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It wasn't AOL on my computer...



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Sherry8

Wisconsin...zone 4
Posts: 2320
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:17 am   Post subject: It wasn't AOL on my computer...


After many endless hours on my computer I deleted quite a few pictures ( I take a lot of them) on it from my photo albums and everything went back to normal. It was going so slow and I almost started looking for a new one and I did this...I would of never thought that having so many pictures would slow it down. I guess I am learning more than I thought about computers....so AOL was not the culprit, I did it myself .




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Purpura

Louisiana
Posts: 39
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:53 am   Post subject:


get an external hard drive
they are cheap and can hold thousands of large photos

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kuntrygal

Texas ~ Zone 8
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:13 am   Post subject:


Aren't you glad you didn't 'toss' it. Sometimes a really good house cleaning will work wonders. Glad you're back. Wink


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xylona

Quincy, IL
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:24 pm   Post subject:


Yea everything you put on your computer takes up memory. Some programs need a certain amount of memory to run correctly.

You may also want to go into your internet options and clean out your temporary files and cookies, as those can take up a bit of space as well. If you have never done this before, it may also take a while for it to finish.

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Sherry8

Wisconsin...zone 4
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:38 pm   Post subject:


One problem is a husband that can't help when it comes to computers..he works on them all day but the company has someone to get them out of trouble if something goes wrong.....I am learning more than I am really interested in. All I want to do is talk gardening and birds, etc. not learn all this computer info. Learning things on how to use my camera is enough for me.

Thank you for the replies..


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Sjoerd

West - Friesland
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:27 pm   Post subject:


Glad to hear that it wasn't AOL. The picture acumulation is a fixable hinderance.


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