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1) Laptop
2) W7 Professional
3) Installed RAM 2GB (1.87GB usable)
4) 64-bit Operating system
5) Intel i3 CPU M350 @ 2.27GHz 2.26GHz
6) Disk 259GB used and 73GB free space
7) Run off the house WiFi connected via the router and fibre to the server room at the clubhouse
These are the applications running
These are the processes running and the amount of RAM being used
These are some of the services running
This is the performance, 7% CPU Usage and 1.21GB
Problem –
Outlook tends to hang
FF tends to hang
Windows explorer tends to hang
Windows media player works OK most of the time
The situation gets worse the more Exel and Word open and FF tabs
I know exactly when the Outlook synchronises with Gmail – nothing moves, not even the cursor
I did a defrag twice and still get a 17% error
I freed up a lot of disk space by moving stuff to external backups
Question time:-
1) What is chewing up the memory?
2) What services can I stop?
3) Why are some of the processes flagged *32?
4) What can I do to not necessarily speed up, but stop the hanging?
5) Would installing extra 2GB RAM help?
Thanks in advance for the help.