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| Thread ID: 31834 | 2003-04-02 05:23:00 | XP Memory usage | Kiwitas (514) | Press F1 |
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| 132814 | 2003-04-02 05:23:00 | I found this in a News-letter today that may be of help for those who have Windows XP with a limited amount of Ram installed! 200 MB RAM Just To Run Windows XP? J. inquires - I have P4 1.4 with 512 MB of rambus and when I go to system information I can see available physical memory being only about 270 to 300 with nothing running. Why is it like that and what can I do about it? *** Your PC is working fine. You say "nothing running" which is not really correct as Windows itself loads up quite a bit of files on a "clean boot". Of course XP may be running 5 to 20 services you never use and yes, to free up available ram [for additional apps] one can disable those services. DeMoN LaG adds: Windows uses RAM to cache files, making your system perform better. Free RAM is wasted RAM. Ken B. says: By design, Windows uses as much of your RAM as it possibly can. This is good, not bad. You paid for all your RAM, and shouldn't want to see any of it sitting around idle. Kelly specifies: To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the "Services" Admin Tool (Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services). If you are a single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the following items, with no ill effect. Alerter Clipbook Computer Browser Fast User Switching Human Interface Access Devices Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down) Messenger Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain) Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security) Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security) Remote Procedure Call Locator Remote Registry (disabled for extra security) Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security) Server SSDP Discovery Service ("Universal P'n'P", & leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open) TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Telnet (disabled for extra security) Universal Plug and Play Device Host Upload Manager Windows Time Wireless Zero Configuration (for wireless networks) Workstation Bootvis is a Boot performance trace visualization tool for use with Windows XP systems. It gives a graphical view of what processes are doing what and when during boot and allow you to optimize your boot up. More information and the download can be found here under letter B: www.kellys-korner-xp.com I don't see any of the above on my W98 box so will just have to plod on at a more liesurely pace! Cheers,Kiwitas,;-) |
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| 132815 | 2003-04-02 06:31:00 | good work kiwitas | PoWa (203) | ||
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