Computer People-Help!

[LinuxRandal]

I tend to install/uninstall a lot of programs and some don't cleanup after themselves very well.

Winrescue reports that my registry has grown by 3064kb since the last run 71 days ago.

I didn't have 4Gb until earlier this month. I put up with only 512Mb for 3 or 4 years. And yes, XP home only sees 3.7Gb. The way the Dell needs the slots filled combined with the fact the the BOIS can only see 4Gb anyhow combined with the pricing structure at Crucial led me to stuff 4Gb in a machine that can only see 3.7Gb


Michael

Does this have onboard video? (that could account for part of the ram)

[mmcduffie]

Does this have onboard video? (that could account for part of the ram)

It does have onboard video but it is disabled in favor of an ATI Radeon with 128Mb.

I don't remember for sure but think I lose the 300Mb due to XP home. There was such a HUGE improvement over the original 512Mb that I haven't wondered too much about were it went.

With a memory usage monitor running in the tray, I had between 150 and 350 Mb free at any given time.

Just clicking print in Corel Draw would drop it to 0 for half a minute or more. You can imagine what that does to processing time.

Now all I need to do is find and kill the process that starts the install for Fiction Book Designer/Book Designer 4.0 each time I fire up Quickbooks.

Michael

[viking4949]

I use avg free virus program. It works wonderfuly.

Brandon

[Alex Franke]

anyone know of any good antivirus that is free?

thanks,

gychang

Google "AVG antivirus"

[John Hunter]

I have been using AVAST and have been very happy with it.