I have an old 2009 laptop that I haven't really used too much in the past until recently. When I used my laptop I noticed that applications would run slowly and take a while to startup. I was starting to get concerned so I decided to restart and check task manager. When I did I noticed that about 5 GB of RAM was being used out of 8 and only legit processes were running like explorer.exe and csrss.exe. I'm not sure what the problem is?
60% of ram used at startup?
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velocityg4
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If it has been running without a reinstall since 2009. I'd say it is due for a clean install of Windows to clean out all the years of crap. Then restore your files from a backup and reinstall your software.
Failing that. Run a malware scan with Malwarebytes.
Install CCleaner use it to
- Cleaner: Run Cleaner and clear out junk files. I add check marks for Windows Log Files, Windows Error Reporting, DNS Cache, Windows Event Logs, Old Prefetch Data and User Assist History.
- Tools: Uninstall software you no longer use.
- Restart computer
- Disable unneeded Startup items in Windows and Scheduled Tasks. Most aren't need. Leave on anything that updates software you use like Adobe, Google, Flash, Anti-Virus.
- Restart your computer
- Registry: Clean the registry after you restart. Be sure to backup the registry on the rare chance it tanks your registry. Run the clean several times until it stops popping up new items cleaned. The chance is very slim you will have to reinstall Windows. It does exist. It hasn't happened to me yet in the last 8 years of using this on client computers.
- Restart your computer
If you have multiple anti-virus. Remove all but one. Avira is my preferred AV, free or paid.
Failing that. Run a malware scan with Malwarebytes.
Install CCleaner use it to
- Cleaner: Run Cleaner and clear out junk files. I add check marks for Windows Log Files, Windows Error Reporting, DNS Cache, Windows Event Logs, Old Prefetch Data and User Assist History.
- Tools: Uninstall software you no longer use.
- Restart computer
- Disable unneeded Startup items in Windows and Scheduled Tasks. Most aren't need. Leave on anything that updates software you use like Adobe, Google, Flash, Anti-Virus.
- Restart your computer
- Registry: Clean the registry after you restart. Be sure to backup the registry on the rare chance it tanks your registry. Run the clean several times until it stops popping up new items cleaned. The chance is very slim you will have to reinstall Windows. It does exist. It hasn't happened to me yet in the last 8 years of using this on client computers.
- Restart your computer
If you have multiple anti-virus. Remove all but one. Avira is my preferred AV, free or paid.
Yeah velocityg4 I have already have an anti virus running malware bytes. Ive used ccleaner, cleaned out some of the registry. Uninstalled programs, disabled startup programs but it has not changed anything. I'm not too sure what it could be?
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