Experiencing Slow Browsing and Poor PC Performance

There was a time that I am struggling to load pages from my current browser. I did everything just to make my browsing experience more faster and better. I scanned the system from some malwares or viruses but it had negative results. I tried emptying some folders and uninstalled some programs just to free up more space but my PC performance was still poor. The pages from my browser appeared to load very slow and the unit's performance too!

Then I tried pressing CTRL+ALT+Delete keys at the same time --- (opening the task manager window). I checked all the programs running and found out that I was only running two programs - my browser and the task manager window. I tried checking also all the processes but there were lots of idle processes which means that the system is getting a low percentage of system usage which seems good. But it still bugs me on what's really the reason why I'm having this poor and slow performance.

After checking those two - (Processes and Performance tabs from Task Manager), I noticed that my PF usage (Page File) reached 1.4Gb or something. Then, I observed the changes of the PF History that keeps on increasing. As time passes, the PC is getting even more slower. After few seconds of observation, my computer halted or stopped as if it was hanged. I was then forced to restart it.

After rebooting and starting up my computer, I decided to ask Google about page files. I opened my favorite browser and decided not to open and run any programs or application except the browser just to be safe. While on my browser, I opened only one window. Then I started to search and looked for information about page files.

I have learned from some sites that I have visited, that this page file usage is using the RAM (Random Access Memory) which affects the performance of the computer. So in order to have a better performance, there must be enough free space for the RAM to breath and to run programs by not taking all the space from its memory. It also means that having too large of memory usage is just like having a high page file usage. Also, I learned that if you are opening too many tabs or windows, page files are running and using a large memory to occupy much of the RAM too. That's why I realized and found out the reason why I'm experiencing this problem from my computer.

Finally, I decided to open two or three windows from my browser and maintained a 500Mb to 700Mb of page file usage in which I had a better performance and a fast browsing experience. Therefore, opening too many windows from the browser really affects PC performance; and having just a few gives you a better and fast browsing experience.

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