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Programs causeing low system resources?

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by bradley o Nov 29, 2001 last reply May 20, 2003

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I have a user running win98 on a IBM 300pl with 128 megs of RAM. And whenever he opens three specific programs the system resources drop form from whatever they where at to about 13%. It hasn't alwsy been this way and other users run the same combination without the same problem. Any ideas or solutions??

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by kcmeister Nov 29, 2001

Memory leakage issue. Do resources drop that low immediately after starting up? Close any programs before opening up the 3? May be prob with a closed program-memory leakage.
Lets start with the basics. When is the last time you ran scandisk anddefrag. May be cross-linked files. System file checker good to run. Also, could be a memory issue. Try swapping a stick of memory from another pc and see what happens. A specific memory address may be failing.
How long since pc worked right?
Are the programs resource intensive?
Please respond with more info. We can then move past the basics.
Good luck!
kcmeister

by bradley o Nov 30, 2001

I;ve done the basics. Memory isn't an issue and I've never heard of a fargmented disk losing resources like that. The the user can run outlook, word, excel and all that without problems but As soon as these3 progams are open the resources drop. 2 of the programs are house software and the other is Informix.

by curacao_dejavu Nov 29, 2001

what are those 3 programs.(need more info)
you may want to try reinstalling those software, something might have got corrupted.
Also if you can try to update the win98.

specificly look at the mskb How to Use the System Resource Meter Tool in Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition (Q300059)
mskb q300059
You may need to install the resource meter first.
You can also use nuts and bolts to help you see what those programs are doing in the memory.

and System Resources Decrease After Starting and Quitting a Program (Q185832)

reinstall windows in the same windows folder would help if its a windows problem (you wont loose anything)
better yest if you have a backup, a clean install is the best.

regards
,

Leopold

by bradley o Nov 30, 2001

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by dimm Dec 12, 2001

Put More Ram in the computer as ram runs on windows therefore system resources what be so low

or get windows xp doesnt use resources u can have as many windows open as u want

or close all the icons in the system tray or remove one program ata time to see which on is using the most recources goodluck

by bradley o Dec 14, 2001

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by dimm Dec 12, 2001

Put More Ram in the computer as ram runs on windows therefore system resources what be so low

or get windows xp doesnt use resources u can have as many windows open as u want

or close all the icons in the system tray or remove one program ata time to see which on is using the most recources goodluck

by bradley o Dec 14, 2001

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by melissah May 19, 2003

I'd check also to see what programs are running on start up. Go to programs> start up and remove whatever you can from there. These programs are running in the backround and taking up available memory. I recently ran into the same problem with a 512MB RAM machine.