Computer speed

[HayZee518]

Cpu & ram

Whatever your cpu was designed to handle as far as RAM, you cannot go over that figure. I have an Optiplex 330 that maxes out with 4GB of RAM. Something's gonna burn up if you piggy-back to 8GB total. The cpu just won't handle it.

[romniE1]

Yeah, Ram is pretty important, as well as the processor. But I guess it depends on types of operations you are doing. If you are just writing emails, it is one thing. But if you are writing 3D soft, then it is a different story and then you need good speed and performance.

[Garenius]

RAM basically means the place where all your most used files are stored, the "temporary" files so to speak so that when you access them, it'll be a lot faster. The rate of file transfer from your hard drive and RAM are very different, which is why their filesizes are also different.

[Centurian]

Computer speed

a lot of speed is taken up with programs that don't need to be running...click start>run and type msconfig into the slot...click on the start up tab on the window that opens..and uncheck programs that don't need to be running all the time ...don't worry if you uncheck something you need ..all you do is go back and check it again

[gortle]

Generally the more ram you get the faster your computer will be, there are certain sizes and speeds of ram also. For example DDR3 would not fit into a DDR2 slot.

[CarlosinFL]

Remember that every PC should be re-installed from scratch about every year. You have O.S. decay and since Windows sadly still uses a registry system with zombie entries after applications are deleted, you're going to notice a huge difference on identical hardware between a machine that has been freshly reloaded with Windows XP / Vista / 7 and one that just was defragged.

Always reload your machines every year. Backup your data and break out those recovery CD's.

[gordon]

You should try malwarebytes, it's the best I have seen.

[epipeinfo]

Its better to change with the time. If you are using the Norton then it also help to slow down your PC. Its better to change it and go for Avast. Its better, I will suggest you to change your system because most of the new application are based on new systems.

[Speedbump]

I have Avast running on 6 different computers daily and haven't had a virus in a long time. I do stay off the porn sites though. Don't matter what your running if you go there.

[rjh2o]

I've used Avast and it's not so great. I had a lot of intrusions with Avast and it does not upgrade often enough. Norton is through my Internet supplier and it has been great. Sure there are issues from time to time but overall it has been very good. No anti-virus program is perfect though.
RJ

[HayZee518]

avast from the adwil corp is a great free program and they offer daily or weekly heuristic upgrades to their virus definitions. why pay for a virus remover or detector when a good or great program is free?

[Speedbump]

If you have the Norton disc, I would uninstall it and see what difference you see. I'll bet it will be significant. The worst that can happen is that you have to re-install it. If it turns out to be a hog (as I suspect) go get a free version of Avast.

[rjh2o]

My HP desktop has win 98 so I can understand the issue there. But my laptop has Windows 7 and 2 gig of ram. The Norton is from our internet supplier and the other virus/malware programs are only run manually by me. I believe you are right about the bandwith because there are times when videos buffer quite frequently and other times their fine. I have a friend that bought his laptop at the same time we purchased ours and he is having the same issues.
RJ

[Speedbump]

Unless they have changed drastically in the last few years, Norton anti virus is a resource hog. I installed it on a Win 95 machine years ago and it cut the speed almost in half. Then I went through the arduous task of getting rid of it.

Having more than one anti virus program running at the same time is also a no no.

Your internet speed may vary because of other users in your area fighting for your bandwidth. It is shared on Cable. I'm not sure about Fiber.

[toastixeoh]

hopefully de-fragmentation will get you a little bit more speed out of the computer. I hope it helps!