hi...right now i'm using cachemanXP to optimize my pc's RAM...

and it did a great job until recently this app make my pc so !@#$%^& slow...

can recommended me a better software...

my pc spec:
win xp pro sp3
intel core 2 duo e4500 @ 2.20GHz
2.19Ghz, 2GB of RAM

TQ...

Well your hardware specs seem good. My advice is only install programs that you need and turn off services that aren't being used and startup items.

already done that..

apps running in background:
IDM
CachemanXP
BitDefender TS 2009

frankly, i tried them and don't really believe they offer any benefits as long as you have enough RAM in your system.

usually, when my computer slows down, i just do a fresh install. windows will be noticeably faster.

why not? it couldn't be the ram that cause the slowness... its more like the OS accumulating more garbage in registry and system folders causing slowness..

tuneup can do the job

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Added on November 1, 2008, 12:12 pmmaybe firefox is the problem

This post has been edited by vaires: Nov 1 2008, 12:12 PM

just delaying the inevitable :-)


... er, and what's wrong with firefox?

firefox eats up a ton of my RAM
but i still love it

clean up your prefetch folder in windows directory

just can't find anything better than firefox...

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Added on November 1, 2008, 1:36 pmbut this man said clearing out prefetch folder does not improve performance


This post has been edited by vaires: Nov 1 2008, 01:36 PM

Try TuneUp Uiltities.
Try on my sis Lappy. It work well + internet also speed are more simutanious. Not download speed but more faster on website.

the 1st software i install after fresh install of windows is tuneup utilities...

1st: RAM optimizers do not work.
2nd: RAM optimizers do not work.
3rd: RAM optimizers do not work, unless you're running less than 512mb of memory with frequent hard disk swapping. Even then, they pretty can't do much other than force the memory hogs to page a few more times.

The main cause of computer slowness is usually accumulated utility/driver gunk. What you can do to speed it up:

1. Terminate all unused processes.

Press ctrl-alt-delete and look at the Task Manager.If you don't know whether it's needed, kill it. If your computer crashes, it's needed. Just kidding. Kill the obvious ones, like realplayer and quicktime schedulers. In fact, the only essential processes are
smss.exe
csrss.exe
winlogon.exe
lsass.exe (XP Pro only)
explorer.exe
the various svchost.exe services.

Most other things should be killable without crashing the system. Do some research and find out which are your essential services like antivirus and firewall, then kill everything else. I personally keep antivirus away from my comp, since it's a major resource hog.

2. Disable unnecessary Windows services

Open msconfig and services.msc from the run prompt, and disable whatever entries are not required for your specific system setup. Most people don't need Fast User Switching for example. Google for Black Viper's list of services with explanation on what each service does. Look through msconfig and see what it's launching in the startup section. Chances are a lot of the gunk there slows down your computer. I've seen people with startup areas 2 pages long, and their comps fly after cutting it to 3 or 4 lines. As above, exercise discretion and find out what you require before killing everything else.

These 2 steps are basic; for further tweaking, google for registry hacks in XP to speed up the various system timings, such as start menu delay time (400ms by default). Be careful when you get to this stage, a lot of the tweaks online are useless and may actually degrade performance, such as the memory tweaks. You can also run Disk Cleanup and defragment your hard disk. I use JKDefrag once in a blue moon, the Windows defragmenter does an okay job on its own.

There's more stuff you can do to XP, but these should be the major ones which make the most difference.

another possibility is mayb ur pc infected by virus.

i dont know y u still need the optimizer since u already have 2gb ram. normal usage can HARDLY utilize up to 1.5gb ram

nice info, snorlax..
i 'll uninstall it right away...

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Added on November 2, 2008, 11:19 pmyou too, synz.
thanks..

This post has been edited by vaires: Nov 2 2008, 11:19 PM

i dun beliave kind of this thing..if not,better just use software than upgrade RAM

cacheman is a bull software.
just upgrade ure ram as ddr2's are getting cheaper every time...

Asshampoo Optimizer 5.0???