re: Question about 'Windows says it's ''Dangerously Low on System Resources'''
Monday, May 12, 2003 at 7:57 pm
Posted by Ms. Eagle
(32452 messages posted)
Low resource problems generally mean you have too many applications running at once
or too many unnecessary programs in your startup. Those are constantly running in
the background using resources, whether you're using them or not. Most programs can
just be started as needed.
First, check in the options of the programs themselves. Right-click on the icons
in the tray area, open each, go through the options to turn off the "tray" or "run
at startup" feature.
For the others, go to Start - Run, type: msconfig. Under startup tab, the basics
to leave checked are: Systray, Scan Registry, Load Power Profile (two), *StateMgr,
and your firewall, if you have one.
Note: Load Power Profile only if using power saving schemes. For info. on any other
processes that you have listed, check here to see whether they're needed in your
startup.
AnswersthatWork-Tasklist
Uncheck "Taskmon" in msconfig under the startup tab. It's not needed.
Make sure ACPI is enabled, but Hibernation & Standby use resources unnecessarily
and are hard on your system. Just set your display & HD to power down after a defined
period of inactivity.
How to Disable Power Management
Note: Power managment features should not be disabled on Laptops, only desktop PC's.
Check out Jack Gulley's list, but it's not necessary to do all of the suggestions.
ME has some applications that are more of a problem than they are a help.
Windows ME Fixes
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