Re: Why I am Limited to about 35 Open Windows With 3GB Ram in New

Thanks very much for all the information. Mak, I did not understand your
replies that well, but it is is still helpful, thanks.

It would be interesting if someone else with 3GB or more of memory tried
this, but it seems at this point that the problem is not a memory limitation,
and it seems that others have run into this without resolution. Perhaps the
solution would be switching to Windows Vista, or perhaps that would create
new problems.

Regarding my recent memory purchase, I think I will take the memory out to
see if the machine runs any slower without this extra memory. If it makes no
difference, I may send it back for a refund, as the primary reason for
purchasing it was to solve this limitation on the number of windows I could
open. Or maybe I will keep the extra memory if this is needed for Windows
Vista, assuming it is worth the upgrade.

Thanks again for this information. This user community here is great. Dell
support and also Crucial Technologies (Micron Technologies - the memory
maker) had no idea what was wrong. I think it is odd that they do not
understand this problem.

Another reason, by the way, that I use so many windows is that I have a
large screen to look at. I have a 24" LCD screen which seems to cause me
want to have more applications or windows open at the same time.

Regards,

John


"Mak" wrote:

oh, forgot to mention.... if you're not up to session limit, but only per
process, you can start separate IE process from command prompt via: "start
iexplore" command.

"Mak" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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John, you might be running out of GDI Handles.

AFAIK in Xp it's set by default to 10,000 per process. (I've checked mine
and it's set to 10,000, though I don't remember if I modified that or not)
You can fire up permon, object 'process' | counter 'handle count' |
process 'iexplore' and watch it rise... check the number after wich you
can't open tabs anymore.
Also, system wide the number of hadles per session is limited to about 65k
(theoretical limit I think).
Total system wide number of handles is also displayed in Task Manager.


"John_061211" <John061211@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a 6 month old Dell dual-processor Windows XP desktop PC that is
very
fast. I have Windows XP Media Edition with Service Pack 2. I noticed I
was
limited to about 35 open windows (for example 35 IE7 windows - not using
the
tab option in IE7) before apparently running out of memory when I had
just
1GB of memory in the machine. I am working on many things at once and
would
like to be able to open at least 50 windows on the machine.

I just added 2GB of memory (3GB total now) and although the computer
recognizes the extra memory, I can not open any additional windows. Is
there
some limitation in Windows XP on the maximum number of windows or
applications you can have open, or is there perhaps something wrong with
the
memory that I installed? I call the memory manufacturer, and they said
they
memory should be fine and that it is the correct memory for my machine.
I
called Dell technical support and they don't have any clues. All inputs
I
received suggest going from 1GB Ram to 3GB Ram should allow me to have a
lot
more windows open than I had before.

I suspect there is either a limitation in Windows XP or some setting that
I
need to change to allow it to make use of the additional memory that I
have.
Otherwise it must be bad memory, or something wrong with other hardware
components.

Thanks in advance for any help or comments on this problem.

--
John





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