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2. 5 reasons why your computer could be running slow - AOL

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   Depending on what you're doing on your computer, you might need to add more random access memory, or RAM. Design programs use up a lot of RAM, but running a lot of smaller programs at once could ...

3. Hang (computing) - Wikipedia

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   Hangs have varied causes and symptoms, including software or hardware defects, such as an infinite loop or long-running uninterruptible computation, resource exhaustion , under-performing hardware , external events such as a slow computer network, misconfiguration, and compatibility problems. The fundamental reason is typically resource ...

4. Does your computer slow down after a few hours? Here’s why

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   One solution that can help identify why your computer is running slow is a comprehensive system tune-up, like System Mechanic. The software package helps provide real-time performance boosting by ...

5. Troubleshooting AOL Desktop Gold

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   Desktop Gold doesn't provide dial-up internet connectivity and can only be used if you already have a broadband internet connection. If you're having trouble getting online, check to see if the issue is with your internet connection.Our help article, Troubleshooting a Broadband Connection , provides some useful troubleshooting tips.

6. Thrashing (computer science) - Wikipedia

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   A system thrashing is often a result of a sudden spike in page demand from a small number of running programs. Swap-token [3] is a lightweight and dynamic thrashing protection mechanism. The basic idea is to set a token in the system, which is randomly given to a process that has page faults when thrashing happens.

7. Reset (computing) - Wikipedia

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   User initiated hard resets can be used to reset the device if the software hangs, crashes, or is otherwise unresponsive. However, data may become corrupted if this occurs. [ 6 ] Generally, a hard reset is initiated by pressing a dedicated reset button On some systems (e.g, the PlayStation 2 video game console), pressing and releasing the power ...