Re: system resources
From: Steffo (steffo_at_nospam.com)
Date: 01/13/05
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Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:07:30 +0100
Hi RC.
Fx trading is a stand-alone site where you trade currencies: in each page of
the program (connected to the bank server), you can set up several windows
(i.e.: grafic charts, sell/buy applications, market news and updates,
banking experts chat windows.....) and it's constantly on line to retrieve
value changes of all currencies (24hrs/day, 7days/week) = CPU usage is
between 10 and 40% (memory usage 83488K).
My laptop (the one with 2G proc and 1G RAM) is brand new and I installed all
updates, run AV and AdAware.
I've checked the Page File value and it is set from initial size1500 to
maximum size 3000MB.
Should I delete those value and replace it with the option "system managed
size"?
Someone else told me those values should be from 150 to 3300MB: what do you
think about it?
What do you recomand?
Cheers, Steffo
R. C. White wrote:
> Hi, Steffo.
>
> Something may be wrong in your computer! :>(
>
>> I wanted to improve buying WinXP, 2G processor, 1G RAM.
>
> That should be PLENTY of RAM to run most anything short of a
> graphics-intensive application, such as editing video.
>
>> But nothing's changed:
>
> Yes, many things HAVE changed! As we have been telling you, WinXP is
> designed quite differently from WinME. The term System Resources no
> longer exists as it did in WinME.
>
>> is there anything I can do to enhance the memory space?
>
> What are your settings for Virtual Memory (also known as Paging File
> or Page File or Swap File)? You might want to read MVP Alex Nichol's
> explanation of the subject first:
> Virtual Memory in Windows XP
> http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php
>
> Then go to System Properties | Advanced | Performance/Settings |
> Advanced. What does it say at the bottom of this window? "Total
> paging file size for all drives" should be about 1.5 * your RAM; on
> my computer with 1 GB RAM, this number is 1535 MB. Click Change. On
> this screen, the "Recommended" and "Currently allocated" numbers at
> the bottom of the screen should both be about the same as that 1535
> MB. This screen is where you decide where your page file should be
> created and how big it should be. You haven't told us how many HDs
> you have or how they are partitioned, so we can't recommend anything
> other than the "generic": First, select each Drive, in turn, and
> select No paging file, then Set for that drive. Then go back to the
> one Drive where you want the page file to be created, click System
> managed size for that drive and click Set for it. Then OK your way
> out; you may have to reboot for your change to take effect.
> Now, you should have plenty of physical and virtual memory to handle
> ANY application. To keep an eye on it, bring up the Task Manager. The
> Performance tab will show you, both graphically and in table
> form, how much memory you have and how much has been used and is
> being used. Among other items, under Commit Charge, you should see
> "Limit 2518692" (in KB - that's about 2.5 GB, which is your 1 GB
> physical memory plus 1.5 GB page file); the Peak number is the most
> of this memory that you have used in your current session.
>
> Task Manager's Processes tab shows how your CPU is being used by the
> various running processes. The CPU column should always add up to
> 100%. If you click on this column head, the table will be sorted by
> CPU usage; click again to reverse it from least-used to most-used. Most of
> the time, the top item will be System Idle Process; it quite
> often shows 99%, or close to it. This means that most of the time,
> your CPU is just sitting there idling, like your car engine at a stop
> light, waiting for you to give it something useful to do.
>
> If your CPU is actually busy 95% of the time on something other than
> the System Idle Process, please tell us which process is using that
> CPU time. There are a few situations in WinXP that can result in the
> System process using 95%, and we can help you cure that if it really
> is happening to you. More often, though, excessive CPU usage is
> caused by some malware in your computer.
>
>> Just to give you an example: my OE6 is open, an XP browser page's
>> open, the messenger's open, my FX trading site is open.
>
> My OE6 is open now, including this Compose window, plus a browser
> page, and Task Manager itself; Messenger is open enough to show its
> icon, but I don't use it. System Idle Process is using 95%-99% (it
> normally fluctuates dynamically). I'm not sure what you mean by an
> FX trading site; is this a web page open in IE? How much CPU usage
> does it show?
> Some viruses or other malware can also cause excessive CPU usage. Have you
> been practicing "save hex"? Have you run a virus scan? Recently?
> RC
>
> "Steffo" <steffo@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:41e66346$1_3@news.bluewin.ch...
>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP wrote:
>>> The System Resources you are looking for do not exist in WinXP. You
>>> can open another program.
>>
>> Following up to what you said, I'm wondering if there is a setting I
>> can change in order to avoid freezing with CPU 100%.
>> I thought that the system is supposed to use some gard disc space
>> when RAM's full: how can I improve this feature?
>> Just to give you an example: my OE6 is open, an XP browser page's
>> open, the messenger's open, my FX trading site is open.
>> With all that, I'm using 95% CPU and my PC freezes if I want to open
>> a graphic page (like a diagram chart) within the trading site.
>> It's exactly the same of when I was using WinME, 1G processor, 256M
>> RAM and I wanted to improve buying WinXP, 2G processor, 1G RAM.
>> But nothing's changed: is there anything I can do to enhance the
>> memory space?
>> Thanks for your help.
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