There are a few modifications which you can try: The first is to use RAMpage 1.6

This program is NOT a so-called "rambooster" as ALL it does is to clear any RAM which 
is not actually being used by any running program.

The next is a registry modification which you can use at your own risk. Be sure to 
put a system restore point or better still (as I NEVER USE system restore) just run 
SCANREGW.EXE to give you a C:\>scanreg /restore , restore point.

Here is an extract from a letter on this very subject:

I am now using RAM-Page which has helped prevent lock-ups simply by freeing a bit 
of RAM which is not being used by any of the RUNNING programs.
 
The registry modification (below) HAS improved the system resources immensely as 
my start-up reads 91% free and sometimes a little more and I have everything (33 
processes) running in msconfig, etc.
 
Another BIG saving has come from disabling System Restore which prevents automatic 
restore points from sapping system resources when there are a lot of programs running.
 
I find that it is having programs like system restore starting to use system resources 
WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE i.e. starting up on ther own and running in the background 
that IS causing nearly ALL of the problems with ME-XP.
 
This makes sense from an ... engineering ... point of view too, as does unloading 
dll's which are NOT ... actually ... in use.
 
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Here is a very clever modification to the system _RESTORE file which I found somewhere 
on the Forum:
 
If you go to control panel and system, performance, file system,
troubleshooting tab, as just put a check-mark in the box "Disable system
restore" and then re-boot your computer, you will HEAR the files coming off.

I no longer use System Restore as it causes performance problems and instead
I use a Windows Start-Up diskette (bootdisk) made in the Control Panel,
Add-Remove programs, as it is NOT possible to run most DOS commands from the
DOS window.

You really need to boot-up on the bootdisk and delete _RESTORE from the main
DOS prompt (C:\>) with this command:

C:\>DEL C:\_RESTORE

If I want to restore I use: C:\>scanreg /restore.

Another way to get rid of System Restore while preserving Windows Help:

Turn off System Restore while in WinME.
Reboot to MS-DOS with the Windows Start-Up diskette (bootdisk).

Then run:

C:\>DEL C:\_Restore

to delete the System Restore folder. Then run:

C:\>EDIT C:\_Restore

... to create a 0 byte file named _RESTORE. Then run:

C:\>ATTRIB +R +S C:\_RESTORE

... to make the file, read-only and system.

This way Windows cannot write to the _RESTORE file and it
should now STAY at zero bytes and can still be recognised by
the System without Windows rebuilding it!
 
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Improving System Resources in '95, '98, ME, 2000, XP.

Windows Explorer has a bad habit of keeping ALL of the DLL's in use in
memory.

For Windows '95, '98, Millennium Edition, 2000 & XP you can encourage the
operating system to unload them when they are no longer in use.

Open Regedit then go to:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]

Right-click in the right-hand window and create a new "value DWORD" with the
name of: AlwaysUnloadDll , and give it the value of: 1.


Iain
 

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