xalexx543x Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Recently my Paint.net has been vVERY slow and not repsonding after opening multiple pictures. When I go to take a screen cap of my computer screen (then paste it into paint.net) it will not respond upon saving. Its HIGHLY annoying cause I can't get anything done. Someone please help or let me know what I need to do to fix this. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 How much RAM do you have? How fast is your processor? How many pictures are you trying to open at once? Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalexx543x Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 Mabey 15-20 pictures at once? It was never a problem before. Just tired again... worked fine untill I went to save something.... then froze and not responded. How do I check ram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 You probably just have a low-end computer. Simple 'nuff. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Or the pictures you are trying to open are quite large. Or you are running too many other programs at once. Or... you get the idea. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalexx543x Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 ^what is that? Low end computer? I have a Windows XP Media Center Also it wont let me save anything that I created. It was never a problem before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Low end = Not very fast, budget, old, not state-of-the-art, not top-of-the-line, outdated, obsolete, etc. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I have a Windows XP Media Center That doesn't mean much. That's like saying that your car has leather seats. We want to know the engine size, the horsepower, the type of gas you're putting in. That is to say, we want to know what your RAM size is, your processor speed, etc. Also, "It Wasn't A Problem Before" suggests that you might have a virus or spyware. Have you checked that recently? Quote  The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 To see your RAM, right click on My Computer and select Properties. Under the General tab, the one open by default, read the listings under the third heading, "Computer:". The amount of RAM should be right after the first comma. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalexx543x Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 It says this... "1.86 GHz 2.00 GB of Ram" I have no clue what this means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I have a Windows XP Media Center That doesn't mean much. That's like saying that your car has leather seats. We want to know the engine size, the horsepower, the type of gas you're putting in. That is to say, we want to know what your RAM size is, your processor speed, etc. Also, "It Wasn't A Problem Before" suggests that you might have a virus or spyware. Have you checked that recently? Agreed. Virus or spyware is always a logical choice. Also did you install any new programs recently, especially ones that run in the background(ex: how many icons do you have in the corner of your task bar)? EDIT: Also how long have you had your computer? 6months-1 year or longer? After 6 months or more of adding new programs and other things your computer will suddenly "slow down" for "no reason". It happens all the time, normaly to people who don't fully understand that they are adding background programs, filling up the desktop, not cleaning old and temp files, not defragmenting, etc. If there is more then one user on your computer then this problem gets magnifyed by the number of users. (if a whole family is using one computer then it will get "bogged down" faster). Just looking at the info you gave your computer should be able to easily handle PDN with multiple images open. My suggestion then would be the following: 1. Run a virus and trojan check 2. Clean out all adware 3. Remove programs from the taskbar that you don't use, or at least close them. 4. Remove old programs you no longer use (add/remove programs app) 5. Remove everything from your desktop, unless you use it all the time 6. Clean up the start menue (remove stuff you don't use) 7. Delete your .temp files (in the Temp folder C:\WINDOWS\Temp) 8. Run disk defragmentor. (do it overnight since it will take awhile) 9. Periodically restart your comp (every few days or after program installs) Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HITMAN-X- Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Ram is good at 2GB for XP but the CPU is low. I would not even go with 2.0 Ghz unless it dual core. Thing is there a lot of things that can bog down a system. One thing is the bigger the pic's the more they need so opening a lot of really big pic's (file size) could be 1 problem. You may have download a lot of font and everyone knows that to many fonts make Paint.NET lag for a bit. You may have spyware or virus. Maybe you need a good defrag on your hard drives. Maybe something else is running in the background. There just to many things it could be with your computer but one thing is for sure, it not Paint.NET from the looks of it. If you can open one image and save it then Paint.NET is working fine. Quote DEXTUT.COM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalexx543x Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 Also how long have you had your computer? 6months-1 year or longer? January but it was restored once since then in May 1. Run a virus and trojan check Just did it... nothing 2. Clean out all adware Im not very computer lingo... whats this? 3. Remove programs from the taskbar that you don't use, or at least close them. None that are on there 4. Remove old programs you no longer use (add/remove programs app)5. Remove everything from your desktop, unless you use it all the time 6. Clean up the start menue (remove stuff you don't use) Ok, Check 7. Delete your .temp files (in the Temp folder C:\WINDOWS\Temp) 8. Run disk defragmentor. (do it overnight since it will take awhile) How do I do this? 9. Periodically restart your comp (every few days or after program installs) -I already do Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalexx543x Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 You may have download a lot of font and everyone knows that to many fonts make Paint.NET lag for a bit. I have done this... but it only made the font drop down menu slower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalexx543x Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 It seems to be working fine today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalexx543x Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 Never Mind!!! It wont work with effects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 For the adware/spyware, try using Spybot-Search and Destroy. It's free, and you can download it from http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/ . Try this and see if your machine speeds up. Quote  The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Try reinstalling Paint.NET. Next try reinstalling the .NET Framework. Paint.NET is the only "slow" application? Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalexx543x Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 My machine is fine everything is working fine. just that program. Should i delete it and re-instal it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 ^ yes. Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalexx543x Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 will that remove all of my plugins and effects?? should I copy them to another folder and then copy back ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 will that remove all of my plugins and effects?? No, but making a backup is always a good idea. Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Pi Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Ram is good at 2GB for XP but the CPU is low. I would not even go with 2.0 Ghz unless it dual core.Frequency isn't the only thing that affects performance. This is a myth started by Intel with the NetBurst architecture, which was abandoned.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megahertz_myth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalexx543x Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 Ok, I removed it- then re downloaded it.... still nothing was fixed. I can't open the pictures.and I can't save anything if it lets me open the pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Ranger Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 To defrag your disk- start>Run...>dfrg.msc>Defragment; just wait for it to finish. Also, do a spyware/ adware scan with this: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/ like david metioned. Also, click start>Run...>msconfig>Starup and you can basically uncheck anything that is not realated to Virus, or Malware protection, although you may want to google something before disabling it (you can always renable it). Also, try this guide, it will help you suck some more performance out of your computer, and you will learn a lot. link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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