System Resources
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System Resources
I know windows OS is renowned for poor memory management. can anyone help with this one.
My old pc is P3 450Mhz with 192mb RAM using Windows Me. On initial boot I have around 90% system resources free. Once it's been on a while just surfing/word processing, it gets down as low as 24%. Even on closing programmes down it doesn't free up much above 50%. Is there anyway to give it a boot to free up resources. Should I change virtual memory settings which are currently left to windows to sort out. Or is there a decent tweak programme out there. Help
My old pc is P3 450Mhz with 192mb RAM using Windows Me. On initial boot I have around 90% system resources free. Once it's been on a while just surfing/word processing, it gets down as low as 24%. Even on closing programmes down it doesn't free up much above 50%. Is there anyway to give it a boot to free up resources. Should I change virtual memory settings which are currently left to windows to sort out. Or is there a decent tweak programme out there. Help
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From: Deepest Warwickshire
Your problem is quite simple. The problem is Windows Me. Seriously. I'm not being anti-Windows version X here. I found here at work that WinMe is a resource hungry OS. So much so that when I queried it with a Dell engineer once, he told me that they had had so many problems with it, that they quietly withdrew the policy of pre-installing it with new systems.
No amount of tweaking can help this puppy. Go back to Win98 or proceed to Win2000 or XP. Collect £200.
No amount of tweaking can help this puppy. Go back to Win98 or proceed to Win2000 or XP. Collect £200.
