MamaMonkey

I have a PC desktop running windows 10 home and Photoshop cc. It is under 6 months old, and has 16GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 699GB free out of 915GB. The last time I shut down was last night. I run a cleanup program about once a month.

For background information--I had sky overlays spread across a couple external hard drives. I wanted them all in the same folder, so I just created a folder on my desktop to put them in before moving them off again. Not the most efficient way to get organized. I noticed the thumbnails and...well... this is going to be a learning discussion.

They are in a folder on my desktop. It appears to just be my desktop that has this issue...

right on my desktop

I've googled and googled and can't seem to get my desired results! Why do my thumbnails do this and how can I fix it?

Thank you!! I went with the Dell XPS we talked about in November I'm so excited for it to get here!!!

Thoughts on this one @Brian? https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-omen-obelisk-intel-core-i7-9700-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-ti-1tb-hard-drive-256gb-ssd-shadow-black-front-bezel-dark-chrome-logo/6349466.p?skuId=6349466

Thank you!!!

Over a year later and the time has come!! With then end of Windows 7 and knowing I can't upgrade the RAM in my laptop (I only have 8 GB) I absolutely need a desktop. Any recommendations for $1k-$1,500 range? How does this one look? I am keeping my Dell U2412m monitor. https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-desktop-computers/xps-desktop/spd/xps-8930-desktop/xdvmstcs004s

I am definitely not going laptop next time. I definitely want a desktop. Do you think I can get one for under $1k? I have a Dell u2412m monitor

My table over flows Here is the screenshot from crucial.com...

Will do! Explain RAM a bit to me though please. How much quicker will 16GB make my computer?

I have 380 days left on my McAfee subscription

I have a PC laptop running windows 7 and Photoshop cc. It is over 2 years old, and has 8GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 642GB free out of 917GB. The last time I shut down was last night. I run a cleanup program about once a month.

My pc has been lagging lately. Everything from opening a word document, photoshop, the internet, etc, it stalls. I was curious to see what was running in the background and if cleaning that up would help things run smoother.

Hi Brian! I was looking at task manager today and I have a ton of stuff running in the background, it seems. How do I know what to safely stop? Thanks!

I definitely need to get more comfortable using image processor!! I did find an old folder of jpeg images (circa early 2000's) from years ago on my laptop that I want to move to my EHD, but if I am understanding correctly, just copying and pasting them over to the EHD should not cause loss of quality? I should just print them off already !!

My external is a little over 2/3 full, so I will get a new one! Thank you!! In the mean time, copying the cr2 files I need to edit to my laptop to edit, then saving them to my external won't damage them? It's continually opening and saving jpegs that causes degradation correct?

I'm using an old Dell Inspirion 5720, if that's helpful...

Well,,,the husband believes the problem is I have my photos on external hard drives vs having them on my computer. Right now it takes 6 minutes to open a file from ACR to CS. If I copy the file from the hard drive to my computer it takes less time. Does keeping the photos on an external hard drive make that much difference with photoshop???

I'm hoping to find a really good black friday deal, but what's the current recommendations on a new PC that's less than $800. It needs to run photoshop well and other than photo editing would only be used for this forum, checking email, blogging, etc...I already have a Dell U2412M monitor that I don't want to replace. Thanks!!!

Can I get the psd for this one too please?