way too much running on your system at once.  Here are some pointers:\n\n- Shut System Restore off -\n  If you have a virus or adware on your system sometimes it gets put into system restore.  This will need shut off till you go through my instructions.  No since removing it then system restore putting it back in.\n  Right click My Computer->Click Properties Click the System Restore Tab then Check Turn off System Restore.  Click Ok.  This will take a bit but give it time.\n\n- Remove stuff from your startup -\n  Goto Start -> Run, type in msconfig then ok.  Click the startup tab.  Here you will see many things starting up on your system.  Many of them icons down by your time are located in this program.  The only things that need to be enabled here are anti-virus programs and any system security.  Any printer, graphics, messengers, download programs (bearshare and others) do not need to be here.  Uncheck everything you do not need, click ok, and you will be asked to reboot.  You can here. Note if you dont know what the thing is or what program it is linked to you can either google it or leave it alone.\n\n- Run spyware/adware remover -\n  Download and install Adaware.  On install do the update and full system scan.  Once done remove all Critical Objects.\n\n  Download and install Spybot Search and Destroy.  Run this and do a complete update on everything.  Do a system scan and remove everything found.\n\n- Update windows from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com be sure to download all High Priority.\n\n- Update your virus scanner and do a virus scan.\n\n- Go into Internet Explorer click Tools->Internet Options\n  Once here click settings.  Lower the disk space to 10 or so.  This is the space allowed for internet files to be cached on your system.  Nobody needs 10% of their storage allocated to it.  Click Ok\n\n- Remove uneeded programs\n  Click Control Panel->Add Remove Programs.  Here you can remove what you dont need.\n\n- Defrag your system\n  Click Start->All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Disk Defragmenter.  Once here tell it to defrag and it will take some time.\n\n\nYou can, if you like, turn system restore back on by folling the directions above and unchecking that box. I myself never have it on and as a systems administrator of 1400 systems and servers we never have it on at our place of business. because it caches virusus and adware quite a bit.
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you should have been given some restartin disks! and you put them in and press restart computer and it automatically deletes the whole of the computer memory for you. but if you havent got the disks then im not sure. sorry x
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po-up saying your virtual memory is low or is it something more like "you need more memory, click here"\nif its "virtual memory is low or has been adjusted" then that is something windows does....you can increase your virtual memory by right clicking on the my computer icon, select properties and go to the advaced tab...then under performance click on the settings button, then the advanced tab then under virtual memory click on the change button......you can select the drive and how much or little virtual memory is used on each hard drive or you could go with the reccomended or set it manually.\n\nIf its the second possibility "click here to fix" that is more likely some sort of adware.
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yes..its like 243 MB\n\nwhat sites do you get it from? cause man thats alot..and how come u keep so much?
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delete stuff you dont use. goto the control panel then add/remove programs and delete what you dont use. also try backing up pics and music on a dvd disc. also you can get another hard drive(turn it into a slave drive). goto newegg.com you can get a 200gb hdd for $100 or so
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Check your computer's specifications...usually found online someplace if you look up the model number and make.  Sometimes it'll tell you what the maximum memory is for your computer.  It doesn't matter what sizes you put in there to make up the numbers as long as (I'm thinking) it's within your max memory.  I seen some older computers only a max of 128RAM....was time to ditch those badboys.  I'm running 512mb right now...two 256 sticks.  Computer runs great even doing videos while running other programs.