“I’m not much in to computers either but how can a RAM memory chip become slow? I remember my brother telling me to sometimes remove and reinsert my drive and memory chips (I have a laptop) in order to clean the contacts.”
RAM memory does not become slow. Re-seating memory and drive cables is rarely necessary unless your computer crashes or displays error messages.
I have observed that Windows computers often slow down because of an accumulation of browser cache files and Windows temporary files. Once you have more than a few thousand files stored in a folder, any attempted access of files in that folder by you or the operating system really bogs the computer down. Clean out those cache and temp files, and defragment your hard drive — you should see some speed improvement. Scan your computer for malware and viruses. Another cause of slowdown is increasingly bloated software programs. Install the maximum amount of RAM that your computer will allow.
I usually clean out my pc with disk cleanup then run defragment at least once a week. I run a spyware program each evening when I shut down. One thing though, I keep getting this adware.cookie something every time. Do you know how to stop it?
That can get reaaaaally expensive.
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