My Computer Isn't Working too Well...

--first uninstall your zone alarm firewall and use winxp sp2 firewall instead; --install norton antivirus 2003; --you can disable services that start with windows...open "run" and type"services.msc"; --read al the description and disable one you dont use; --disable startup programs like msn,yahoo by typing "msconfig" at "run" command; --defragmnet your hard disk; --run scandisk; --install "spyware doctor" for removing spywares; hope this will help you!

the best thing to do with your pc is to format it, your pc has a fine system specification and speed, sometimes we need to format so that we could make it fine, maybe your system registry is already affected by viruses and spywares, so I recommend you to format it and just make sure you have a back of your files.

I think you meant 256MB RAM rather than 256K didn't you? Pentium 4 needs to run on at least 256MB RAM and above for it to run smoothly. It also depends on your OS. If you win on Windows 98 or ME, then 256MB RAM should be OK. It also depends on what applications you have on your PC. Do you run a lot of memory hungry applications like Corel Draw, Photoshop, Pagemaker, AutoCAD or other design software. If you have to deal with files that are 100-200MB in size then, that is the problem. 256MB RAM may not be enough. What about your hard disk space. Remember, Windows need a mirror image on the Hard Disk of about the equivalent of its size on your hard disk to run properly. If your Windows OS took up 120MB of disk space, make sure you have at least 500MB available as free space on your hard disk at any one time, just to run Windows. Same thing with Windoes XP, except that XP needs at least 512MB RAM for the PC to run properly. That doesn't mean XP itself needs 512MB RAM. Many people mistakenly get enough RAM to run the requirements of Windows, forgetting about the extra memory to run other applications. When Windows says it needs 64MB RAM minimum to run, and if you have, say 256MB RAM on your PC, it means that when you boot up, Windows takes away 64MB RAM from that memory allowing you only 192MB RAM available to run other applications. Worse, if you had only 128MB RAM. That's why your other applications always will have "illegal operation" messages all the time. Get your PC's memory upgraded to 1GB RAM at least. And make sure your hard disk has enough free space, at least 15GB of free space if you run Win 98 or ME and 20GB of free space if you run XP. (Home. Professional needs more). Run Disk cleanup, Chkdsk and Defrag often. Goto start-accessories-system tools and you find them. Get AdAware from Lavasoft, ZoneAlarm and A-squared to protect your PC from spyware,adware and malware. Get your PC scanned from viruses online from http://www.antivirus.com All the above software are available as free downloads. Also check if your hard disk is partitioned. If you have s small 20GB or 40GB hard disk, partitioning into 2 partitions is not a good idea. Maybe if your hard disk is 80GB and above. Also if you run on 2 OS's, this is also the problem. Hope this helps.

A Pentium IV CPU is already enough nowaday. I prefer you to replace your 256MB ram into 1GB ram. Of course, buying a new computer would be the best solution for your question!

One way to help it without adding ram is to go to start--run--msconfig and turn off a lot of the programs that are starting when the computer starts up. Every program that starts when the computer starts is eating at your resources, so cut out what you can. I would leave printer and antivirus on definitely, but kill things like realplayer, office, quicktime, and things like that. Also go to your start -- programs menu and check your startup folder to see what is running there. Kill what you don't absolutely need running at all times, but keep a document of what you kill and what you leave running, cause you may accidentally kill something you need and have to turn it back on. What I do is I turn off a couple of things, restart the computer, and see how it does, then turn off a few more things, and restart again until I get as many as I can killed. Note you are not getting rid of the programs just turning them off. Also run scandisk and defrag will help clean it up. On some versions of windows it is called chkdsk. That may help you until you decide to get more RAM (or you may decide you don't need it, either). Good luck!

virtual memory low shows in two cases only when ur using heay software though you dont have suffiecient RAM and when your downloading/uploading . Try to do only one task when ur specially downloading or uploading .Please dont do any thing like disk cleanup,defragmentation it will mostly damages your hard disk

There are many ways through which you can improve your pc performance. try refreshing the OS in few months. also keep a check over all the programs which get loaded on the RAM during system startup, disable all those un-necessary. Try removing all those software from your pc which are not of use or those of seldome use and can be installed when needed.And there can be many such things which affects PC performance. I have the same configuration as you have mentioned but i m happy with the performance.

dude,..the computer is aging. Computer price had came crashing down. It's no longer those expensive toys anymore. Most branded computers are pretty affordable. Oh yeah, not to mention that they keep changing and upgrading the operating system. Yesterday you still can run this program smoothly, but tomorrow, wham ! It's a total different story... Look at Microsoft Vista - it's a memory-hunger operating system. Try to load it in your old system, and you will sure see it crashing like nobody business, or at least it will crawl like a tortoise... Change !!!

When they say "virtual memory" they're mostly referring to your ram. What type of ram do you have? A DDR or a DDR2? What is the ddr ram's speed, how many mhz? Fact, if you have a dvd burner and are planning to burn a whole movie chances are your computer will hang up due to lack of virtual memory or system resources. Here are a couple of things you can do to speed up your pc. 1) go to the start menu, programs, accessories and sytem tools... choos disk cleanup. 2) get reg cleaner to remove cookies that can't be removed by windows. 3) Check your system resources. Either you lack ram or your hardrive is almost full. 4) Remove the icons on your task and tray bars that you don't need. 5) deactivate the programs on your start-up that you don't need. Hope those help.

hi fren, i also face the same problem here.i think it will be better if we increase the ram. some times it is due to viruses,we have to remove the virus from the software..........haha....all the best.

hi fren, i also face the same problem here.i think it will be better if we increase the ram. some times it is due to viruses,we have to remove the virus from the software..........haha....all the best.

hi fren, i also face the same problem here.i think it will be better if we increase the ram. some times it is due to viruses,we have to remove the virus from the software..........haha.

hi fren, i also face the same problem here.i think it will be better if we increase the ram. some times it is due to viruses,we have to remove the virus from the software..........haha.

hi fren, i also face the same problem here.i think it will be better if we increase the ram. some times it is due to viruses,we have to remove the virus from the software..........haha.

hey you must uninstalled some software.i am faraid that ur computer is heavily loaded with software.pentium4 with 256k ram is enough for speedy work,but u dont get this.this mean you dont have more spaces on ur harddisk.dont set any screen saver or like this item as it slowest the machine.dont installed more than one os if not very needed. i think it help you much.

i think you gotta get a new ram of good memory..

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Easy way is format your computer..What i'm thinking here is all your pronblem is about your operating system..

i think u must formate ur disc and reinstall the os

use pc accelrater and memory booster