Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 1970 Location: Wisconsin
~erin~ Or Anyone~ Lol More Computer Help Please :) Posted: 08-09-04 14:03pm
Ok, im sorry to bother you again with my
stupid computer, but im really bored and I
want to play games on the internet....
Well my computer keeps saying shockwave
cant work because my internet explorer is
running on low memory, and allocating more
memory may help... And it said something
about closing windows you arent using...
Well the only window I have open is one
internet explorer window, and I dont have
any other programs open or anything. Do
you (or anyone) know how I could get more
memory for my internet explorer.... I
hate this computer sooo much!!! I just
wish I could get a new one! Nothing
works!
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linuxChique
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 May 2004 Posts: 4535
Posted: 08-09-04 14:11pm
Look down in the bottom right corner in
the gray box and tell me what kinds of
icons there are.
What this means is that your computer is
too slow to run flash right now. It
means you need to find other programs that
are running on your computer and close
them to free up memory. You can also
restart, and that tends to help alot on
windows.
Right click on your "my computer" and
choose properties and look for something
in there that says "resources" and tell me
what it says there. It should say a
percentage.
You can also buy new memory at the store
and physically plug it into your computer
to increase your memory.
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lilmama2b_oct04
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 1970 Location: Wisconsin
Posted: 08-09-04 15:01pm
I forgot to tell ya~ I have a mac.... I
cant right click.. Lol only one click.
The thing is, I only have one program
running, which is internet explorer... I
closed "gearbox" to see if that would help
at all... It didnt... Lol I even tried
making more memory by doing stupid crap
like erasing some of my favorites (lol
which I figured wouldnt do anything, but I
needed to do it anyways, I had like 500
things in there).... The only thing that
says that its running (in my thing that I
click on that shows me all applications
running, so I can open up their windows
when I need it) ok the only thing that is
running is internet explorer, and
finder... I think I need finder running,
but im not sure... My computer just sucks
a$$. I just need a new one.
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linuxChique
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 May 2004 Posts: 4535
Posted: 08-09-04 15:54pm
Lol yep you do. Deleting favorites won't
help, and neither will deleting things off
your harddrive. You need to stop
programs, and if you don't have any
running, you need more memory. You can
still upgrade memory with a mac too,
you'll just need to pay somebody to do it
I guess. There is a slight chance that
your memory slots may be full, but that's
not likely if you've never upgraded
before!
Get somebody you know can build a computer
to build one for you. It will be much
cheaper than buying one already built.
Point them at http
://newegg.Com - they have great prices
on computer parts.
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lilmama2b_oct04
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 1970 Location: Wisconsin
Posted: 08-09-04 17:13pm
Kevin works with a guy that knows how to
build computers, but I think this guy is
talking out of his @$$ though lol....
Kevins work will buy him a computer and
take payments right out of his check for
him, since dell wont let him get a
computer cuz he has no credit...
Otherwise, kevin is thinking about trying
again in a couple months, cuz living here
at this apartment, and paying some other
bills will help get his credit to a more
trustable point lol... But yea, we are
just gonna go buy a dell sometime,
adventually, after the baby is here and we
know we can afford everything that we
need. Or else im trying to talk my mom
into gettin a new computer and then she
can just give me her computer (even though
thats a peice of crap too, but its better
than this one... Minus the fact that only
the bottom half of her monitor works...
But it wont be hard to get a different
monitor). We dont plan on ever spending
any money on this computer. We
technically got it for free. Lol its an
older school computer (not real old
though) and kevin got it from one of his
old teachers for $50 and his mom wanted to
buy it for us so its like ok lol, go right
ahead! Well the internet works. Thats
the reason why we needed it (for my
schooling).
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bd1012
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 1998
Posted: 08-09-04 17:17pm
I heard dells suck. I also heard that
avalons are real schitty too. Emachines
are 800 and they work pretty good, that
and combined with comcast high speed
internet and xp, your comp should run
great!
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MegEve
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 353 Location: Alabama
Posted: 08-09-04 17:24pm
Haha!! Erin, jonathan lives on
newegg.Com!! He even has an account so
that he can do the 6 months same as cash
thing!! I'll say something like "i need
such and such for my comp. Can we go to
the store?" he's like, no let's go look
on newegg!! It's so funny!
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