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re: Balky winME? DIYS Memory Housecleaning
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 7:50 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by larry
(1 messages posted)
how do you run system monitor?
Thanks.
Larry
On Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 11:31 am, Bob C. wrote:
>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!
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