Ever notice how each PC has a personality of its own? Or maybe even multiple personalities? In the course of a week, your computer may act friendly, moody, and sometimes downright mean.
However, don't take a hammer to your PC just yet. The following is a list of common symptoms and treatments to help even the most troublesome PCs. You don't even have to be a psychologist(at least not yet) to deal with your PC's neuroses.
Windows 7 and Windows Vista usually manage this automatically, but overall you'll find that these tips work for all versions of Windows, from Windows 95 to Window 7.
1. You keep getting a "your system is running low on virtual memory" message
Perhaps you're more than familiar with this scenarion: You're working on your PC and notice performance getting gradually slower and slower. Programs become harder to open and close. You wait forever for Web pages to be displayed. And then, you get some serious-sounding "virtual memory is too low" message, like the one in the following graphic.
Don't worry: this meassage isn't as scary as it sounds.
Solution 1: Bump up the virtual memory size on your computer
The first solution is to increase your computer's virtual memory settings. To do so, you first need to determine how much RAM you currently have.
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Solution 2: Add more RAM to your computer
If you keep getting that dreaded "Your system is running low on virtual memory"
message--even after you increase your computer's virtual memory--then you may need to buy more memory for your computer.
2. Your windows slide off the desktop--and you can't grab them
we are all familiar with moving program windows around the desktop. You can click-and-hold the window's titile bar to move it around. But what do you do when you accidentally move a window's title bar off the desktop so you can't grad it anymore?
The window is stuck in that inconvenient position.
Solution: Use your keyoard to help move your window
The trick to moving these stubborn program windows is to use your keyboard
Use your keyboard to move a window:
3. Your taskbar has disppeared
The taskbar is that horizontal bar at the bottom or your computer screen that displays open programs on your desktop. The taskbar also contains the Start menu, which allows you to navigate to various programs installed on your computer. In many ways, it's your command central.
Thus, there is nothing more frustrating than going to start a program, only to find the taskbar gone. A computer without a taskbar will bring you to a grinding halt.
The good news is that the taskbar never disappears-- it just hides. It may be hiding behind other open windows, or at the top or side of your screen. You can also (unintentionally) make the taskbar so thin that it seems invisible.
The following are possible reasons why your taskbar has vanished, as well as solutions to keep your taskbar from ever running away again.
Solution 1: Find your taskbar behind other windows
Solution 2: Find your taskbar elsewhere on your screen
Solution 3: Thicken your taskbar
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