Question for the computer wizards

[jwblue]

Can a lack of RAM cause web pages to load slower. Web pages load significanlty slower on my comptuer when I have 20 Internet Explorer Browsers open instead of 1. Would additional RAM help this?

IS

 

[1cheater]

IS, What Operating System do you have? How much RAM now?


I would have to say yes, if you have an older computer and are lookijng for a quik fix.... keep in mind, this is under the assumption that your Virus/Trojan free and clean of Spyware....

I would suggest you defrag once every other week and scan disk once a month..

 

[FairWarning]

And make sure you have all updates on your computer.

 

[Dr.Pepper]

yes, but not likely. a basic webpage such as this forum, should be loading in seconds. if not its your internet speed, or your hardware, or something is sucking your bandwidth, or analyzing your downloads, such as antivirus software.

 

[jwblue]

I have Windows XP...256K RAM.

I have a Kerio Firewall and Avast Antivirus running as well.

IS

 

[1cheater]

IS, you can set your firewall to always give access rights to this forum(tinker with the settings); same thing with the antivirus.

I have heard that XP can be a memory hog; I would probably get another 256 of RAM(20$-30$ I think), your machine can take it.

 

[TTinCO]

XP with 256 runs like CRAP...

I'd say bump it up to 768mb, or maybe even a gig if you do a lot of multi tasking (which it sounds like you do).

 

[orbit]

Additional RAM can never hurt but maybe you could also look into Firefox as your browser instead of IE.

If you regularly have the need for multiple browsers being open then the Firefox tabbing system would be much better than having 20 IE's open ... from a system resource usage point of view.

Just a suggestion ...

O.

 

I have Windows XP...256K RAM.

I have a Kerio Firewall and Avast Antivirus running as well.

IS

Get more RAM in your computer and that will make a huge difference for you. Also like someone else suggested, try using Mozilla FireFox for multiple windows, that will help you a lot.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>

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[jwblue]

Thanks for all the advice guys. I am going to jack up the RAM to a gig. I a lot of times have 20 Windows open.

I tried Firefox but it was noticeably slower with loading web pages compared to IE 6.0. Has anyone else experienced this?

IS

 

[Woody0]

The 1 gig should certainly improve performance. If you don't like Firefox try Maxthon for tabbed sites. You can set it to open all your 20 sites simultaneously which works faster than you can do it manually.

 

[coconutman]

Your IE runs faster because of all the saved internet files. If you load the same sites day in and day out it will load faster from memory. FireFox is great, you should really not notice a different in a browser unless you have as little ram as 256. Try formatting from time to time too.