>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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