----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Metcalfe" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 2:21 AM Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Overclocking > Do you mean an extra 1 or 2 gigs of RAM? Yes. With Windows, the OS gets as much memory as possible up to it's limit, then apps get what's left. If anything needs more memory, something needs to be saved to the HD, then that space is used for something else, but only temporarily. More memory can often make the swapping unnecessary, speeding things up, AND reducing the wear and tear on the HD.

Ok, I'll buy more RAM and see what happens. Malwarebytes is scanning right now but not found anything yet. Peter > > Do you mean an extra 1 or 2 gigs of RAM? > > Yes. With Windows, the OS gets as much memory as possible up to it's limit, > then apps get what's left. > > If anything needs more memory, something needs to be saved to the HD, > then that space is used for something else, but only temporarily. > > More memory can often make the swapping unnecessary, speeding things up, > AND reducing the wear and tear on the HD. > > > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ----- End Original Message -----