Hi, Carey
Thank you for the helpful suggestions about my problems with too little memory. I have a couple more questions for you…….
A few months ago I added 64MB to boost my computer’s memory to 96MB RAM. Looking at Performance Stats today I find that System Resources are 53% free. While that may have helped in improved performance (mostly faster), it
hasn’t helped any with the problem I have re the C: drive. Today I have 1.96GB capacity and 222MB free there. This is actually up a little ~ most of the time I find that I have about 5% to work with..
So, the first question for the day is how do I eliminate this problem? I have tried removing unused programs in the past and most of the time wound up with more problems, because some bit of information that was used by another program got taken out.
Next question: how can I tell what not to eliminate?
Hoping you can help.
Don Woodley
RAOGK for Bremer, Butler, Floyd & Franklin Counties in Iowa
Researching Woodley, Butler, Ayers, Trindle, Cornford, Relf & Lingenfelter & others as time permits.
Hi Don,
System Resources and available memory are completely unrelated. It continues to amaze me to see that in almost 10 years since Windows 95 was introduced, many computer technicians have no idea what resources actually are.
A very friendly and well educated guy named Jim Eschelman has a web-site where he explains this difference. I highly recommend you read it to understand exactly what the problem is you are trying to remedy.
It can be found at:
http://aumha.org/win4/a/resource.htm
Finally, to determine what all that stuff is that is loading at start up, visit
http://ww2.whidbey.net/djdenham/Uncheck.htm
Or, alternately, visit:
http://answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
Hope this helps,
Carey
Carey Holzman owns and operates Discount Computer Repair (602-527-9723) in Phoenix, Arizona, where he offers repairs, upgrades, custom built PCs and network wiring at highly competitive pricing. His networking tips have appeared in David Strom’s book, The Home Networking Survival Guide (McGraw/Hill), and his own book on PC maintenance is currently available at local book stores, amazon.com or directly through him. His free informative web site can be found at http://www.careyholzman.com. Donate $30 to help maintain his site and you’ll get a free autographed copy of his book. Carey can be reached directly at carey@careyholzman.com.
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