Win98 SE Memory Hogs

[rman168]

Hi all,
I'm having problem with win98 se resources management. Everytime I open more than 4 IE 5.5 windows, my system resources immediately fall below 60%. If I start an outlook express session, it will go down further to almost 40. Is that normal? Everytime it goes down below fourty I'll be so reluctant to start another program like ICQ cause i know it eats lots of resources. What should I do? All my softwares are regularly updated and I only have MS Pointer (software for MS Intellimouse Explorer) along with Scan Registry, System Tray and Task Monitor loaded everytime I start Windows.

My system specs:
TB 800@980Mhz
256MB CAS3 SDRAM (128x2)
ASUS V3800D (TNT2)
Yamaha 8424 SCSI Burner
ASUS 8x DVD
Win98SE 4.10.2222A
IE 5.50.4522.1800

 

[TBP]

Don't worry about the resource % issue unless you notice performance decrease. Let the Windows manage the resources. You paid for those resources so you want them be used instead of sitting there doing nothing (free).

 

[Pretty Cool]

You have too many programs loaded. Check out this site to determine what programs to get rid of:
Startup Programs

 

[rman168]

I only have four startup programs like I mentioned in my first posting, three being essential to Win98 itself and the other one is MS Pointer for my intellimouse. Pointer only occupies about 500KB of memory, taskmon about 100KB. Any more help please? Thanks.

 

[MiniMe69]

I would use IE 5.02 instead...5.5 has too many bugs and probably memory leaks...

Do you have windows as auto resource manager or did u tweak the way it handles the resources?

 

[Pretty Cool]

A low resource problem only occurs when:

1. Too many items in bootup:

Start/Run/msconfig/startup tab


2. Programs "leak memory". This article might help:

Resource Leaks, Part One - Part Four

 

[SNIZZER]

go to acessories, sytem info and turn some of those proggies off of your startup

 

[AncientPC]

Hmm, I have 27% free resources and am using 98.8mb/256mb worth of DDR ram. I'm not seeing any performance issues so it's fine with me. Of course, I am multi-tasking like crazy, but as long as you don't get those weird random "General Application Faults" and your GUI doesn't look like something out of the stone ages you're fine.