*Regaining* system resources.

Question

Ok, I've read a whole load of blurble on "how system resources and memory arn't the same" and that the solution is to "run msconfig and uncheack some start up programs".

THIS REALLY ISN'T HELPING ANYONE.

Just tell me one thing:

When my system resources drop to 3% how do I regain the resources? Now don't just say "close all your programs". I've done that to the point of having ONLY Explorer and systray running and I still have only about 10% free. This isn't a misread because I then try opening a program and get a warning about low system resources (this is if i'm lucky, most of the time the system just crashes).

I really don't care about system resources running out as long as there is an effective way of regaining them after closing unnecessary programs.

Now lets stop sidestepping the issue. Someone in the know tell us the solution. Please.

Daniel, UK

Denny Denham · Answer

- Just tell me one thing:
-
- When my system resources drop to 3% how do I regain
- the resources? Now don't just say "close all your
- programs".

Reboot!

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Bob11 · Answer

Danial: Check out the articles from the MS Knowledge Base here, here and here. If that doesn't help then go the Knowledge Base search here, uncheck everything but the Knowledge Base and use System Resources as your query term. You'll get many returns, some of which I hope are helpful to you.....

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Jake02324 · Answer

Denny had the easist first try REBOOT. If you do not shut down fully and then restart at least once per day, the resources seem to get reduced by bits and pieces of old programs that were run in the past.
Always works at our 2 Dells> daughter taught me that one.

DaleBett · Answer

First of all, people are not 'sidestepping the issue' when they recommend unchecking startup items in msconfig. Doing that is the best and the only long-term way (short of increasing RAM) to increase available system resources. If you only have 3-10% free resources my guess is either you have very little RAM or a LOT OF STUFF loading at startup. What are your free resources right after a clean reboot? If they are that low and you have 64-128meg RAM and not a ton of stuff loading, you prolly have some other problem and a clean install of Windows may be in order. But to address your request, go to 'www.analogx.com.' There are several useful utilities there, including one called 'freemem' (I think that's the name). When you run that it allows you to free up system memory.

Ron55 · Answer

If you are not 'fresh booting' at 85-95% free system resources then I would suspect that crashes are inevitable. You must have some program or programs that are resource hogs. You need to find them and either shut them off or uninstall them. System Resources are a fact of life, either live with them or live without them. Your call. Also, you should be running at least 128 megs of RAM for Optimal performance. Have a Good One... Ron

joe53 · Answer

Daniel;

I have honestly seen very little "flurble" (nifty word, that) or "sidestepping" from the users in this forum, who have yet to fail to solve any of my problems, given a little patience. (And lord knows, my errors have been egregious).

I (for one) would be very interested in the usefulness of the above suggestions. Any feedback?

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Jake02324 · Answer

Joe;
Maybe Danielwatts will post what ever he found. Not returning with the fix that even 1/2 way improved leaves every one wondering; although I would think the more experienced "caregivers" reach a point of not sweating it.
Flurble, great new word!!

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