Tannis wrote:
>When I check, all I see is 3 programs running.>>


You would have a lot more than that running in the background. You are 
looking in the wrong place. Check Task Manager under the Processes tab. a 
typical computer would have at least 20 processes running--often a lot 
more.  Less is better. Eliminate anything not essential. It won't let you 
terminate any vital system files. Mine's currently showing about 30---which 
is a few more than I like. Use Mike Lin's free "Startup Control Panel" to 
control these at startup.

In the Applications tab, my Task Manager never shows more than one 
application running---ie Firefox (in your case). Antivirus doesn't usually 
show up there as it's a hidden and protected process.

Check also the Performance tab when you get those messages. If the pagefile 
graph is showing excessive use, that's where your problem lies. (Pagefile 
is virtual memory)

Firefox has tabbed browsing, but I think you have to hold down Shift or 
Control to use new tabs without actually opening them as it goes---a 
process I found most inconvenient compared with Maxthon. However, most 
people seem very happy with it.

As to your virtual memory settings, the settings you have are inappropriate 
for your system. Set it to System Managed.

AVG uses a lot of memory. You could try replacing it with Avira, although 
AVG is not the actual cause of your problem unless your C-drive is 
critically short of space (the pagefile needs at least 1 Gb of free space).

Don Penlington



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