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I open these applications in my desktop computer:

  • Visual Studio 2010 Professional
  • IBM Lotus Notes
  • Google Chrome

And when it is idle for an hour and I restore the windows, the user interface responds very slowly. My computer auto-lock itself after being idle for 5 minutes. I also minimize the applications using a docklet (RocketDock).

Why is it slowing down and how can I prevent it from slowing?

My OS is Windows XP Professional SP3, Pentum(R) Dual Core @ 2.80 GHz, 1.99 GB of RAM.

Please help. Thanks in advance.

John Isaiah Carmona
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Please check your RAM usage, as windows is probably paging (Copying to disk) these memory intensive programs that are idle.

see this post: How to reduce disk thrashing (paging)?

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G Koe
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  • As well, in WinXP, default behaviour is to always keep physical memory as empty as possible. Hence why disabling paging resolves this issue on XP, but doesn't really do much on Vista/7. – EKW Mar 08 '12 at 07:08
  • @EKW Should I disable my paging? How can I disable it? Please help. – John Isaiah Carmona Mar 08 '12 at 09:03
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    @JohnIsaiahCarmona With 2gb of RAM, I would definitely not recommend disabling paging. GKoe's answer is a good one - check your memory usage in Task Manager, and upgrade it if your maximum Commit size is greater than your physical memory. – EKW Mar 08 '12 at 15:29