re: Freezing and memory Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at 11:35 pm Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by John (8 messages posted) Jack, Still don't know what's going on here. For two days I was starting,freezing starting,freezing..... Then,all of a sudden, computer started coming back to life and for 3 days now has been perfect. I'll follow through with some of your tips and let you know what I find out. On Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 7:01 pm, Jack Gulley wrote: > Windows ME really needs 128MB of memory to run will, but it will run with just >64MB, with only very random hangs. Windows is a Virtual Memory operating system and >uses the disk drive for additional (slow) memory. It really only has to have 32MB >to boot and run real slow. Adding more memory would not hurt, but it might not help >either. > If you have added new programs recently or allowed Spyware/Adware programs to >infect your system, they they can use up part of your memory and cause crashes. > You also have the possibility that you now have a bad memory module. You have >to run a standalone memory test from a boot diskette to check this possibility out. > You may want to reduce the number of unnecessary startup programs on your system. >Such as word and office, PCHealth, Taskmonitor and others. > See: >alt="Windows ME fixes" src="http://users.adelphia.net/~jgulley/me/me_icon.gif" border="0">page Written in response to: re: Freezing and memory (Jack Gulley: Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 7:01 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Freezing and memory (John: Sun, Jan 9, 2005, 5:06 pm) re: Freezing and memory (Jack Gulley: Sun, Jan 9, 2005, 7:01 pm) re: Freezing and memory (John: Wed, Jan 12, 2005, 11:35 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum