Vista on 1GB of RAM?

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LittleHoov

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Im trying to help out a friend of mine. Hes got a Compaq desktop that was supposedly purchased new with Vista on it not horribly long ago.

We were hangin out last night and doin stuff on the computer and the thing is painfully slow, I mean.....its bad. It takes literally about 10 seconds to open a right-click dialog box.

I took a quick look at his specs and noticed it has a 3.2ghz P4, so I didnt see that being a problem.
Then I noticed the 1GB of RAM, I didnt look at the usage in the Task Manager, but had been noticing that his HD light was pretty much constantly on and chugging even when we were just browsing the web.

I know when I got my machine, it was using 1GB of memory literally right out of the box. That was one of the first things I looked at, and it was using 30% of its physical memory the first time I turned it on.

I know that Vista kind of adapts to use less memory based on the total amount available, but even so, his PC is slow....to the point its actually frustrating. Not like "its slow in games" or "I cant edit videos"...but like "I experience significant lag in Windows Explorer" kind of slow.

Im thinking he needs about 2GB of RAM instead of 1. Agree or Disagree?
 
Is it Vista home premium, home basic? It very well could be the RAM, Microsoft recommends that you have at LEAST 1GB of RAM for Vista. The computer could also have some malware or some kind of infections. I would try de-fragmenting it too or using CC Cleaner or a program like that, but yea I would say get 1 or even 2 more GB or RAM, considering the prices of DDRII now a day.
 
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Ah yeah, duh, I dont know why I didnt think to download some stuff to clean it off some. I guess my mind was blinded from it being so freaking slow.

Thanks for the reminder haha.
 
Yeah I thought about that, I dont think he has one though, hes not a big computer person, just uses it to sell stuff online, and surf the web and such. Im gonna order up some RAM for him as soon as I figure out the right kind.

Thanks for the suggestions, if you have any more, keep em comin!
 
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