Re: Finding the RAM utilization on Windows XP
- From: "Ken Blake" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 15:22:22 -0700
In news:367FF4B1-767E-47BC-90C8-D7547CB221B8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Keith Davis-IT Analyst
<KeithDavisITAnalyst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> As Tom is correct, a system currently running 256MB RAM is
> considered
> too slow. In your case doubling or tripling the ram size with
> show
> significant inprovement.
Maybe, maybe not.
How much memory you need depends on what apps you run, but almost
everyone needs at least 256MB for decent performance. For many
people 256MB is fine. For some people, for example those who edit
large photographic images, more than 256MB--even much more--can
be required for good performance.
If you are currently using the page file significantly, more
memory will decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your
performance. If you are not using the page file significantly,
more memory will do nothing for you.
Go to http://billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/winxp%5Ftweaks/ and
download WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your pagefile usage.
That should give you a good idea of whether more memory can help,
and if so, how much more.
> If that is not an option, minimize the
> number of programs that load on boot.
The *number* of programs that start automatically is irrelevant.
What's significant is *which* programs they are. Some of these
can have a significant cost in performance; others may have
almost no cost at all.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> This can be done by going to
> Start >> Run >> msconfig *Caution* changing the wrong setting
> in here
> can make life worse. If you don't know how to get more RAM,
> Reply
> and I'll see if I can help.
>
> "JCE" wrote:
>
>> Your "slowdown" is caused by Norton Internet Security !!! It
>> checks
>> and does a lot of things, so you are protected.....drawback =
>> SLOW
>> !!!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> "Newy_new" <Newynew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> message
>> news:279826BA-B84B-439A-BECD-2AB63AECC247@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I installed Norton Internest Security 2005 a couple weeks
>>> ago.
>>> Since then my computer has been really slow when it boots up,
>>> open
>>> new programs, receiving mail, and have mulitple programs
>>> running.
>>> Sometimes when I have multiple programs running it will
>>> freeze up.
>>> I thought I might need more RAM
>>> I have 256 MB (Sony VAIO). I tried to search the "Help and
>>> Support" on the
>>> computer but I didn't really find what I was looking
>>> for.........
>>>
>>> Thank you to anyone who can help :)
>>> --
>>> Mollie
.
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