RAM tools?

[JoPalm]

I just installed a stick of 128MB PC133 ram into my comp making it a total of 192MB of ram, but the system resources still show that GDI is at 70% and user at 69%...these were the same when i had my original ram in there, should these numbers be higher? The computer know i have 192MB ram in it. Also, what would you suggest i turn off, as in background programs so i have more free ram. Are there any programs out there that will help you utilize your ram better too. Thx
I'm on a Cel 500.

PS. It was a stick of Micron 128MB

 

[jaywallen]

Hi,

Looks like you're running Win9X. The "DOS-based" Windows versions have a fixed resource stack of 64K. Doesn't matter how much physical memory you stick in there, the stack stays the same. Only way to change the resources available is to keep something from starting at boot time. There are some utilities out there that CLAIM to help you recover resources once you quit whatever processes are using them, but AFAIK the only sure way to recover resources in Win9X is to reboot. Of course, there's always NT / W2K...

BTW, those figures you posted aren't bad, actually. A Win9X system should run just fine at those levels.

Regards,
Jim

 

[JoPalm]

Damn ok....thx for the help

 

[jaywallen]

Well, friend, I'm afraid it was less like help and more like cold water. But the extra RAM is probably not a waste, well not all of it anyway. It should reap benefits for you in certain types of operations.

Regards,
Jim

 

[loosbrew]

you should try to eliminate any unneeded apps on bootup...when i was runnign win98 i only had explorer and systray open on bootup and it started up with 97% resources free, with 128 MB. i would also consider setting VM to about 128 on each end, and try a search for some setting that some guys were doing here in the system.ini file that made windows use ohysical mem first then hit hthe swap file...im not to sure on that but i would defintely use msconfig and select "selective startup" and choose what you need to startup with windows and uncheck what you dont.

hth

looooo

 

[Turbopit]

I've been trying to remember the easy way to shut some things off and couldn't remember. Thanks You don't even want to know how many things I have/had starting up at boot up. I wasn't even sure what a lot of the stuff was. There were a few things I saw that I had removed the assciated programs in the last day or two.