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I have a compaq presario PC with windows XP and 190 MB RAM the HDD is of 20GB
my PC is getting slower day by day and it also takes lot of time while booting ,
processing etc, though i have not installed many heavy background services or softwares into
it.Moreover it so happens when I open some programs like Paint brush it shows up an postcard
size windows with heading "microsoft windows explorer" send error report , don' send. I know
that this message box comes up only in XP , but I was unable to run my program the exe never
gets open, Which file is corrupted and what's the resolution for this??
kindly help experts
You can turn off the error reporting by opening Control Panel, System, the "Advanced" tab, and then the "Error Reporting" button. Here you can disable that message.
190 MB Ram is rather low for windows xp, this can cause it to slowdown. Add some memory and the speed should improve.
190 MB Ram is rather low for windows xp, this can cause it to slowdown. Add some memory and the speed should improve.
If you click "More Information" it *might* tell you what file caused the problem (e.g. you might have an older file on there)
basically the error report screen loads *whenever* a program crashes, a crash could be caused by faulty programming or more often than not, old or mismatched DLL files...
Visit the crashing programs websites' (if they have one) and download and install the latest patches and versions of their programs..
I see you are a Windows XP user, installing "Service Pack 2" to update your computer to include all the latest Microsoft bugfixes and improvements will also copy across many new DLL files which should help
basically the error report screen loads *whenever* a program crashes, a crash could be caused by faulty programming or more often than not, old or mismatched DLL files...
Visit the crashing programs websites' (if they have one) and download and install the latest patches and versions of their programs..
I see you are a Windows XP user, installing "Service Pack 2" to update your computer to include all the latest Microsoft bugfixes and improvements will also copy across many new DLL files which should help
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Save you data, format and reinstall. Get a good antivirus, firewall and Anti-SpyWare like Spy Bot or Ad-aware ...
Salu2
Salu2
I agree with rindi, 190 meg is low for XP, I'd reccomend 256 minimum. My system Idle uses 185 meg, then again I have 512 meg installed... When I went from 128 meg, to my 512, the system increased it's speed by 10 times!!!! A 256 meg stick of mem only cost about $35 now, so why not look into an upgrade.
But before doing that, take care of the stuff in my first post.
Mugman
But before doing that, take care of the stuff in my first post.
Mugman
I agree with the guys above. Sounds like problems I have seen on a worm infected machine. It slows down over time due to the replication of the worm and whenever you open something it spawns the worm to try and send itself out. Run a good worm virus program. Not all virus programs detect worms. Look for one that specifically targets worms. If worse comes to worse, move all your data off the machine and fdisk it.
Worms are real boogers to kill.
Worms are real boogers to kill.
Adaware is an excellent spyware and adware clean-up utility, you can find if for free on downloads.com
Mugman