2abbey, could be a spyware hijack, have you noticed any other symptons like changed home page?

2Abbey, many PCs exhibit the symptom of the memory usage increasing during the time the computer has been running. This is normally due to a single application that is bad at releasing memory. Keep an eye on it and Task Manager will tell you, in the detailed list, which application is using up the memory. This is if you have Windows 2000 or XP. Windows 98 is very bad to start with in this area so definitely look to upgrading if you have 98.

Thanks for the replies Spaceman and Kayak. Machine currently showing 294Mb being used. I have adaware which I regularly use, but I have not noticed any other problems such as change of home pages etc.

This is the first time that I have had a problem like this. I did use Task Manager and it stated that Internet Explorer was using nearly 600Mb of RAM which seemed odd as I only had 4 windows open.

Currently use Xp Professional with all service packs etc added in.

2Abbey

If you start IE using the shortcut in Start Button/All Programs it will start a seperate instance of IE. This will use more memory but if you run all your IE windows as seperate instances you will be able to find which one has the memory leak.

Thanks Optimist, I'll try that. Have noticed that slightly more RAM is now being used, 312Mb as opposed to a smaller amount earlier, same windows open. As Kayak says, particular application may be bad at releasing memory.

A little difficult to shut down though whilst trading!!!

I'm trying to connect my mobile phone to my laptop via infrared.

The infrared port on my laptop doesn't seem to be enabled as the Nokia Connection Manager says "Media type not supported. Check your system for media settings".

Does anybody know how I enable the infrared on my laptop please? It's a Dell Inspiron 8100 running Windows ME.

Hilary, click settings, control panel and there should be an option in there to switch infra red on. It then switches off after a while if it hasn't been used. My dell laptop doesn't do it any more since I reformatted the hard disk and reinstalled Windows, and I can't find out how to reset it. Suspect there's something I missed out reinstalling.

Hope this helps.

SC,

Thanks for your help, but there's nothing that I can see within the Control Panel which refers to Infrared.

Hilary

Try Start Button / Help and Support and do a search for Infrared.

afternoon campers :-)

could some kind person help me please i have my pc hooked up to ntl cable which is 99.99% reliable but bacause it aint 100% reliable i want to know is it possible to have a back up 56k modem on the same pc if so how ?????

thanks for taking time out to answer my problem :-)

Mega...

Mega Bucks

Yes it should be. Install the modem and set up a dial up connection to it. When you want to use it you may have to change your internet connection options (Tools - Internet Options - Connection Tab).

As it is an emergency connection make sure that auto dialing is dissabled.

Hilary, you may have to enable the infrared port in the laptop before Windows will see it. That will be done in the laptop setup. There is either a special button for the setup settings or they will be accessed in the normal way by pressing DEL on boot.

Thanks for your help guys.

I've now managed to get to the root of the problem. My husband tells me that he had to disable the infrared port in the BIOS because he wanted to use the serial port for something and it was conflicting with the infrared port.

He's now disabled the serial port and enabled the infrared port again and it's working fine. Apparently he tried assigning different numbers to each of the ports but they can't both work together for some weird reason.

I want to Install a New Hard Drive.How do I Copy my hard drive onto a new one?

Rick

Not sure if the NTL setup is similar to the USB broadband modem I use, but I also have a dialup modem in the same computer as backup if broadband fails. I then simply change the default connection I want and dialup on my secondary phone line.

In theory therefore it should be very simple and there is no conflict.

Hil - I bet your hubby's in trouble! ;-)

Thanks everyone for all your help will install later and keep you posted :-)

help
I am running xp pro with 2.5 proceser and 1gig ddr400 ram. my problem is when i have 2 level 2 windows open if i try to open a third it opens but the screen opens but with no trades or prices. if i close one of the other ones it starts straight away. Any ideas please

Thinking of increasing the memory on my PC.

Currently use 512MB DDR 400. I believe there was a little suffix after the memory description of 2.5, I think this refers to the "latency" of the memory.

My question is do I have to match this 2.5 figure on the new memory stick, or would any stick of 512MB DDR400 do?

What would be the possible effects of using memeory from different manufacturers etc?

Thanks in advance.

2Abbey, you need 2.5 CAS or better but most will meet that spec, you should be fine to mix different manufacturers so long as it it some or higher spec however check your PC motherboard instructions as some do have limitations on mix and match.

Thanks Spaceman