Ram Management with Win 98

[Unclemo]

I have 384 PC133 MB ram in my pc running windows 98... Windows stinks at managing and allocating the ram. I know I would be better off upgrading to windows 2000, but I just don't have the time and anguish of getting new drivers. Is there any freeware ram software that actually works well enough to use? Thanks for any advice.

 

[SaturnX]

You can always add the following line to your system.ini under the following category:

[386Enh]
ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1

Just helps in the usage of RAM before the swap file is used, though this may not be what you are looking for, it still helps performance.

--Mark

 

[Floyd]

ox·y·mo·ron (ok se-môr'on, -mr-) n. - Ram Management with Win 98

 

[Unclemo]

I give up.... have multiple monitors now and just having problems galore. Should I go to windows 2000? My PC is loaded to the gills with toys and I can't imagine trying to get new drivers. @#$#$#@@!!!!!
thanks for the suggestion.
moron

 

[rubberneck]

It may be some work right now....but you can do some of the work incrementally....such as reinstalling your programs. Heck, I still haven't reinstalled MS Office over my W98 install yet.

I've found the install CD for Win-2000Pro has a good number of the drivers I needed. If you keep your W98 install and setup your box as a dual boot, you can always use W98 to get you out of trouble should you discover you don't have a critcal driver needed under Win-2000. You may want check some of your hardware for W-2000 drivers ahead of time....that's what I did so I had a nice little cache to pick from...you know, just in case.

Next time I do a fresh install, I doubt I'll even start with W98....buh bye dual boot.