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> how do i do a memory dump/cycle?, my computer is generally slower than it used to be.
etidd
post Jun 5 2009, 02:10 AM
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hello everyone,

i'm running xp pro sp3 on a dell inspiron b130 laptop. it's a bit of an older model, but i'm having slowness issues with it. it's not spywared / malwared at all. one thing i noticed is the sound skips around really bad when i listen to music. i have defragged the drive, configured the boot to use minimal programs on startup (therefore less memory) by way of start - > run -> msconfig. i have used check disk utility, but still my computer runs slower. what else could be slowing down my computer? i would really appreciate the help. i need this computer running faster, so i can use it for my work. it's too slow.

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post Jun 8 2009, 02:20 PM
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can i just use the windows xp backup utility?
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- etidd   how do i do a memory dump/cycle?   Jun 5 2009, 02:10 AM
- - 8210GUY   I don't know about what you've asked about...   Jun 5 2009, 10:02 AM
- - etidd   free space: 46.4 GB total size: 74.5 GB not full ...   Jun 5 2009, 12:01 PM
- - 8210GUY   Not what I expected, the symptoms fitted it perfec...   Jun 5 2009, 02:18 PM
- - etidd   right now, the computer is showing an avg. of 25% ...   Jun 5 2009, 03:32 PM
- - 8210GUY   It seems to confirm my suspicion of your system pl...   Jun 5 2009, 03:50 PM
- - etidd   well, i ran the tests now, but i don't see a u...   Jun 5 2009, 06:05 PM
- - 8210GUY   The actual url is the link now, they used to have ...   Jun 5 2009, 06:34 PM
- - etidd   http://pcpitstop.com/neptune.asp   Jun 5 2009, 08:14 PM
- - etidd   if you want my login info. i don't care, i...   Jun 5 2009, 08:15 PM
- - Jkc73   Hello etidd The link that you have supplied is...   Jun 5 2009, 09:59 PM
- - etidd   http://www.pcpitstop.com/betapit/sec.asp?c...;repo...   Jun 6 2009, 12:59 AM
- - Jkc73   Hi etidd After looking at your PCPitstop Report, ...   Jun 6 2009, 08:52 AM
- - etidd   hmm, maybe it's not running as slow as i say i...   Jun 6 2009, 12:03 PM
- - appleoddity   Well, I typed this once, and lost my post.. I love...   Jun 6 2009, 02:18 PM
|- - 8210GUY   QUOTE (appleoddity @ Jun 6 2009, 09:18 PM...   Jun 6 2009, 05:52 PM
- - etidd   hmm, i'm running into an error when changing f...   Jun 7 2009, 07:27 PM
- - appleoddity   This is typical of a problem I saw recently on a l...   Jun 7 2009, 07:57 PM
- - etidd   avg is the only protection i have running.   Jun 7 2009, 09:33 PM
|- - 8210GUY   QUOTE (etidd @ Jun 8 2009, 04:33 AM) avg ...   Jun 8 2009, 03:59 AM
- - etidd   here's a system event log.   Jun 7 2009, 09:38 PM
- - etidd   "Upload failed. You are not permitted to uplo...   Jun 7 2009, 09:40 PM
- - appleoddity   QUOTE Save the log file as system.evt on your desk...   Jun 7 2009, 09:54 PM
- - etidd   wow, that dma fix seemed to do the trick! i un...   Jun 7 2009, 10:38 PM
- - appleoddity   etidd.. I'm glad that your computer is running...   Jun 7 2009, 10:44 PM
- - etidd   k, here's a system log file. i think my hard d...   Jun 8 2009, 01:10 PM
- - appleoddity   QUOTE Event Type: Warning Event Source: Disk Event...   Jun 8 2009, 02:00 PM
- - etidd   can i just use the windows xp backup utility?   Jun 8 2009, 02:20 PM
- - appleoddity   Yes, as long as you manually locate and include yo...   Jun 8 2009, 02:31 PM
- - etidd   hmm, if i'm a computer science student that kn...   Jun 8 2009, 10:01 PM
- - Doug   Since you are a computer science major who knows h...   Jun 8 2009, 11:46 PM
- - 8210GUY   I haven't done this before, so not sure how li...   Jun 9 2009, 05:32 AM
- - Ztruker   Most new hard drives come with a bootable CD and i...   Jun 9 2009, 07:55 PM
- - etidd   okay, i think i have a pretty good shot at doing t...   Jun 10 2009, 04:28 PM

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