memory capacity

On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:01:01 -0800, Broken Hill
wrote:

I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the dummy
data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found the account
system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I have put
various figures down on spreadsheets and have several queries, but will just
initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop icon I
have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it relevant to ask why
the system is so slow in the light of this apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance

That is not memory but hard drive space .

On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:01:01 -0800, Broken Hill
wrote:

I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the dummy
data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found the account
system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I have put
various figures down on spreadsheets and have several queries, but will just
initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop icon I
have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it relevant to ask why
the system is so slow in the light of this apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance

That is not memory but hard drive space .

On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:01:01 -0800, Broken Hill
wrote:

I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the dummy
data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found the account
system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I have put
various figures down on spreadsheets and have several queries, but will just
initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop icon I
have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it relevant to ask why
the system is so slow in the light of this apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance

That is not memory but hard drive space .

On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:01:01 -0800, Broken Hill
wrote:

I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the dummy
data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found the account
system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I have put
various figures down on spreadsheets and have several queries, but will just
initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop icon I
have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it relevant to ask why
the system is so slow in the light of this apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance

That is not memory but hard drive space .

On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:01:01 -0800, Broken Hill
wrote:

I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the dummy
data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found the account
system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I have put
various figures down on spreadsheets and have several queries, but will just
initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop icon I
have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it relevant to ask why
the system is so slow in the light of this apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance

That is not memory but hard drive space .

On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:01:01 -0800, Broken Hill
wrote:

I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the dummy
data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found the account
system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I have put
various figures down on spreadsheets and have several queries, but will just
initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop icon I
have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it relevant to ask why
the system is so slow in the light of this apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance

That is not memory but hard drive space .

What is the CPU speed?

How much RAM?

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?

Do you leave your computer on 24/7?

What is the name of the accounting software?

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Broken Hill wrote:
I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the
dummy data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found
the account system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I
have put various figures down on spreadsheets and have several
queries, but will just initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop
icon I have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it
relevant to ask why the system is so slow in the light of this
apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance

What is the CPU speed?

How much RAM?

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?

Do you leave your computer on 24/7?

What is the name of the accounting software?

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Broken Hill wrote:
I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the
dummy data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found
the account system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I
have put various figures down on spreadsheets and have several
queries, but will just initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop
icon I have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it
relevant to ask why the system is so slow in the light of this
apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance

What is the CPU speed?

How much RAM?

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?

Do you leave your computer on 24/7?

What is the name of the accounting software?

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Broken Hill wrote:
I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the
dummy data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found
the account system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I
have put various figures down on spreadsheets and have several
queries, but will just initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop
icon I have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it
relevant to ask why the system is so slow in the light of this
apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance

What is the CPU speed?

How much RAM?

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?

Do you leave your computer on 24/7?

What is the name of the accounting software?

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Broken Hill wrote:
I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the
dummy data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found
the account system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I
have put various figures down on spreadsheets and have several
queries, but will just initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop
icon I have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it
relevant to ask why the system is so slow in the light of this
apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance

What is the CPU speed?

How much RAM?

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?

Do you leave your computer on 24/7?

What is the name of the accounting software?

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Broken Hill wrote:
I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the
dummy data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found
the account system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I
have put various figures down on spreadsheets and have several
queries, but will just initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop
icon I have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it
relevant to ask why the system is so slow in the light of this
apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance

What is the CPU speed?

How much RAM?

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?

Do you leave your computer on 24/7?

What is the name of the accounting software?

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Broken Hill wrote:
I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the
dummy data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found
the account system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I
have put various figures down on spreadsheets and have several
queries, but will just initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop
icon I have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it
relevant to ask why the system is so slow in the light of this
apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance

What is the CPU speed?

How much RAM?

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?

Do you leave your computer on 24/7?

What is the name of the accounting software?

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Broken Hill wrote:
I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the
dummy data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found
the account system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I
have put various figures down on spreadsheets and have several
queries, but will just initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop
icon I have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it
relevant to ask why the system is so slow in the light of this
apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance

"Broken Hill" wrote in message
...

I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the dummy
data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found the account
system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I have put
various figures down on spreadsheets and have several queries, but will
just
initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop icon I
have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it relevant to ask
why
the system is so slow in the light of this apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance


Several points and questions he

1. You have described the amount of *disk space* you have available, not
memory. The term "memory" is not used or disk space, but for RAM.

2. How much memory (RAM) do you have?

3. The amount of disk space you have available is not related to your
performance issue.

4.Do you run other applications besides the accounting one? Is your
performance problem on all of them or just accounting?

5. You say you downloaded the accounting program. What's the name of the
accounting program? What site did you download it from?

6. Did your performance problem begin when you installed the accounting
program? Start earlier? Later?

7. Performance problems are very often caused by malware infection. What
software protection do you use against viruses and spyware? Are your
anti-virus and anti-spyware programs kept up to date?

Ken, I don't know how long you have been involved in computers.
Hard Drive space was called Secondary Memory.
RAM was Primary memory.
--
Mad Mike


"Ken Blake" wrote:

"Broken Hill" wrote in message
...

I have downloaded an accounting system onto my system. Using only the dummy
data and having made very few fictitious entries, I have found the account
system agonizingly slow.
This prompted me to examine the memory capacity of my computer. I have put
various figures down on spreadsheets and have several queries, but will
just
initially note:-
According to General System Information and to My Computer Desktop icon I
have free space of 132 GB out of a total of 143 GB. Is it relevant to ask
why
the system is so slow in the light of this apparent anomaly?
In appreciation and anticipation of your assistance


Several points and questions he

1. You have described the amount of *disk space* you have available, not
memory. The term "memory" is not used or disk space, but for RAM.

2. How much memory (RAM) do you have?

3. The amount of disk space you have available is not related to your
performance issue.

4.Do you run other applications besides the accounting one? Is your
performance problem on all of them or just accounting?

5. You say you downloaded the accounting program. What's the name of the
accounting program? What site did you download it from?

6. Did your performance problem begin when you installed the accounting
program? Start earlier? Later?

7. Performance problems are very often caused by malware infection. What
software protection do you use against viruses and spyware? Are your
anti-virus and anti-spyware programs kept up to date?