msconfig

would like to learn hoe to set to my parameters to free up memory and speed.

I will need to know what is abso;utely needed and what can be modified.

Any assets out there to help? thank you

You do not want to 'free up memory'. You want to use all the RAM you
have, and that's what Windows tries to do.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

qiman wrote:
> would like to learn hoe to set to my parameters to free up memory and speed.
>
> I will need to know what is abso;utely needed and what can be modified.
>
> Any assets out there to help? thank you

Freeing up memory is the wrong way to look at what I think you are
seeking to achieve, better system performance. You need to either add
RAM memory or curtail excessive use of the pagefile. There are a number
of ways to proceed.

How much RAM memory do you have and what is your typical pagefile usage?

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

You can get more accurate information on pagefile usage using
pagefilemon, a small freeware utility.

Use page file monitor to observe what is the peak usage. Start it to run
immediately after start-up and look at the log. Pagefilemon takes
snapshots. You need to run it at the beginning of the session at then
run it again at intervals throughout the sessions. The log is Pagefile
log.txt. If you right click on the file in Windows Explorer and select
Send to, Desktop (Create Shortcut). The same applies to
XP_PageFileMon.exe.

A small utility to monitor pagefile usage:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm

Note that programs using undo features, particularly those associated
with graphics and photo editing, require large amounts of memory so if
you use this type of programme check these first observing how the page
usage increases when they start and whether the usage decreases when you
close the programme.

You can get clues as to what is generating peak memory demands but this
is not a precise science, more a matter of judgement.

You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?

Do you leave the computer on 24/7?

I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open Disk
Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
is more informative.

The last request is asked to get background information not because I
think you might need to run Disk Defragmenter! You may do but that is
another question.

When you have identified, which programmes are generating excessive or
untimely demands for memory you have the choice of modifying their
behavour or replacing them with an alternative. The first move should be
to see if you can change the programme so that it is available on demand
(when you need it) from just loading automatically when you boot. Look
in the programme setting to see whether there are options. If that is
not possible then use Autoruns to disable it from starting when you
boot. Autoruns is far more suited to what you have in mind than
msconfig. It also identies more start up items than msconfig.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../Autoruns.mspx

With Autoruns you can uncheck an item, which disables it from starting,
or you can can right click an item and then delete it. If you uncheck
you can recheck to re-enable the item. It is a much safer approach than
editing the Registry. Another useful feature of the programme is that
you can right click an item and select Search Online to get information
about the item selected.

Another change to be considered concerns automatic daily scanning by
your anti virus etc. Often these are timed to occur either when you boot
or shortly after. A change to another time may be beneficial. Look at
the settings in your anti-virus.

Often users are "sold" anti-virus and other security software that
offers protection at a high cost in terms of performance. Norton and
McAfee producted are well known for this downside. Perfectly adequate
freeware software is available without these adverse side effects.

Something else to watch. Too many Internet Explorer Add-ons.

When you have carried out a review of what is going on on your computer,
making appropriate changes, you may establish a need to add more RAM.
However, do not overlook that adding RAM may not improve performance if
something else like a low CPU speed is holding the system back.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



qiman wrote:
> would like to learn hoe to set to my parameters to free up memory and
> speed.
>
> I will need to know what is abso;utely needed and what can be
> modified.
>
> Any assets out there to help? thank you

As Leonard said you do not free up RAM

Gerry,

Thank you. You have given me the information I unknowlingly needed.
I do need to better grasp all the info you sharde with me, which I hope are
online resources.
I have AMD 2.8 running on an a850e HP maxed out at 1 gb add on memory.
I hope to use video making software from Serif.My wife so kindly purchased
for me.

Back to the issue.
My immediate problem is answered by your last entry. Autoruns is where I
need to go first.
I have a huge proccesses list running on Task Manager and I thought to limit
startups but they seem to come right back if you use them from programs.

I need to become more learned in hoe Windows works on this level and any
guidance would be appreciated.

I have tried to monitor Task manager and two things I have noted are system
idle at 98 to 985is one and another is when I attempt to use video
productionas in movie editing ( not even encoding) the Task manager will show
1005.
Leads me to autorun as you suggest.
I will look for any other help you can give and will go to Autorun as you
suggest and start to keep better track of all my actions to see the outcomes.
Thank you very much, Richard

"Gerry" wrote:

