pc always hanging

by xhanis Jul 16, 2009 9:49AM PDT

hello all
yesterday my friend say it's pc slow or something then i go to his office and yes its slow and sometime hang

but when i see at task manager its pc usage are not that high arround 10 - 35 % are there any problem that i didnot detected or virus infection has spread to the pc

for your info this pc

model acer veriton S661
pentium dual cpu 1.6 GHz
1GB of ram 80GB harddisk

thanks

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hmm

by jeff_windows_team Jul 17, 2009 1:55AM PDT

Could be that it only has 1GB of RAM or that he has two antivirus programs running. When does it hang? Any specific programs that make it hang?

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OS?

by jeff_windows_team Jul 17, 2009 1:57AM PDT

Forgot to ask which OS the computer is running. If it is Vista take a look at this article for tips to adjust the settings for better (faster) performance: http://techrepublic.com.com/2415-10877_11-91600.html

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(NT) my friend os are winxp

by xhanis Jul 23, 2009 1:32PM PDT

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the thing is my friend have install game

by xhanis Jul 23, 2009 1:23PM PDT

but as you can see the are just like air strike 2 or i can say yahoo games like diner dash

how can a game like make pc hang ????

if you have any thing in mind about the games just tell me i takes notices of that
thanks

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Since this is a desktop.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jul 17, 2009 2:00AM PDT

2 ideas.

1. Are they doing their yearly cleaning? Watch http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11319_7-6240575-1.html

2. Did they take Grif's advice from http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6122_102-0.html?threadID=328220#2968150
Bob

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could be anything

by printmatt Jul 18, 2009 7:08AM PDT

Having a 1GB of Ram is pretty Decent for a PC. This could be a software conflict or you have a virus in your PC.

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Minimum RAM

by sturner--2008 Jul 28, 2009 1:07AM PDT

1 GB is bare minimum. Minimum will allow you to run the programs, it won't give you unfettered speed or response. If you have multiple processes running in the background and graphics intensive program in the forground it will slow down.

Also, check the hard drive free space. You need a minimum of 10% of the hard drive free for memory management. Less than that and you will have slow downs and hanging.

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