Answers Inline - Hope this helps. Regards. Steve


> 1) Does Windows XP has normally a lot of memory leaking?
No!!! Have you installed SP2?? If you have memory leaks it is unlikely to be XP
- more likely you are wrongly interpreting what FReeRam is reporting.

> 2) Is sufficient 1GB of RAM to have executive paging disabled?
Usually - but it depends on what you are using XP for. I have the same RAM as
you and have disabled exec paging - and it runs fine.

> 3) Should I increase the RAM to 1.5 or 2GB and Does XP uses optimally memory
> above 1GB?
If you can afford it why not...but I have never run 'short of ram' at 1GB

> 4) Is it recommended to have the VM disabled to increase performance?
Get rid of FReeRam - none of these tools work. If you mean pagefile (VM) - the
recommended setting is 1.5x RAM. I usually set this to a fixed size (i.e. not
dynamic) and run a utility called PageFile Defrag from SysInternals.

> 5) What is the best Registry set up for memory optimization in Windows XP?
Microsoft spent a fortune tuning XP so that it runs well 'out of the box'. It is
incredible to think that you or I or anyone else knows this stuff better than
them.

That said....if u have 1GB RAM then yes, disabling paging exec can help (but you
have to try this turned ON and OFF to find out for yourself - Google for the
registry settings).

Other than that make sure you run PageFile Defrag and regularly defrag your
hard disk - and keep your Internet Explorer 'Temporary Internet Files' setting
to something sensible (50mb Max) and run Disk Clean-Up before doing a hard disk
defrag. Personally I like Defraggler (www.defraggler.com) which works very well
for 'quick' defrags.

There are hundreds of possible tweaks for XP. Whether they work for you or not
depends solely on what you are using XP for. Others will have favourite tweak
etc but you have to experiment for yourself. What I say here is very general but
works for me :-)

A good guide can be found here:-

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

There others out there - Good Luck!

> Any recommendations?
>
> Cheers
>
> The Absent Minded Windows XP user With Memory Problems :-)