Computer help
*tmi* as i am killing time here in the bathroom...prolly cuz i ate something with dairy
this goes out to anyone who knows more about computers and laptops than i do...
because i seem to have laptop issues...they are not HUGE issues...i am not getting no blue screen of death...thankfully....but what's going on is more of an annoyance than anything...(don't mind me if i call my laptop a computer..i am lazy)
1.) My dad told me that having to many icons on your desktop screen can slow down a computer. Is what he said true?
2.) This question i think i solved on my own last night but anyway....last night my keyboard went all wonky. it wasn't typing...just making beeping noises when i would try...BUT...if i hit F...i'd get the find screen...if i hit P it would give me a print screen...so it was like...hitting all the short cut keys...but i think i fixed that when i went to accessibility options...looks like i might have held down the num lock key to long or something
3.) Slow. Every time i leave my computer on for more than lets say..2 days...i notice that it takes a little longer to open up applications...for example...
if i just turn on my laptop...it's fine...i get a days worth of fast action...but after 2 days or more...i notice that like..lets say i try to open MS outlook to check my mail...it'll take a wee bit longer to open and i can hear my computer grinding away as it tries to open the program...kinda like if you strapped a 300 lb block on a mans back and told him to climb up hill...then GOD forbid i accidentaly click "new" and open up a message...the lag..EWWW....or like...i try to open up my start menu..at first it's ok..but then i try to click "all programs" and it takies 10 seconds to open...as opposed to the like...3 seconds it took when my laptop was new
Also, i've been getting "windows virtual memory..." thingy popping up a bit...specialy if i have my computer on for to long..or i have to many programs open,...(so i have noticed...i guess) Now a days, since i have abandoned mirc...the only programs i keep open are AIM and FIREFOX...but as of recently i have been closing firefox when i go to bed...
i remember when i first got my computer...how fast it was...but now i have so many programs like games, divx, tablet drivers, bitcomet....
I want to figure out why my computer is like this and what can i do to make it run better so i don't sit here and get irritated because i accidentaly opened outlook instead of firefox and now i gotta wait 45 seconds before i can close it and move on to the internet...
can anyone help me? if you are all confused...feel free to ask me anything you want to help..i am computer stupid so...yeah...
thanks .______..;;;;
this goes out to anyone who knows more about computers and laptops than i do...
because i seem to have laptop issues...they are not HUGE issues...i am not getting no blue screen of death...thankfully....but what's going on is more of an annoyance than anything...(don't mind me if i call my laptop a computer..i am lazy)
1.) My dad told me that having to many icons on your desktop screen can slow down a computer. Is what he said true?
2.) This question i think i solved on my own last night but anyway....last night my keyboard went all wonky. it wasn't typing...just making beeping noises when i would try...BUT...if i hit F...i'd get the find screen...if i hit P it would give me a print screen...so it was like...hitting all the short cut keys...but i think i fixed that when i went to accessibility options...looks like i might have held down the num lock key to long or something
3.) Slow. Every time i leave my computer on for more than lets say..2 days...i notice that it takes a little longer to open up applications...for example...
if i just turn on my laptop...it's fine...i get a days worth of fast action...but after 2 days or more...i notice that like..lets say i try to open MS outlook to check my mail...it'll take a wee bit longer to open and i can hear my computer grinding away as it tries to open the program...kinda like if you strapped a 300 lb block on a mans back and told him to climb up hill...then GOD forbid i accidentaly click "new" and open up a message...the lag..EWWW....or like...i try to open up my start menu..at first it's ok..but then i try to click "all programs" and it takies 10 seconds to open...as opposed to the like...3 seconds it took when my laptop was new
Also, i've been getting "windows virtual memory..." thingy popping up a bit...specialy if i have my computer on for to long..or i have to many programs open,...(so i have noticed...i guess) Now a days, since i have abandoned mirc...the only programs i keep open are AIM and FIREFOX...but as of recently i have been closing firefox when i go to bed...
i remember when i first got my computer...how fast it was...but now i have so many programs like games, divx, tablet drivers, bitcomet....
I want to figure out why my computer is like this and what can i do to make it run better so i don't sit here and get irritated because i accidentaly opened outlook instead of firefox and now i gotta wait 45 seconds before i can close it and move on to the internet...
can anyone help me? if you are all confused...feel free to ask me anything you want to help..i am computer stupid so...yeah...
thanks .______..;;;;