Windows Vista RAM

[Deelow02]

Ok so here's the question: I have Windows Vista (32bit) home premium. I have a XPS 420, with an Intel Dual core (2.33ghz) processor, and 2 gigs of RAM, why would my system bog down? Any ideas what I can do to improve my system performance? I suspect I need an extra gig of RAM. Thanks any suggestions are welcome!

 

[NayNay1991x]

So is it just Going slow in General browsing windows or like... Startup and Shutdown and what not ?

 

[Deelow02]

During browsing, my laptop (Dell Insprion 1501 with AMD 64, 1 gig ram and same vista) was 3x as fast! lol I just don't understand why it takes so much longer to load a webpage-

 

[KSoD]

Spyware. Head to the Virs section and go thru Osiris's Guide.

 

[Deelow02]

Ok thanks for the suggestion, I'll run it tonight when I get home, the only other thing I can tell you is Last night was the first time I ever turned on the Desktop thats having the issue, I just ordered it from Dell the other day. So with that being said, you think I got a virus that fast?? Thanks again

 

[veedubfreak]

Dells and most prebuilt machines are really bad about putting tons of useless crap on them from the factory. I would suggest uninstalling anything you dont need, then get to know msconfig and disable anything in the startup section that you dont need running.

 

[Drizzt]

Usually in msconfig u dont need anything. I just choose to put a few things in it.

 

[veedubfreak]

I basically have trillian, mouse/keyboard software and antivirus on, everything else is disabled.

 

[Drizzt]

rivatuner, keyboard + mouse also.. and i think thats it.

I wish pcwizard would start up on startup... but i dont see that feature... i always have to do it manually

 

[mendriel]

Is there a common list of Dell bloatware that can be canned?