I have a computer with the following configration can any one tell me is there any use of increasing RAM ,sometimes it says your virtual memory is too low will this make the computer fast off late it is very sluggish freezing whenever switch from one site to another ,cleaned it with Avg Anti virus have spy bot nothing works.

Pc Chips 810 LMRT XP motherboard
128 MB PC133 SDRAM OEM
AMD Duron 1 Ghz CPU
64 Mb Vidieo on board.
I have windows 2000XP and use Rogers High Speed.(works with no speed)

You need more RAM (256 or 512 MB)
You can increase the virtual memory without increasing the RAM as well.

On "My Computer" do a right click and choose Properties
Click on Advanced
Click on "Performance Options"
Click "Change" in the "Virtual Memory"

Specify from 3 times to 5 times the RAM (384 MB - 640 MB) for Virtual Memory.

It should increase your virtual memory.

Try alternate browsers (Mozilla Firefox)

But I am sure u need more RAM .. Get a 512 MB stick and you will have 640 MB .
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Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

what could be the reason for this freezing of 10 seconds between the sites opening up it just came up for last two days and one more problem if u give print command from anywhere it takes good 2 minutes before it satrs printing earlier it was almost instant

If you can take a back up.. then I would suggest Back up everything and give your computer a fresh reinstall.. I do that about once a year to keep my computer running smooth..

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Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

Do you go to lot of gaming sites..... ? This causes some unwanted services to be downloaded which run in the backend.

or do you have any p2p services running on your machine.

These could be major resource hoggers....
Anyway, as dfwrp suggested you need a memory upgrade anyway....

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Cheers,
JSethi

Click "start", click "run". Type in "msconfig". Take a look at all the processes/applications that are in the "start" tab. These services are set to start automatically when the computer starts up. You might find quite a few that are unnecessary and not required. Turn them off and see if that helps. There might be some that will start up the next time you reboot the machine irrespective of the fact that you turned them off. These can be removed by some specific tools only. Google on the names of those processes/apps and find out which tool helps in removing what? CWSHREDDER I understand is a good one and I am also told it is free. All hearsay though.
OTOH dfwrp's suggestion is the best alternative. If you use the computer mainly for surfing the internet, and can back up any useful files/apps that you have on the machine, do that followed by fresh re-install. This time around, make sure you stay away from "suspicious" sites. Also, get a firewall.

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Diogenes
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The Cynic

Any free software available that i can download from internet to block PoP ups and adware cos off lateley iam facing this problem too much when i visit rediff .com to check my mails.
thanks