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Thread ID: 14545	2002-01-11 23:26:00	Interpreting Cacheman results	Guest (0)	Press F1

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30837	2002-01-11 23:26:00	Hi, I installed the Cacheman program a few days ago and it gives me all these different readings. Problem is, I am not sure how to interpret them. I have been having problems with my computer with VxD VMM and VxD VFAT errors (amongst others)and I thought that I might have memory problems. I have 128 MB of RAM. The Cacheman overview tells me that my Physical memory has a low usage of 85 MB and a High usage of 127.4 MB (currently whilst typing this it is showing Free RAM: 12.4 MB). The 16 Bit resources gives the following info: user 72%, GDI 75% (currently showing 54% and 64% respectively). Is this OK? Is there any website that has information on interpreting and normal ranges for these figures. I know if you pay US$10 the Cacheman site has support but I have only just started using this program and I am not sure if I want to keep it yet. Any advice much appreciated. Cheers, Jen SYSTEM: Pent 933 MHz, Windows ME	Guest (0)
30838	2002-01-12 01:01:00	I don't know about Cachman. But those problems you mention aren't related to memory. Can you post a longer description of the problems, or take note next time they occur, and write down what it says, and post back.	Guest (0)
30839	2002-01-12 07:21:00	Hi KO The VxD VMM and VxD FAT errors have stayed quite for a bit now (ever since I have been doing regular scandisks and fixing the errors in the drive boot area). I do still get crashes without any error messages whilst surfing the net, or just working on the computer. Occasionally the error message I do get mentions OD and OE errors. Basically I would just like my computer to be reasonably reliable as it used to be, so I have been looking at everything (hence using cacheman). A different question, the errors on the drive boot area are they significant enough to warrant returning my computer to the shop for them to look at before my warrantee expires in 6 weeks? Thanks Jen	Guest (0)
30840	2002-01-12 23:28:00	Tweak'e is the man to ask about Cacheman :) You could try the so-called vxd fix, there is controversy over it, but it does seem to increase stability and often cures those vmm and vxd vfat problems. There is information about this on a number of sites, and there is also a small utility that will extract the files from your Win CD. Here is one site: tweakhomepc.virtualave.net Here is another where the utility can be downloaded: freepctech.com Cant guarantee anything, but it seemed to work with my set up a long time ago. It has also been said that vxd vfat errors can be due to faulty ram, but have no first hand knowledge of that. Cheers.	Guest (0)
30841	2002-01-13 10:15:00	Thanks Terry, I visited the first site you suggested and the description of the errors is basically what I have been experiencing. I have copied off their instructions on manually copying the VxD files but as they have said this may not fix anything, I may wait a bit until the VxD VMM and VFAT errors start cropping up again. Mean while, I am still looking for advice on interpreting my Cacheman results (?bad RAM). Cheers - Jen	Guest (0)
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