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How do I troubleshoot a slow Windows computer? How do I know if more RAM can make a difference?

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How do I troubleshoot slowness in a Windows computer? How do I know if RAM is an issue? In this case Windows Explorer is slow. (but it is quite subjective) I think it might be because of many logical drives, or some driver? How do i know if Ram is an issue? (is there something I can measure?). I ha…

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Without knowing the specifics of your setup, there are a few things you can do: Make sure you have enough RAM for the types of applications that you're running - if you're mainly browsing and working on MS Office-type documents, 4 GB is likely to be…

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