There are many Windows processes that keep running in the background, consume up the RAM thus making RAM unavailable for newer processes. The result is that your PC has to perform swapping in order to make RAM available for new application programs to run. This is the case when your RAM is around 512MB. A simple setting can help your computer avoid this. Simply avoid those processes that start up when Windows starts. One of those is the Windows Messenger, which is switched on by default whether you use it or not.

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