> Freeing up memory is the wrong way to look at what I think you are
> seeking to achieve, better system performance. You need to either add
> RAM memory or curtail excessive use of the pagefile. There are a number
> of ways to proceed.
>
> How much RAM memory do you have and what is your typical pagefile usage?
>
> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
> Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?
>
> You can get more accurate information on pagefile usage using
> pagefilemon, a small freeware utility.
>
> Use page file monitor to observe what is the peak usage. Start it to run
> immediately after start-up and look at the log. Pagefilemon takes
> snapshots. You need to run it at the beginning of the session at then
> run it again at intervals throughout the sessions. The log is Pagefile
> log.txt. If you right click on the file in Windows Explorer and select
> Send to, Desktop (Create Shortcut). The same applies to
> XP_PageFileMon.exe.
>
> A small utility to monitor pagefile usage:
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm
>
> Note that programs using undo features, particularly those associated
> with graphics and photo editing, require large amounts of memory so if
> you use this type of programme check these first observing how the page
> usage increases when they start and whether the usage decreases when you
> close the programme.
>
> You can get clues as to what is generating peak memory demands but this
> is not a precise science, more a matter of judgement.
>
> You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
> the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
> before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
> for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?
>
> Do you leave the computer on 24/7?
>
> I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open Disk
> Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
> click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
> Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
> is more informative.
>
> The last request is asked to get background information not because I
> think you might need to run Disk Defragmenter! You may do but that is
> another question.
>
> When you have identified, which programmes are generating excessive or
> untimely demands for memory you have the choice of modifying their
> behavour or replacing them with an alternative. The first move should be
> to see if you can change the programme so that it is available on demand
> (when you need it) from just loading automatically when you boot. Look
> in the programme setting to see whether there are options. If that is
> not possible then use Autoruns to disable it from starting when you
> boot. Autoruns is far more suited to what you have in mind than
> msconfig. It also identies more start up items than msconfig.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../Autoruns.mspx
>
> With Autoruns you can uncheck an item, which disables it from starting,
> or you can can right click an item and then delete it. If you uncheck
> you can recheck to re-enable the item. It is a much safer approach than
> editing the Registry. Another useful feature of the programme is that
> you can right click an item and select Search Online to get information
> about the item selected.
>
> Another change to be considered concerns automatic daily scanning by
> your anti virus etc. Often these are timed to occur either when you boot
> or shortly after. A change to another time may be beneficial. Look at
> the settings in your anti-virus.
>
> Often users are "sold" anti-virus and other security software that
> offers protection at a high cost in terms of performance. Norton and
> McAfee producted are well known for this downside. Perfectly adequate
> freeware software is available without these adverse side effects.
>
> Something else to watch. Too many Internet Explorer Add-ons.
>
> When you have carried out a review of what is going on on your computer,
> making appropriate changes, you may establish a need to add more RAM.
> However, do not overlook that adding RAM may not improve performance if
> something else like a low CPU speed is holding the system back.
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
> qiman wrote:
> > would like to learn hoe to set to my parameters to free up memory and
> > speed.
> >
> > I will need to know what is abso;utely needed and what can be
> > modified.
> >
> > Any assets out there to help? thank you
>
> As Leonard said you do not free up RAM
>
>
>

qiman wrote:
> would like to learn hoe to set to my parameters to free up memory and speed.
>
> I will need to know what is abso;utely needed and what can be modified.
>
> Any assets out there to help? thank you

Windows loads and runs, behind your back, a vast number of programs,
device drivers, network drivers, smart key interceptors, and operating
system support routines. Some of them are necessary (so necessary that
Windows won't boot without them). Others are frills. All of them
consume RAM and runtime. Although msconfig is supposed to be able to
turn these programs on and off, net rumor has it that msconfig is not
the right program to use. Better is
Start->Settings->ControlPanel->administrativeTools->services. This
program lists all the "services" in windows, status, running or not,
and start up mode (auto, manual,never). It allows you to change startup
mode and turn services on and off.
Care is required. For example service "Remote Program Control" is
vital to Windows, and unless left "automatic" your computer will never
boot again. Be warned. When in doubt google on the name of the service
and read other's comments upon the necessity of said service. You will
find a diversity of opinion on the net. Read more than one opinion.
When in doubt go with the majority or with the Black Viper website.
Start mode is automatic, manual or disabled. Automatic means the
service is loaded a boot time, whether it is needed or not, slowing your
boot everyting you boot. Manual means load the service when another
program requests the service. The load will happen automatically when
and if the service is needed. Disabled means never load this service,
no matter what.
Services that are only used occassional should be "manual" so that
they don't slow the boot, eat up ram and runtime unless they are needed.
Don't disable a service unless you are very sure that it is never
needed.

--
David J. Starr

Blog: www.newsnorthwoods.blogspot.com

You can disregard System Idle as it is referring to the percentage of
CPU capacity not being used. Thus if all the processes are using 15 %
CPU System Idle will show 85%.

