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Thread ID: 14752	2002-01-17 20:40:00	System Monitor Word Meanings!	Guest (0)	Press F1

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31652	2002-01-17 20:40:00	hey guys, sorry, but I really want to know what the words under the Add> in System Monitor mean. What do they show? Unused physical memory? What is cache? swapfile? Locked Memory? If someone could provide me with a defination for each word (just to make sure I have it correct) then that'll be great. Allocated Memory Discards Disk Cache Sixe Instance Faults Locked Memory Locked non-cache Pages Maximum Disk Cache Size Mid Disk Cache Size Minimum Disk Cache Size Other Memory Page Faults Page-Ins Page-Outs Pages Mapped from Cache Swapfile Defective Swapfile In Use Swapfile Size Swappable Memory Unused oh physical memory Also can swapfiles be deleted to free up space? How do I go about finding them. Can I say 'unlock' the memory if its not been used? How? Many Thanks once again. ;-)	Guest (0)
31653	2002-01-17 21:57:00	Hiya SY Your list was a little too daunting for me to tackle! When you go to add a new item, you can click the 'Explain' button, which will give you an overview of each function. J.	Guest (0)
31654	2002-01-17 22:10:00	While it DOES have an explain feature, this is next to useless. The 'explanation' for Processor Threads is 'The number of Processor threads in the system'	Guest (0)
31655	2002-01-17 22:16:00	When you click on one of the adapters in Sytem Monitor, then choose explain. There will be an explanation as to what it shows. JM	Guest (0)
31656	2002-01-17 23:16:00	Dear sy, I sympathise with your predicament. As the list is so long, see if your parents will treat you to a good book that explains things. Else go into Google and carry out your own research, like by typing in 'cache' and seeing what you get. (Incidently, this is NOT pronounced 'caish', has anyone not heard of a pirates cache (cash) of treasure? Cache=store or hoard, from cacher to hide)	Guest (0)
31657	2002-01-18 09:25:00	Heres the ones I know off the top of my head, do some research if you need more: What is [a disk] cache? Part of memory that windows creates to hold frequently used files because its much faster to access stuff in memory than on disk (same idea as your browsers cache). Its the reason why a program loads faster the second time you start it. swapfile? Used to hold programs and stuff when windows doesn't have enough memory to hold them. The downside is its much slower to access (about 70 thousand times, probably more if its fragmented). In windows9x its called win386.swp and is either in C:\ or C:\WINDOWS. You can disable your swapfile which will get rid of it. But by default windows will manage its size for you. Locked Memory? Memory that can't be moved to your swapfile, . The number your getting is large because it includes your disk cache. Allocated Memory Total amount of memory allocated to all programs and system stuff. Page Faults Generated when a page of memory is not present and needs to be swapped in from your swapfile. Page-Ins/Outs Memory pages paged in/out from swapfile.	Guest (0)
31658	2002-01-18 17:52:00	Thanks for that b m Its easier to understand it the way you put it. That helps a lot. I know what cache and swapfiles are and how they work, but the explainations in 'explain' are for people like robo and Mike Lourwens to interpret. Thanks again.	Guest (0)
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