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Old October 3rd, 2009, 06:24 AM
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Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 3.00 GB
Can anyone tell me why I have 3 GB's of RAM, how come Vista Bus. isn't utilizing all of it? Sometimes after running graphic programs or surfing the web for a bit too long, my system starts slowing down and then I have to re-start.

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Old October 3rd, 2009, 06:34 AM
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Hi again Angi. Looking at your specs here, you only have 1.76GB's available for use which means that your processes are using up nearly half your memory right now. To see if this is being eaten up by your startups, can you reboot please, run msinfo32 again and repost your summary in this thread.
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Old October 3rd, 2009, 09:36 PM
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ok
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Old October 3rd, 2009, 10:00 PM
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As per your Request :-)
I put mymsinfo32 log on my site, you can see it here:
http://absolutelyangi.com/my_computer_info.txt
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Old October 3rd, 2009, 11:35 PM
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The most likely culprit is the program you have running at startup that rotates your wallpaper. Try uninstalling it, reboot and see if the problem goes away.
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Old October 15th, 2009, 12:38 PM
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I uninstalled the rotator, still no improvement. Oh well, just another thing I'll have to ignore and deal with. Thanks again for your help AnnMarie. :-)
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Old October 15th, 2009, 09:50 PM
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Ok. If you go here and download Process Explorer, you can use it to monitor what processes are using your resources. It might also be a good idea to get your RAM tested but you would probably have to take into a shop to get this done. Hardware issues are not my forte so if you need more information about this, post a new topic in our Hardware Forum.
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Old October 15th, 2009, 11:33 PM
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Ok, I'll give this a try. Thanks! :-)
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Old October 16th, 2009, 06:04 AM
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You are welcome Angi. Post back and update us when you find the culprit.
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