[pchelpers] Re: MEMORY ISSUE
- From: Scott McNay <Wizard@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Phillips <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:51:07 -0500
Hi Phil,
Friday, July 25, 2003, 10:18:37 AM, you wrote:
P> Just asking for help from ALL of you. I can't figure out what's going on
P> with my computer... I've cleared up temp files on the internet and regular
P> temp files. I've even deleted some programs... of course... it doesn't
P> seem enough because not a WHOLE LOT is gone. I've thought of unplugging my
P> son's "joy stick" that he added for "flight simulator" BUT perhaps I could
P> reduce the swap file.... but I'm not sure how to do that. I just don't
P> understand WHY my resource is down. I had to change my wall paper so I
P> could just get up and running or stay up and running. If any of you have
P> any suggestions on what I should be looking for or something I could do,
You got some replies already, so this may be redundant.
Temp files and programs take up space on the hard drive. Hard drive
usage generally has little effect upon resources. It's only when the
programs are actually RUNNING and files are actually OPEN that they
have any effect upon resources.
INCREASING the swap file may help a bit.
What OS are you using? Resource problems in Win95/98/ME are very
different than in WinNT/2K/XP/03.
If you're using one of the latter group, press Ctrl-Shift-ESC to get
the Task Manager. Click on the Processes tab. Look in the CPU and Mem
Usage columns. The CPU column should be all zeroes or close to it,
except for Idle, unless you have something CPU-intensive running. You
can also look on the Performance and Networking tabs, if you have
them.
You can also click Start -> Run and type MSCONFIG and if it runs, look
on the Startup tab for stuff that you don't use constantly and/or
don't need. Some things like virus scanners you'll want to leave in.
--Scott.
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