RAM again

Question

I recently (less than 2 weeks) installed a new RAM 128 upgrade on my computer. However, i have noticed that I have been getting that nice warning - 99% of your resources are in use (with Outlook, Aol, Quicken and media player open) I did nt get this message as often when i only had 128 ram. Now that I have 256, I cannt uderstand whats going on.

Did i forget to somehow optimize the new memory?

When I check system properties it tells me that tehre is 256 RAM.

any thoughts

kippy50 · Answer

Just a thought, go to control panel/system properties/advanced/performance/advanced. Your Page file should be set at 1.5 times your ram. It should have a recommended page size already allocated if you let the system set the amount. If you have it set to set it manually, you will need to put the new value in, which I believe is about 382 for 256 ram. Kip

4100
1gig
Creative SB Live
LG CDRW
XPHome - 256 Ram
Motorola SM56 Modem
Nvidia GeForce2 MXMX
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patharvan · Answer

Hi
thanks for your suggestion. The only thing is i am a little confused. I expect that for winMe you mean control panel/systemproperties/peformance/virtualmemory. In the performance tab there are only three buttons: filesystem, graphics and vitual memory. In vitual memory, when I open it there are two choice: let window setmanage my virtual memory or let me specify. In let me specify there are: HardDisk (with shaded c:\12102 free), minumum (shaded 0) and maximum (shaded no maximum). Below that there is a button (shaded) that says disable virtual memory.

Now in your message...I am i supposed to enter 328 where?

thanks for your help...in advance

patharvan

kippy50 · Answer

Hi, sorry. I assumed incorrectly your were running XP. Its been awhile since I have used ME, so what I would suggest you do is go over to the Microsoft site and use the knowledge base to search for Virtual memory. I suspect the setting at 328 is the same, but I cannot say for certain. But, just for your info after you change the setting to let me specify virtual memory, it will allow you to input the 328 at both min and max. Kip

4100
1gig
Creative SB Live
LG CDRW
XPHome - 256 Ram
Motorola SM56 Modem
Nvidia GeForce2 MXMX
__________________________________________

Helpful Xp Links

http://www.winxpfind.com
http://www.aumha.org/supp1b.htm
http://www.winxptop.com/winxptop/
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windowsxp_tips.htm

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