Why if I have a lot of RAM and many GHzs, is my computer usage always way up?
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bring your PC to www.TrendMicro.com and click the link for Housecall.  Its an online Spam and virus scanner.  It should find most of the garbage out there.  If that doesn't work open your task manager and find out what process is using up all your system resources.  Then search that process in google and there's a ton of web sites out there that will tell you if its part of Windows, a legit program you installed, a Virus or Spam. GoodLuck
288743
Did you try clearing up your cache? Or may be you have some other programs running in the background that are consuming your CPU/Memory. Check memory and CPU usage of your computer.
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Start-> Run -> type "msconfig" -> "Startup" tab -> UN ckeck the unwanted programs.. I think the most important are the applications of the antivirus and firewall programs you use...\nYes the startup programs consume RAM..
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You've got to have more RAM.
1036668
The first thing you should look at is how much RAM you have in your computer.  You can do that by right clicking on the My Computer icon and then click on properties on the menu that shows up.  If you have 256 Mb or less, you should probably get more RAM.  You should probably upgrade to at least 512 Mb, but thankfully, memory is cheap now, so it's not that pricey.  \nJust so you know, virtual memory is a section of your hard drive that is constantly being written to that adds a bit to the RAM on your computer to make it run at a decent speed when your computer is doing a lot of stuff and your RAM is being used a lot.  If it's running low all the time, that means that your computer doesn't have enough RAM to do everything that you're trying to do on the computer.  So buying more RAM is probably your best bet.
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All of this softwares working @ same time might slow down your PC, cos they all are using your computer memory all at the same time
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Sometimes when you are low on virtual memory it can mean that you have too many programs running at the same time. The more programs you run at once the more virtual memory you use. There is a section of your hard drive that the computer uses as swap space/virtual memory while you run programs it stores some of the files there when your RAM starts getting filled up. \n\nYou can increase the size of your virtual memory by right clicking on My Computer and choosing properties, then choose the advanced tab and under performace choose the settings button. Once that opens there should be an advanced tab there too and there you can change the size of your virtual memory. I think the default is somewhere around 768mb you may want to up that to 1gig. \n\nAlso you can just watch what you are opening and don't open many programs at once. \n\nFound a few links for you to read up on virtual memory\n\nGood Luck~
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1. You probably have too much crap running in the background for one thing. Check to see whats running in startup. Most people dont understand that having these things run eats up valuable ram! If you have things running you dont use then shut them off! The more ram you have available the faster your system will run. \n2. You may be one of the many users who insist on downloading free music. Believe me nothing is free! I have found , bearshare, kazaa, limewire, etc. all are infested with adware, spyware, trojans, hijackers, and viruses! Anyone who tells you they arent is an absolute idiot!\n3. Online games, porn sites, gambling sites, etc are also infected with this crap! \nDownload yahoo antispy and run it. I am betting you find tons of this crap! Once your computer is back to par dont go back to these sites!
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a few systems will not allow you to use faster RAM\nalso ram will only operate at the slowest of Ram or BUSS speed
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i recommend that you use a software to free the ram memory held by unwanted processes. one handy as well as free software is Cacheman.\nu can read a review on this software at :\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,5267-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html\n\nu can download the software at:\nhttp://www.download.com/Cacheman/3000-2248_4-10216523.html
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it's all depend on you computer configuration, your connection.\nif you have a fast cpu or even dual core with lots of RAM, you can be multi tasking
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Based on my own experience, I don't believe RAM usage is the problem.\n\nIf your computer is actually spontaneously powering off, the problem is most likely that your computer's power supply cannot meet your hardware's power requirements.  I would suggest you have a professional replace your power supply with one that supplies at least 430W.\n\nTo answer the question you asked, however, what you can do to minimize RAM usage is use the System Configuration Utility to disable Startup Items from loading.\n\nTo do this, click Start -> Run, type:\nmsconfig\nand click OK.  Click Selective Startup, uncheck the Load Startup Items box, and click OK.  Let it restart your computer when it asks to do so.\n\nOn restart, it will remind you that you used the System Configuration Utility to change your startup.  Just click OK.  Then start your game.\n\nNote that it is not unusual for a game to max out your system resources -- the more RAM it has the better it will typically perform.\n\nAlso note that using this method *may* prevent your antivirus from loading.  If this is the case, you need to make sure that all you do, while your system is configured this way, is play your game.\n\nTo return your system back to its normal configuration, follow the instructions above to get back into the System Configuration Utility, click Normal Startup and then click OK.  Let it restart the system when it prompts you to do so.
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It sounds as if you need more Memory=RAM which you didn't mention how much the machine has..\ngo to http://www.crucial.com put the name and model number in the search place and they will show you the excat amount  and kind  the pc uses
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i think it might be that you have to much on your computer,or r your computer need an upgrade.mines did that and i got it were it dosent do that any more.
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68mb of ram isn't a great deal,fragmenting the hard drive has little effect on you cpu's ram as the hard drive is the storage capacity not the actual thinking space(RAM).If i was you i would have a look at the task manager by pressin the keys Ctrl,Alt and delete at the same time. Then select the processes tab and scroll down to see what is eating all the ram which will be in a % in the cpu usage indicator located at the bottom,ther will be an image name for e.g. taskmgr.exe find out which one is the highest cpu usage. Any problems let me know....
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You probably need more ram.
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Not enuff ram or too much crap running in the background eating your ram up!\n\nhere 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? now....i can tell you weather alert eats lots of ram, morpheus eats lots of ram....you dont download from morpheus all the time do you? aint no point in it runnin! run it when you need it. adobe reader doesnt need to run...it will start automatically when you try to read an adobe file...