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My computer is a G4 1.25 ghz with 1 G memory and I've noticed that whenever I used the internet and opened around 8 or more windows on my browser, I would have a stuttering problem playing a DVD movie and once it does that, closing my browser windows would usually not solve the problem and have to reboot to get the DVD to play normal again. My 1st thought was a lot of memory was used by the browser and decided to add my memory to a total of 1.75 G and still have the same problem. Do I need to clear the memory from inactive (which were used by the browser) to unused and if yes how?