havesomeseichel: sorry, sometimes us geeks dont realize how much techie-speak we say.
her it goes….
a)How can you check your space available?
answer: space is irrelavent to this. what you need to do is check the amount of ram (memory) you have. it is usually in increments of 256 up to 1 GB, the will move in 1GB amounts there after. (this general rule is only for manufacturer computers, not white boxes, which on built by either yourself, or mom and pop shops in your local neighberhood computer store.) the amount can be a bit off, as differant mother boards read memory amounts differnt.
here is step by step directions to get the amount of memory you have in vista.
1. Open up task manager and to to the performance tab.
2. You will see three boxes of information, each called Physical Memory, Kernel Memory and System
3. To check the amount of RAM you have, look under Physical memory where it says Total. That is how much actual RAM you have.
4. To check your virtual memory, look at the bottom of the system box to where it says Page File, that is how much virtual memory you have used out of your total virtual memory.
if it is not over 2 gb on vista, machine will crawl, especially if you have aero turned on. (aero is the stupid interface for toggling screens in some versions of vista.)
b)whats a capacitor and yeah, what do I do with it?
answer: ills tart backwards, you dont do anything with them. the mother board does :). when you open the side pane of your computer, youll see them all over a big zquare board, your mother board. if you see what looks like rust above them, or see any that are not flat on top, then the mother board is dying. replace immediately!
c) what are optimizers?
answers: great question!
they are programs that promise to do all sorts of stuff, like supercharge youre memory, and speed up your computer by ???%. the fact is, unless the program you know for a fact is good, if you say saw it in a pc magazine (pc magazine, pc world, mac world, etc) or a tech gave it to you, do not download free software ever. whether its a optimizer, anti virus, or even as lame as a background or screen saver. screen savers taht are free are notorious to have imbedded viruses and adware/spyware.
hope this helps you