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System Performance
I have a dimension 4200. Win 98se, PIII, 733mgz.
I recently put in a PCNY 256 MB RAM stick. When I go under system, then performance, i am reading 383 MB, which I assume is fine--just 1 MB less.
But it says's 75% free. Seems to me it would be a lot higher than that. I thought it was reading around 75% free before, but i don't remember.
At what point do i have to be concerned about how that affects my pcs speed? when it gets to 50% free? 25% free?
Also, how do i know what is running in the background of my pc. I have this program called processviewer. some of them look ok, like IE, and Norton, but how do i know about the rest?
AHQTB.EXE 4294870359 C:\PROGRAM FILES\CREATIVE\SBLIVE\AUDIOHQ\AHQTB.EXE
CSINJECT.EXE 4294853819 C:\PROGRAM FILES\NORTON SYSTEMWORKS\NORTON CLEANSWEEP\CSINJECT.EXE
DBSERVER.EXE 4294815775 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DBSERVER.EXE
DDHELP.EXE 4294497679 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDHELP.EXE
DPPS2.EXE 4294797983 C:\PROGRAM FILES\PANICWARE\POP-UP STOPPER\DPPS2.EXE
EM_EXEC.EXE 4294797035 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MOUSEWARE\SYSTEM\EM_EXEC.EXE
ESPMAIN.EXE 4294689823 C:\PROGRAM FILES\EPSON\EPSON SMART PANEL FOR SCANNER\ESPMAIN.EXE
EXPLORER.EXE 4294901251 C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
IEXPLORE.EXE 4294793211 C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\IEXPLORE.EXE
INSTANTACCESS.EXE 4294722471 C:\PROGRAM FILES\TEXTBRIDGE PRO 8.0\BIN\INSTANTACCESS.EXE
KERNEL32.DLL 4287589479 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
MMTASK 4294954819 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk
MPREXE.EXE 4294913351 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
MSGSRV32 4294917079 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
MSTASK.EXE 4294948567 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE
NAVAPW32.EXE 4294744171 C:\PROGRAM FILES\NORTON SYSTEMWORKS\NORTON ANTIVIRUS\NAVAPW32.EXE
NPROTECT.EXE 4294864299 C:\PROGRAM FILES\NORTON SYSTEMWORKS\NORTON UTILITIES\NPROTECT.EXE
PRCVIEW.EXE 4294499739 C:\PROGRAM FILES\PROCESS VIEWER\PRCVIEW.EXE
PSTORES.EXE 4294508203 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\PSTORES.EXE
QTTASK.EXE 4294846783 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QTTASK.EXE
SMREMINDER.EXE 4294658531 C:\PROGRAM FILES\SHOCKWAVE.COM\SHOCKMACHINE\SMREMINDER.EXE
SPEEDKEY.EXE 4294806463 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT HARDWARE\KEYBOARD\SPEEDKEY.EXE
STIMON.EXE 4294721695 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE
SYMTRAY.EXE 4294840071 C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SYMANTEC SHARED\SYMTRAY.EXE
SYSTRAY.EXE 4294778323 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE
TASKMON.EXE 4294788299 C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXE
WCMDMGR.EXE 4294739031 C:\WINDOWS\WT\UPDATER\WCMDMGR.EXE
WMIEXE.EXE 4294610191 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE
are any of these apps that i don't need running???????
i nkow these are alot of questions, but thatnks.............
I recently put in a PCNY 256 MB RAM stick. When I go under system, then performance, i am reading 383 MB, which I assume is fine--just 1 MB less.
But it says's 75% free. Seems to me it would be a lot higher than that. I thought it was reading around 75% free before, but i don't remember.
At what point do i have to be concerned about how that affects my pcs speed? when it gets to 50% free? 25% free?
Also, how do i know what is running in the background of my pc. I have this program called processviewer. some of them look ok, like IE, and Norton, but how do i know about the rest?
AHQTB.EXE 4294870359 C:\PROGRAM FILES\CREATIVE\SBLIVE\AUDIOHQ\AHQTB.EXE
CSINJECT.EXE 4294853819 C:\PROGRAM FILES\NORTON SYSTEMWORKS\NORTON CLEANSWEEP\CSINJECT.EXE
DBSERVER.EXE 4294815775 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DBSERVER.EXE
DDHELP.EXE 4294497679 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDHELP.EXE
DPPS2.EXE 4294797983 C:\PROGRAM FILES\PANICWARE\POP-UP STOPPER\DPPS2.EXE
EM_EXEC.EXE 4294797035 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MOUSEWARE\SYSTEM\EM_EXEC.EXE
ESPMAIN.EXE 4294689823 C:\PROGRAM FILES\EPSON\EPSON SMART PANEL FOR SCANNER\ESPMAIN.EXE
EXPLORER.EXE 4294901251 C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
IEXPLORE.EXE 4294793211 C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\IEXPLORE.EXE
INSTANTACCESS.EXE 4294722471 C:\PROGRAM FILES\TEXTBRIDGE PRO 8.0\BIN\INSTANTACCESS.EXE
KERNEL32.DLL 4287589479 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
MMTASK 4294954819 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk
MPREXE.EXE 4294913351 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
MSGSRV32 4294917079 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
MSTASK.EXE 4294948567 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE
NAVAPW32.EXE 4294744171 C:\PROGRAM FILES\NORTON SYSTEMWORKS\NORTON ANTIVIRUS\NAVAPW32.EXE
NPROTECT.EXE 4294864299 C:\PROGRAM FILES\NORTON SYSTEMWORKS\NORTON UTILITIES\NPROTECT.EXE
PRCVIEW.EXE 4294499739 C:\PROGRAM FILES\PROCESS VIEWER\PRCVIEW.EXE
PSTORES.EXE 4294508203 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\PSTORES.EXE
QTTASK.EXE 4294846783 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QTTASK.EXE
SMREMINDER.EXE 4294658531 C:\PROGRAM FILES\SHOCKWAVE.COM\SHOCKMACHINE\SMREMINDER.EXE
SPEEDKEY.EXE 4294806463 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT HARDWARE\KEYBOARD\SPEEDKEY.EXE
STIMON.EXE 4294721695 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE
SYMTRAY.EXE 4294840071 C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SYMANTEC SHARED\SYMTRAY.EXE
SYSTRAY.EXE 4294778323 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE
TASKMON.EXE 4294788299 C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXE
WCMDMGR.EXE 4294739031 C:\WINDOWS\WT\UPDATER\WCMDMGR.EXE
WMIEXE.EXE 4294610191 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE
are any of these apps that i don't need running???????
i nkow these are alot of questions, but thatnks.............
volcano11
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Posted October 12th, 2002 14:00
I'm not sure what you are asking here. Are you worried about having only 75% free physical memory or 75% free system resources? Note that in Windows 98/ME free system resources has nothing to do with the amount of memory you have installed. 75% free system resources is quite good and your system will run quite well with no degradation until your free system resources gets down to about 10%. Still you should be able to boot with 80 to 90% free system resources by eliminating all of the unnecessary stuff that runs at startup. To see how, go to following site:
http://www2.whidbey.net/djdenham/
for programs not listed there, see the following:
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm
If you are worried about the amount of free physical memory, then this is not a concern as Windows will use as much physical memory as it can before paging to slower virtual memory (the hard disk). In Windows 98 and ME, free physical memory is wasted memory.
Steve