I think what you are looking for would be found by the Windows Task Manager. Hit CONTROL/ALT/DELETE and that'll bring up the Task Manager. Click on the PERFORMANCE tab, and that'll show you a little graphical view of the CPU usage (in percentage) and your memory. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ SirTroth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ICQ: 1717439 ~ YAHOO: SirTroth ~ SKYPE: SirTroth ~ XFIRE: SirTroth ~ AIM/AOL: SirTrothX ~ http://ut2004.sirtroth.com ~ MSN: SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx (For MSN Chat) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandy Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 7:25 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: How do you find "properties" in XP? yeah i see that properties, but I don't see anything that shows how much resources are left? There was even a thing called "resource meter" which I rarely used because using IT used up resources, lol. maybe it was a thing just with Me because my machine had to be rebooted a lot, lol. thanks for trying to help. xo.........sandy in fla ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 5:55 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: How do you find "properties" in XP? > Sandy, I am not sure what you are looking for but a couple of ideas: Open > up my computer on your desktop, right click on C drive and there is an > option called properties. Or try Start, Programs, Accessories, system > tools, system information. > Sandi > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "PcTechTalk" <PcTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 2:28 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- How do you find "properties" in XP? > > >> ok, on my old Me machine if things were slowing down, I could hit the >> Windows key and "pause/break" key and a window came up where there was a >> "properties" tab and I could see what the resources were and if they were >> really low (which happened a lottt) I knew to reboot, but I have searched >> and searched and can't find the equivalent on here? >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Sandy in Fla. >> (I'm In North Florida and all we got were some very light rain from >> Hannah >> all day yest....Friday.........it was a waste of a good day, didn't even >> do what >> I would call a rain........we call it a hard drizzle) >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and >> everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. >> >> To unsubscribe or change your email settings: >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk >> >> To access our Archives: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >> //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ >> >> To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: >> pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.17/1655 - Release Date: 9/5/2008 > 7:05 PM > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and > everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To unsubscribe or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: > pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. 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