Avast Slowdown

[DavidR]

No problem, sorry it couldn't have been more productive.

Its just weird that my XP system doesn't appear to have any issue with the latest avast version.

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David, I think it's because of me having a Pentium 4 and you having a dual core. I have 4 GB of RAM but only 3.62 GB shows, and you probably show all 4 GB. I guess. Thanks, stay cool buddy. 

[DavidR]

David, I think it's because of me having a Pentium 4 and you having a dual core. I have 4 GB of RAM but only 3.62 GB shows, and you probably show all 4 GB. I guess. Thanks, stay cool buddy. 

A lot depends on what tool you are using to record the RAM - Task Manager > Performance tab shows Physical Memory (K) as 3669330, so that is broadly in line with yours.

Other tools, System Information for Windows (SIW) shows all 4096MB. Some (Speccy) even report only 3.5GB Total Physical, yet Memory - Size as 4096MB. Essentially you have as much as XP can use.