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Balky winME? DIYS Memory Housecleaning
Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 11:31 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Bob C.
(9 messages posted)
In general, you can save your self a lot of winME hassles if you run system monitor
(I keep it mostly off to the right side of the desktop) and keep an eye on your available
memory (watch CPU performance is good too). If it is too low your system will be
balky and even freeze. I have it set to run on system startup.
With 512 MB installed, after boot it is typically 244 MB available. I like to keep
it over 100 MB. Most IE6 sessions drop it approx 10 to 30 MB. Other applications
affect it similarly. When you close IE6, it is pretty good at giving back the memory
it used. Many other applications are not.
THE CHEAP FIX?
System Hibernate does a good job of restoring good memory management.
During Anti Virus sweeps available memory will go way down and that's normal, at
least with GriSoft but the rest of the time I want to see 140 MB or more available.
When it drops under 100 MB I select Start -> Shutdown->Hibernate.
This seems to be a secret that no one has know before. My gift to y'all.
Merry Christmas!
HTH
Bob C.
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