Re: very low memory

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'To Old To ..." wrote, in part:
| Well, there are two places to start.
| 1) go to Start > Run > type in DCOMCNFG
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What thread did you mean to post in?

Phil Weldon

"To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Well, there are two places to start.
| 1) go to Start > Run > type in DCOMCNFG
|
| Click on Componet Services > Computers > My Computer
|
| Right Click on My Computer and go to properties
|
| Select the tab "Default Properties" (This is the important part)
| It should be check marked "Enable Distributed Com on this computer
| Default Authenication Level should be "Connect"
| Default Impersonation Level should be "Identity"
|
| Next click on the tab "COM Security"
|
| Click 1st Edit Default button
| You should see Self and System
|
| Click on 2nd Edit default button
| You should see Administrators, Interactive and System
|
| If all that is OK go to the next step
|
| Check under the event log under Application and System, see if there are
any
| events since that last reboot that has a red X, read them and see if you
can
| figure out what is causing the problem. Sometimes it will tell you what
needs
| to be fixed.
|
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|
| "Phil Weldon" wrote:
|
| > 'Pop`' wrote:
| > | Contrary to much of the advice given so far,
| > _____
| >
| > Do you actually READ previous replies before posting? The replies which
| > included
| >
| > 'DL': "scan for malware"
| >
| > 'Malke': "The very first things I would have done would be to scan for
| > malware and
| > viruses."
| >
| > 'Ken Blake': "Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is
a
| > counterproductive desire."
| >
| > 'Dave B.': "I'll second Ken's reply, unused RAM is wasted RAM, and stay
| > away from
| > registry cleaners!"
| >
| > NONE of these replies are contrary to your statement "RAM memory figures
you
| > have are normal."
| >
| > Phil Weldon
| >
| >
| > "Pop`" <nodoby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:e5llCV04GHA.3732@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | Contrary to much of the advice given so far, the RAM memory figures
you
| > have
| > | are normal. Windows intentionally uses as much memory as possible in
| > order
| > | to have as much info at hand as possible for whatever you might want
to do
| > | next. It looks at what has been done and tries to guess what might be
| > next,
| > | sort of, and loads that into memory. It's part of the speed of XP
(when
| > | it's there<g>).
| > | The 9% "available", wherever you get that from, is a serious
misnomer.
| > | As soon as more memory is needed, XP will either already have it
ready, or
| > | will grab it off the drive as it needs it, replacing some of the "in
case"
| > | memory already there. So the free memory numbers do and will stay low.
| > |
| > | In other words, RAM memory is most likely not the reason for it being
| > slow.
| > | The advice to scan for malware is OK, and useful, but at this point
it's
| > | also not known that it's the problem - it's sort of a shot-gun
approach to
| > | the problem.
| > |
| > | For more targetted help, post more information. Quantify what "slow"
| > means.
| > | How slow IS slow? What is working slow? What's not slow? Any
programs
| > | that don't run? Any error messages at any time? processor, drive
space
| > | free, etc etc etc.?
| > |
| > | Pop`
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
| >


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