There is a reason why it's getting slower. Perhaps you should reinstall the
OS. The HD may be failing. If it's a very old machine, perhaps you should
consider a more efficient OS, like Android, Haiku, Ubuntu, Peppermint, or
some other Linux version.

On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Ken Shearer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > My wife has a 64-bit Windows 7-based Dell Inspiron N5050, which came
> with 4
> > GB of RAM. She has complained that it has been running more and more
> > slowly,
> > so I decided to add another memory card. I got it directly from Dell
> since
> > I've had issues with third-party RAM before on my own machine. I
> installed
> > it per the directions in the user manual, but when I next started the
> > computer and looked at the System Information display, I saw that it
> still
> > only shows a total of 4 GB of RAM even though a total of 8 GB is
> physically
> > installed in the machine at this point.
>
>

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