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Unexplained lack of RAM
Name: powerhouse Date: March 26, 2005 at 08:13:56 Pacific OS: Win 98se 4.10.2222A CPU/Ram: AMD athlon xp 1600+, 512
Comment:
My computer slows during use. I have a utility called fast defrag. This shows that my free physical memory drops to a very low number, 4-11 MB, but after defrag returns to 400+, only to drop again in a few hours. I have scanned with Adaware, Spybot to eliminate spyware, or what I could find. Any ideas on what is sucking up the RAM and why I need to defrag so frequently?
If you are running Low on Ram there are really only 2 solutions (given you are virus and spyware free).
1. Run fewer and/or smaller programs 2. Install more memory
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Response Number 3
Name: ham30 Date: March 26, 2005 at 09:56:20 Pacific
Reply:
Excellent advice (as always) from Whitphil!
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Response Number 4
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: March 26, 2005 at 15:34:48 Pacific
Reply:
Add this line:
ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1
to the [386Enh] section of your system.ini file.
Sometimes I wonder if all these memory usage monitoring utilities only exaggerate a minor problem or perhaps actually create the problem.
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Response Number 5
Name: Derek Date: March 26, 2005 at 17:05:55 Pacific
Reply:
Many years ago I tried out various so called memory managers (the free ones) before I understood what they were about. Performance improved after I took them out. It is probably lumbering up your system - uninstall it.
Derek.W
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Response Number 6
Name: KenOath Date: March 26, 2005 at 20:02:30 Pacific
Reply:
The last time I tried one of these progs that claim to free memory it claimed 3% of my system resources to run it on an AthlonXP2400+ {2gig} 512mb ram system on a fresh startup. I'd close the prog & instantly gain the 3% back. They realy are smoke & mirror tricks in my opinion.
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