Robert
Tue Jan 08 18:45:27 PST 2008
On Jan 8, 10:08 am, "Gerry" <ge...@nospam.com> wrote:
> Robert
>
> You need to increase your RAM from 256 mb to at least 512 mb. It is
> obvious from the Commit Charges figures that you system is reliant for
> some of your activities on the pagefile. Accessing the pagefile is
> slower than RAM and this will mean a less responsive computer. I would
> also double or even quadruple the maximum for the pagefile from 384 mb
> as you have plenty of free disk space.
>
> To advise on adding memory we need to know more about your computer. You
> need to get the right type. What isyour computer make and model. How
> old is it?
>
> This freeware programme is excellent for getting information about
> your computer:Everest Home Edition (freeware)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html
>
> Tip: To copy select Report, Quick Report, Plain Text, highlight
> required text, right click and select copy. However, whilst this is
> fine for posting small amounts of information into newsgroup messages
> longer reports will irritate other newsgroup subscribers.
>
> In Everest expand Motherboard, Chipset and post the details for each
> Memory slot.
>
> Some advice on cCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asphttp://www.ccleaner.com/
>
> With any cleaner you need to proceed with caution. To be safe you
> should create a restore point before using cCleaner. cCleaner also
> offers backup before removal.
>
> When using cCleaner think twice before checking Autocomplete Form
> History under Internet Explorer. You do get a warning but this one has
> irritating consequences. You may need to restore your system's
> recollection of passwords after use so keep a record off computer so
> that they can easily be re-entered.
>
> Leave the Scan for Issues option alone.
>
> A tip for Disk CleanUp. Select Start, All Programs, accessories, System
> Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all but the
> latest System Restore point. This facility is not available with
> cCleaner.
>
> You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
> the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
> before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
> for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?
>
> Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
> the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
> Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in
> a previous boot.
>
> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer.
>
> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
> click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
> button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
> Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
> the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
> Event Viewer.
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
> Robert wrote:
> > On Jan 8, 7:50 am, Robert <magine...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Jan 7, 11:13 am, "Gerry" <ge...@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Robert
>
> >>> How much RAM memory?
>
> >>> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
> >>> Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?
>
> >>> What is your CPU processor speed?
>
> >>> Do you leave your computer on 24/7?
>
> >>> Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
> >>> click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
> >>> Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as
> >>> it is more informative.
>
> >>> --
>
> >>> Hope this helps.
>
> >>> Gerry
> >>> ~~~~
> >>> FCA
> >>> Stourport, England
> >>> Enquire, plan and execute
> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> >> Hello Gerry,
>
> >> I appreciate you trying to help. I was able to bring my system back
> >> to normal yesterday or so I thought and everything seemed to be fine
> >> when I turned it off, but today when I logged on it had the same
> >> exact problem as it did yesterday e.g. dragging/sluggish and slow
> >> response. I noticed this especially on eBay. In passing, I ran
> >> Spybot, A-Squared and AVG yesterday and they found nothing.
>
> >> In response to your questions:
>
> >> How much RAM memory?
> >> 256MB of RAM
>
> >> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
> >> Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?
>
> >> Total = 433616 (although the numbers keep changing)
> >> Limit = 631568
> >> Peak = 439012
>
> >> What is your CPU processor speed? Pentium IV 1.80Ghz (not sure if
> >> this is what you mean)
>
> >> Do you leave your computer on 24/7? No, I don't, I shut it off after
> >> I'm done using it.
