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Plankton · 01-17-2022, 12:43 PM

You need to shut your PC down and turn it back on again to free up RAM once in a while. It's just good practice to do so. I have 32 gigs of DDR3 on a 16 core threadripper and I still need to shut it down once in a while to free up my RAM, otherwise it gets sluggish.

As far as your pop-up problem, it does sound like you may be infected with something. I'd run ProcessExplorer.exe and AutoRuns.exe and kill any uncertified entries, then run a full virus scan directly afterwards.

01-17-2022, 12:43 PM	#2266 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,766	You need to shut your PC down and turn it back on again to free up RAM once in a while. It's just good practice to do so. I have 32 gigs of DDR3 on a 16 core threadripper and I still need to shut it down once in a while to free up my RAM, otherwise it gets sluggish. As far as your pop-up problem, it does sound like you may be infected with something. I'd run ProcessExplorer.exe and AutoRuns.exe and kill any uncertified entries, then run a full virus scan directly afterwards. __________________ See location...