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re: Freezing and memory Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 7:01 pm Posted by Jack Gulley (5917 messages posted) 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: page [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Freezing and memory Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at 11:35 pm 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 [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum