Help in recommending pc/laptop upgrade
Hi everyone, I’ve been researching cause and errors for my game play and I’ve come to the realization that my mods are not the issue( game is update to the latest patch 10/31/2023, all current mods a...
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@jowainekni598 I don't see anything to disable on that list, so I'm not sure why Windows is using so much memory at startup. You might consider disabling or uninstalling some HP software that's probably running anyway even though it's not on the Startup list; let me know if you'd like to poke around a bit and do some experimenting. Still, upgrading to 16 GB RAM would push the problem back far enough that Sims 4 would probably never be affected by the extra memory the system is using.
Thank you for the suggestions and yes I wouldn’t mind , I have also taken your suggestion on buying the bigger RAM, it’s coming this weekend.
What I started doing after startup before running my game , was ending a lot of the background test that I thought weren’t necessary, like the HP assistant etc and that has helped a lot with startup and run time of my game.
my only dilemma I’ve been trying to sort is a “script_object(terrain)” LE file I’ve been receiving recently. I’ve reached out to sims after dark, but haven’t gotten any assistance as of yet so I’ve been doing the 50/50 method to isolate the problem mod before installing the RAM upgrade.
Your suggestions have really help me come along way in having a better gaming experience recently
@jowainekni598 I'm glad to hear I've been able to help somewhat. For the HP software, you can disable the services from running at all. If you realize you do need some service to be active, or at least be able to start when necessary, you can reverse the process.
Hit Windows key-R and enter msconfig in the run box in the lower-left corner. In the Services tab, click the box to hide all Microsoft services—you would never want to disable these unless you knew exactly what you were doing and why. For those services still listed, look for anything with HP in its name, and try disabling a few to see what happens. Then restart your computer. As mentioned, if you don't like the results, reverse the process.
I can't tell you which services to disable because I have no idea what you'll find. But for any given entry, you can google its name and probably find exactly what application it belongs to, then go from there. Some HP support or information-gathering app is probably not helpful to you: the latter is just sending your data to HP, and you could reenable the former if you were planning to reach out to HP support about a specific issue.
If you want me to look over the list, just post a screenshot. But this is a safe process in general. It's part of a clean boot, which is a common troubleshooting step; the difference is, in a clean boot, you disable all non-Microsoft services, then selectively reenable them until you find the cause of whatever problem you're trying to solve. Here, you're only targeting HP-related bloatware, although you can of course try disabling everything to see how much it lowers RAM use.
For the mod-related issue, I see you're in good hands with luthienrising. She knows a lot more about mods than I do, in fact more than anyone else on this site, so she'll give you the best help available here.
