Actually it seems to make sense for Windows to be using RAM instead of puhing program code out to the swap file. You would actually want the programs to use all the memory you have available for them because the speed of executing from RAM surely does beat having to call it up off the Swap File on the hard drive. So unless you are getting some kind of errors or Low RAM indicators why be concerned about it unless some program is hogging memory while it is running and then keeps it locked up rathere than releasing it after the program is ended. Cy -- John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: You may be right about that. Windows is renowned as a resource hog. If you give it more, it takes it. Still, the extent of that varies according to windows version, the number of devices needing support, applications running and other factors. Louis M Hall wrote: >I'm curious if adding the 256 MB of storage might had caused >me to loose some of the storage efficiency I obtained by removing >items from startup when I only had a total of 256MB. Now I have >(4 X 128) or RDDRAM 1066. > >Any thought? > -- Regards, John Durham <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> ICQ number 112663246 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 Award winning web site at http://modecideas.com?sig Order my latest e-book at http://modecideas.com/dmaxhits.htm?sig PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.