Re: Need help increasing resources

There are physical limitations within Windows that you may be running
up against. I know that especially web browsers have limitations on the
number of instances ( not TABS ) open at the same time. You're likely
getting close to limits on File Handles and Virtual Addressing Space.
It's not really so much a CPU/Memory capability/capacity as it is with
the Operating System itself.

I can't offer any specific advice other than you may want to look into
trimming back Windows services that your hardware/software may not
require. A 1.7 Ghz Celeron isn't bad, but has limitations with it's onboard
L2 Cache memory size. You would probably benefit from a Dual-Core
CPU which can share/distribute the processing load.

Process Explorer from SysInternals is a good tool to analyze the load
on a PC.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/ProcessExplorer.mspx

Startup and Watchdog applets are another area where the machine
may be using more resources than are necessary.


"Paul Randall" <paulr901@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OK5UuTA7HHA.4660@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,
Due to the early onset of Alzheimer's disease or whatever, I find it very
helpful to have many windows open (my substitute for poor short term
memory). I seldom shut my computer down and after a period of a few weeks
I typically have a total of around 45 windows open. Its a mix, like 20 to
30 windows explorer, a few HTAs, 10 or more internet explorer, a couple
Firefox, some notepads, hex editor, script editors, etc. Anyhow, at some
point the system becomes unstable and new windows won't open. Or, if I
close some windows, then I can open new ones, but within a couple of weeks
the system will typically crash when I try to open something.

I've got a 1.7GHz Celeron with 1GB Ram (none shared with video) with WXP
SP2 but few or no updates.

I'm hoping someone will share info on how to view the resources that may
be in short supply and how to increase them, so that I can make changes,
see that the system is using those changes, and then test that I can open
more windows without problems.



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