System Resources Low? How to get it back

Reboot! And, remove any extra programs you don't need.

Brian Lusk

I'd like to refer you to a document on the web about cleaning up your computer.. it's quite detailed. You just might find things you didn't know!

http://www.themestream.com/gspd_browse/browse/view_article.gsp?c_id=114823&id_list=&cookied=T

When I had resources that low I used the information from this article and now My PC couldn't work better/faster!

-------->>>>>Saxman, I tried the url that you gave me, copied and pasted it into the browser... I got onto the site but it says the page I requested does not exist. Could it be possible that you are a registered user or something and the address won't work for someone who is not? I noticed in the address itself it says cookied. Either that or they pulled that particular page. Maybe you can try it from your end and see if you get on.

Thanks, I didn't rate you cuz I didn't want to close the question and would still like to get on that site if possible. If you can get on maybe you can copy and send me the important parts.
Thanks alot,
Michelle

When do you get the low resources message? Is it right after the system finishes booting up or after you've been using it for a period of time? In most cases, the system resources get low because of programs (not hardware) not releasing their hold on resources when finished with them. At that point, the only way to get them back is rebooting. The only potential way to "fix" the problem is to apply any pacthes for the software you are using, and hope that the bug(s) was fixed.

It may be some of the programs that are running. I know that Outlook is a real resource hog, no matter how much Ram you have on the system. Try deleting temp files also. This frees up hard drive space used for swapping.

Ok this is in 3 or 4 parts. First shut down your computer compleatly, if its a brand new computer 99 or above unplug it too. Wait 5 minutes and plug it back in and turn it on. Go to start, settings, control panel,system,performance and look at what it says. If its below 80% you need to look at whats loading at start up. IF not do you use netscape? I can tell you how to delete all cookies and files from there. If you dont use it there is several places in windows to remove unneeded files to giveyou more disk space. And a CDW or zip drive to remove extra stuff will help too. And defrag scan disk is always good:)

Ok I have had simillar problems.A great fix for me was getting rid of the background wallpaper,changing your display settings down to 16 bit.Now you did not say which OS you were running.In Win 98 go to start run type msconfig and click ok.This willbring up the system configuration utility. on the general tab choose selective start-up.Then click on the startup tab and uncheck any programs you do not need running.This freed up 30 -40 % of my resources

try all of the above plus:
change the page file size to do that go to the system properties (either thru control panel or right click on my computer icon on the desktop and choose properties, or one more tip hold down the win key and press bread key) go to the last tab (performance) and choose virtual memory choose the "let me specify my own virtual memory sttings" (ignore the warnings) and set the minimum to double the amount ram you have and the maximum to the same as the minimum, restart the computer defrag you harddrive and enjoy.
the above has allready helped in a lot of slow down perfomance.

pipi6,
Newyorker211 is partially right. You can set your minimum to a good size (1.5-2.5 times your physical RAM), but don't set the max to the same. This could cause a problem if you're working on a large project or multiple apps and need theswapfile space. Let Windows monitor the max size. It would have been helpful to know what your system specs are.

90% fix

Go to start-> run and type in MSCONFIG and click OK; click on Uncheck process config.sys & process Autoexec.bat & load startup group items; click on win.ini TAB, Click on the (+) next to windows and Uncheck the "run=" & "load=" Lines; click on startup TAB, CHECK scan registry & system tray (Note. if system has winmodem be sure to check that too); Click Apply then OK (reboot)

Go to start-> run and type in SYSTEM.INI and click OK; scroll down To the [386enh] category. at the Bottom of that category type this

MinSPs=12
next scroll down till you see the category [VCACHE]; type under it:

MinFileCache=(vcache size) - MaxFileCache=(vcache size) - ChunkSize=512 - <---space--->
click on file-> save then exit system.ini

Right-click My Computer-> properties and click on performance, click file system and change typical role of this machine from Desktop Computer to Network Server, click on apply-> OK, click virtual memory click on change both minimum and maximum from what they are to (swap size) click ok, say "Yes", click close (reboot).

Click start-> programs-> accessories-> system tools-> disk cleanup, choose c: and click ok, select all, hit "Ok", say "Yes", click on start-> find-> files and folders, look in c:\ and find files named:

*.tmp, ~*, *.chkRAM size(mb) VCache size(k) Swap size(mb)
Click on find now, click on edit-> select all, hit shift+delete, click on start-> Shutdown, choose restart, hit "ok", You're done.

Memory table based on total system RAM
16 4096 32
32 8192 64
64 16384 128
96 24576 192
128 32768 256
256 65536 512
(calculate RAM/4=VCache; RAM*2=Swap)
Try this, it will speed up your computer very much!

Once you setup Windows , it starts to become pipi6 Windows , and no longer is exactly the General Win setup , therefore no one answer is likely to be correct. Common problem is not removing the Homesteaders in the Temp file, look in it and see if there is some files you want , move them to another part of the drive in their folders and delete all the rest, if Win is using something , it will let you know, skip that file or driver and after all has been removed , reboot and see what comes back that you need , also clear the Clipboard by copying a word and pasteing it a clear text file. Do this on a regular basis

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