large files on the desktop can slow your computer down?
Hi there,
Do largefiles stored on your desktop slow down your computer? An XP pc was failing to start some programs saying there was not enough memory to run that program. I moved about 6gb of files from the desktop to my documents folder. The problem disapperared - is this a coinsidence or is it bad to keep large files on your XP desktop. How about other OS?
Thanks!
Do largefiles stored on your desktop slow down your computer? An XP pc was failing to start some programs saying there was not enough memory to run that program. I moved about 6gb of files from the desktop to my documents folder. The problem disapperared - is this a coinsidence or is it bad to keep large files on your XP desktop. How about other OS?
Thanks!
It's a coincidence.
Your background picture would have more of an effect. It should be prepared for "Web-Ready" type size before using. I see this problem with the average user a lot.
its a good practice to keep the desktop clean, but its a mere coincident :)
if your document folder is on a different disk or partition you allowed your page file to grow some more. If you closed some windows you also freed memory and that made the move a coincidence. and so on
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Ok, so those file wouldn't be loading in ram and taking up resources, apart from the background picture and other such theme details I suppose.
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read out here
http://www.ehow.com/how_4848544_up-hard-drive-space.html
http://en.kioskea.net/faq/291-how-to-speed-up-a-slow-pc