>
> >> This is the Analyze report from Disk Defragmenter:
>
> >> Volume (C:)
> >> Volume size = 149 GB
> >> Cluster size = 4 KB
> >> Used space = 19.62 GB
> >> Free space = 129 GB
> >> Percent free space = 86 %
>
> >> Volume fragmentation
> >> Total fragmentation = 15 %
> >> File fragmentation = 30 %
> >> Free space fragmentation = 0 %
>
> >> File fragmentation
> >> Total files = 179,066
> >> Average file size = 196 KB
> >> Total fragmented files = 9,733
> >> Total excess fragments = 53,095
> >> Average fragments per file = 1.29
>
> >> Pagefile fragmentation
> >> Pagefile size = 384 MB
> >> Total fragments = 1
>
> >> Folder fragmentation
> >> Total folders = 6,851
> >> Fragmented folders = 218
> >> Excess folder fragments = 1,592
>
> >> Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
> >> Total MFT size = 199 MB
> >> MFT record count = 186,283
> >> Percent MFT in use = 91 %
> >> Total MFT fragments = 4
>
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> Fragments File Size Most fragmented files
> >> 557 36 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1232\A0199111.exe
> >> 556 36 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1232\A0199985.exe
> >> 556 36 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1217\A0195424.rbf
> >> 369 23 MB \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE
> >> 344 536 MB \Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars
> >> Jedi Knight Jedi Academy\GameData\base\assets0.pk3
> >> 338 1 KB \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM.LOG
> >> 333 101 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1237\A0201838.msi
> >> 299 19 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1232\A0199978.exe
> >> 299 19 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1232\A0199104.exe
> >> 299 19 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1217\A0195431.rbf
> >> 294 21 MB \Documents and Settings\Robert Donnelly
> >> \Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\CPE5QS5Y
> >> \get_video[2]
> >> 278 17 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1242\A0204430.exe
> >> 244 19 MB \Documents and Settings\Robert Donnelly
> >> \Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
> >> \Content.IE5\2456KZN8\get_video[1]
> >> 228 23 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1270\snapshot
> >> \_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
> >> 219 30 MB \Documents and Settings\Robert Donnelly
> >> \Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\3EZQ366E
> >> \avg75free_516a1225[1].exe
> >> 215 14 MB \Documents and Settings\Robert Donnelly
> >> \Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\3EZQ366E
> >> \get_video[7]
> >> 215 101 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1222\A0196739.msi
> >> 196 101 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1223\A0197847.msi
> >> 194 101 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1221\A0196735.msi
> >> 191 103 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1236\A0201330.msi
> >> 183 101 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1235\A0201027.msi
> >> 181 13 MB \Documents and Settings\Robert Donnelly
> >> \Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\BSEIMF7N
> >> \get_video[5]
> >> 169 13 MB \Documents and Settings\Robert Donnelly
> >> \Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\L573ECWG
> >> \get_video[4]
> >> 162 12 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1240\A0203454.rbf
> >> 151 10 MB \Documents and Settings\Robert Donnelly
> >> \Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\2AC8KX1X
> >> \milfload[1].wmv
> >> 151 11 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1240\A0203475.rbf
> >> 147 11 MB \System Volume Information
> >> \_restore{31414675-6CBE-4639-8F67-8C2E395D7683}\RP1258\snapshot
> >> \_REGISTRY_USER_NTUSER_S-1-5-21-1426590395-953129233-1774555873-1007
> >> 138 11 MB \Documents and Settings\Robert Donnelly
> >> \Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\P6RQ48RN
> >> \get_video[1]
> >> 131 8 MB \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
>
> >> I would appreciate it if you could give me any insight as to what may
> >> be going on and what I can do to bring the system back to where it
> >> was. The odd thing is that some pages load as before like my home
> >> page but others seem to take forever e.g. clicking on an eBay item.
> >> This has never happened before which is why I'm concerned.
>
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>
> > This what I've done since the last post:
>
> > I've run Spybot, A-Squared, and AVG all of which found nothing.
>
> > I've run Disk Cleaner and Defrag (I have CCleaner but there are just
> > too many choices and don't know which to pick and not to pick)
>
> > I've re-booted (turned off completely) the system and it still acts
> > the same. Hotmail takes over a full minute to load and then didn't
> > even load the full page yet my MSN home page loads fine as before with
> > no waiting but just about everything else I try to do just hangs as if
> > there is a virus or corrupted file.
>
> ...
>
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Hi Gerry,
You sure have given me allot of information, I'm not totally computer
illiterate but at the same time there is much I don't understand so
please bear with me. I do apologize for the previous long response but
I thought that is what you requested?
In response to your suggestion; how do I increase my pagefile?
To advise on adding memory we need to know more about your computer.
You
need to get the right type. What is your computer make and model. How
old is it?
I have a 2002 Dell Dimension 8200 Pentium IV CPU 1.80 Ghz, 1.79Ghz,
256 MB of RAM with Service Pak2. I recently upgraded my hardrive to a
Seagate 160GB Hard Drive, and replaced my old CD-ROM with a LG DVD/RW
Drive.
I downloaded Everest and I don't know if I'm doing this right. I
expanded the Motherboard >Chipset and here are the results for the
Memory Slots:
Dram Slot#1 128MB (PC800 RDRAM)
Dram Slot#2 128MB (PC800 RDRAM)
The 6 figures in Task Manager using the largest amounts are as
follows:
Mem usage Peak
Mem Usage VM Size
iexplore.exe - 31,076k 50,808k 40,452k
iexplore.exe - 25,892k 49,680k 41,596k
WINDWORD.EXE 29,780k 63,504k 49,928k
explorer.exe 8,448k 25,172k 17,052k
Msnmsgr.exe 6,644k
20,516k 14,628k
Svchost 6,756k 17,076k 13,652k
ImageX 3,316k 19,5