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Freeing RAM resources?

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My second computer is an AMD with 2GB ram running vista 32bit. Its always complaining its low on Memory on the most basic tasks. I run the new Norton 360 which I've heard is a RAM hog, also wireless Internet. Can anyone suggest some simple ways to free up some resources?
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upgrade to windows 7-> faster and better
install eset nod 32 -> faster,smaller,better security:

http://www.eset.com/home/compare-eset-to-competition
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[email protected] wrote:My second computer is an AMD with 2GB ram running vista 32bit. Its always complaining its low on Memory on the most basic tasks. I run the new Norton 360 which I've heard is a RAM hog, also wireless Internet. Can anyone suggest some simple ways to free up some resources?
Get more ram and I've never liked Norton so I'd say get rid of that for a better program.(that's just my opinion) More RAM should help though.
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Norton360 is retardedly bloated, don't understand how the home and enterprise editions of Norton are so vastly different. I have the Norton Endpoint and it works, and works well. Not bloated (weird I know, but its not)

Norton360 and combined with Vista (resource hog in and of itself) another gig of RAM should help, or drop 360 and switch to NOD32/Avast/AVG
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