computer is running slowly

[dominatrix1]

Last week or so my computer has been running very slowly i have not downloaded that much couple of programmes, etc. One thing that seems to be very high is my physical memory which is at 85%, what could this be

 

[mk17]

if you're running windows, right-click on the taskbar, and run Task Manager. Go to the Processes tab, and order by memory to see which processes are hogging your ram.

You might want to run a virus scan as a sanity check.

 

[schumi84]

Also, in the start bar, click on run and type msconfig.

Click the last tab where it says startup and look to see how many things you have in the list, you may have a few programs in there that u dont need.

 

[vorm]

Run Spybot S+D and Adaware too - these quite often pick up nasties that your virus scanner overlook.