Body & Soul1 min ago
Low memory message
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If I only have task manager open my cpu runs at about 5% and my memory is about 60%, once the internet is on memory use goes up to about 80%. I keep getting a message to turn the internet off as memory is low - but it's all that is open. Might as well read a book! My hard drive is only half full. Could it be a virus using up the memory? I've tried scanning with AVG 7.5 but found nothing.
It's Vista home basic, 512MB,32bit and 58GB free from 89.9GB. Intel Celeron D.
Thank you.
It's Vista home basic, 512MB,32bit and 58GB free from 89.9GB. Intel Celeron D.
Thank you.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.512 is the minimum recommend amount for vista home basic (all the other versions recommend 1gb minimum) but once you start adding a few other things running in the back ground it will really struggle with only 512.
2gb is generally considered the "sweet spot" for vista, but 1 or 1.5GB would improve things very noticeably.
if your not sure what type of memory to buy the link below will scan your system and tell you (you don't have to buy your memory from them, shop around for a decent price but I'd say stick to branded memory)
http://www.crucial.com/uk/index.aspx?cpe=CHAWK uk
2gb is generally considered the "sweet spot" for vista, but 1 or 1.5GB would improve things very noticeably.
if your not sure what type of memory to buy the link below will scan your system and tell you (you don't have to buy your memory from them, shop around for a decent price but I'd say stick to branded memory)
http://www.crucial.com/uk/index.aspx?cpe=CHAWK uk
once you run the scan look on the right side of the results page and there is an install guide for both notebooks and desktops.
It's easy to do (probably about the easiest DIY upgrade there is)
that said though if you buy it from a local shop I should imagine most would install either for free or for a very nominal charge (I'd say much over 5quid would be excessive if your buying the ram from them!)
It's easy to do (probably about the easiest DIY upgrade there is)
that said though if you buy it from a local shop I should imagine most would install either for free or for a very nominal charge (I'd say much over 5quid would be excessive if your buying the ram from them!)
bad news - tried to run the scan - it said ooh you are using vista so please download this and when you have saved it click .exe. I downloaded and saved but then couldn't find it - i didn't see where it had saved it. Is there an obvious place to look or should i download again - so sorry I'm an idiot.