low memory

[scottphillips]

When running 2 programs my computer bogs down and when running 3 programs it sometimes freezes up. I have a program that tells me how much memory I am using and it says that I,m using 200 to 249 m out of 256 I have on my computer and that is when no programs are running. What is it that eats up so much memory even when I am not using any programs. Ive only got a few little icons on the bottom task bar (Norton, Pc Alert ).I,m running Windows 98.

 

[camieabz]

Press "Ctrl + Alt + Delete" and count the number of programs running in the list and report back.

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[HonestJhon]

maybe you have a virus?
or maybe you have no more room on your hard drive.
if you are running out of room, you wont have any room for a page file, and windows needs a page file to operate properly.
scan for viruses....<A HREF="http://housecall.antivirus.com/" target="_new">http://housecall.antivirus.com/</A>
and if it finds anything, then it might be the problem!
some viruses multiply themselves rapidly, causing your system to bog down.
what processor do you have?
give us some more system specs...other than the ammount of ram you have.


-DAvid

-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-

 

[camieabz]

I was going for the "Don't worry and don't mess too much yet" approach, but I suppose you could also check out your system.ini file and see what Vcache setting you have.

Also post your gfx. Onboard? Gfx aperture size (BIOS).

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[HonestJhon]

yeah..the ctrl alt del thing would work too.
i was posting as you posted...so i didnt get to read your post...
hehe


-DAvid

-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-

 

[camieabz]

Okey dokey. Heh.

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[HonestJhon]

what is the everythings gone quiet thread?
i know i once started one..like "where is everyone?"
but i dont know of the one you are talking about.


-DAvid

-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-

 

[camieabz]

Its that monstrosity of a thread in the "other" section with about 4.5 thousand posts, and about 170 pages of viewing.

Needs to be taken out. Its too big for the menu page.

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[HonestJhon]

crap..that is a lot of posts.
i wonder how much space it takes up on the server...maybe that is why the server lags some times!

-DAvid

-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-

 

[OldBear]

I'm sure it does slow the server.

Hint: Don't try to load the whole thing.


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[HonestJhon]

heh..yeah..maybe when people try and load it is when the server gets real slow.
i know i cant be the only one experiencing the random slowdown...like every once in a while, the pages here take forever to load.

-DAvid

-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-

 

[OldBear]

I have a fast cable connection and until this week it was taking over 3 minutes
on this site to download a page. It has been a lot better this week.


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[HonestJhon]

yeah, my dsl can download stuff at 400k+...and most other pages load in a snap.
but this site...usually is pretty slow.
maybe it is the large ammount of users, or the immense ammounts of posts.heh..
i dunno tho
but it is too bad that it isnt faster.
but yeah, every once in a while, it does get better, and doesnt take forever to load.


-DAvid

-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-

 

[scottphillips]

There is about 15 items in the cont alt del box. I shut them down one at a time which gave me about 5 meg more of memory. I have a 60 gig HD with lots of space and a xp 1800 chip.

 

[camieabz]

Do an anti-virus check just in case.

Look into msconfig.exe and see if you have a lot more than 15 items on the start-up tab.

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