Video editing will use a lot of memory. What do you mean when you refer
to 1005? If you are referring to the number in the PID column this has
no signifance. A number is allocated by windows each time the computer
is restarted. Thus the number for a particular process will not be the
same next time you restart the computer. Exceptions are System Idle -PID
0 and System -PID 4. There may be other exceptions.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
qiman wrote:
> Gerry,
>
> Thank you. You have given me the information I unknowlingly needed.
> I do need to better grasp all the info you sharde with me, which I
> hope are online resources.
> I have AMD 2.8 running on an a850e HP maxed out at 1 gb add on memory.
> I hope to use video making software from Serif.My wife so kindly
> purchased for me.
>
> Back to the issue.
> My immediate problem is answered by your last entry. Autoruns is
> where I need to go first.
> I have a huge proccesses list running on Task Manager and I thought
> to limit startups but they seem to come right back if you use them
> from programs.
>
> I need to become more learned in hoe Windows works on this level and
> any guidance would be appreciated.
>
> I have tried to monitor Task manager and two things I have noted are
> system idle at 98 to 985is one and another is when I attempt to use
> video productionas in movie editing ( not even encoding) the Task
> manager will show 1005.
> Leads me to autorun as you suggest.
> I will look for any other help you can give and will go to Autorun as
> you suggest and start to keep better track of all my actions to see
> the outcomes. Thank you very much, Richard
>
> "Gerry" wrote:
>
>> Freeing up memory is the wrong way to look at what I think you are
>> seeking to achieve, better system performance. You need to either add
>> RAM memory or curtail excessive use of the pagefile. There are a
>> number of ways to proceed.
>>
>> How much RAM memory do you have and what is your typical pagefile
>> usage?
>>
>> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
>> Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?
>>
>> You can get more accurate information on pagefile usage using
>> pagefilemon, a small freeware utility.
>>
>> Use page file monitor to observe what is the peak usage. Start it to
>> run immediately after start-up and look at the log. Pagefilemon takes
>> snapshots. You need to run it at the beginning of the session at then
>> run it again at intervals throughout the sessions. The log is
>> Pagefile log.txt. If you right click on the file in Windows Explorer
>> and select Send to, Desktop (Create Shortcut). The same applies to
>> XP_PageFileMon.exe.
>>
>> A small utility to monitor pagefile usage:
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm
>>
>> Note that programs using undo features, particularly those associated
>> with graphics and photo editing, require large amounts of memory so
>> if you use this type of programme check these first observing how
>> the page usage increases when they start and whether the usage
>> decreases when you close the programme.
>>
>> You can get clues as to what is generating peak memory demands but
>> this is not a precise science, more a matter of judgement.
>>
>> You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
>> the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the
>> boxes before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the
>> figures for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?
>>
>> Do you leave the computer on 24/7?
>>
>> I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open
>> Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
>> click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
>> Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as
>> it is more informative.
>>
>> The last request is asked to get background information not because I
>> think you might need to run Disk Defragmenter! You may do but that is
>> another question.
>>
>> When you have identified, which programmes are generating excessive
>> or untimely demands for memory you have the choice of modifying their
>> behavour or replacing them with an alternative. The first move
>> should be to see if you can change the programme so that it is
>> available on demand (when you need it) from just loading
>> automatically when you boot. Look in the programme setting to see
>> whether there are options. If that is not possible then use Autoruns
>> to disable it from starting when you boot. Autoruns is far more
>> suited to what you have in mind than msconfig. It also identies more
>> start up items than msconfig.
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../Autoruns.mspx
>>
>> With Autoruns you can uncheck an item, which disables it from
>> starting, or you can can right click an item and then delete it. If
>> you uncheck you can recheck to re-enable the item. It is a much
>> safer approach than editing the Registry. Another useful feature of
>> the programme is that you can right click an item and select Search
>> Online to get information about the item selected.
>>
>> Another change to be considered concerns automatic daily scanning by
>> your anti virus etc. Often these are timed to occur either when you
>> boot or shortly after. A change to another time may be beneficial.
>> Look at the settings in your anti-virus.
>>
>> Often users are "sold" anti-virus and other security software that
>> offers protection at a high cost in terms of performance. Norton and
>> McAfee producted are well known for this downside. Perfectly adequate
>> freeware software is available without these adverse side effects.
>>
>> Something else to watch. Too many Internet Explorer Add-ons.
>>
>> When you have carried out a review of what is going on on your
>> computer, making appropriate changes, you may establish a need to
>> add more RAM. However, do not overlook that adding RAM may not
>> improve performance if something else like a low CPU speed is
>> holding the system back.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>>
>> qiman wrote:
>>> would like to learn hoe to set to my parameters to free up memory
>>> and speed.
>>>
>>> I will need to know what is abso;utely needed and what can be
>>> modified.
>>>
>>> Any assets out there to help? thank you
>>
>> As Leonard said you do not free up RAM

David st
Gerry, I apologise for my poor typing and run on sentences!.
The 1005 was supposed to mean 100 percent cpu useage when attempting to run
audio visual program.

I was stating that the loaded program was hard put to operate due to waht I
understood to mean CPU useage was maxed out according to the task manager.
What do you think of David Starr's input.

I am aware of the abundance of startup activities and I understand the need
to limit their access.

I would truly like to set the start up to boot what is needed and allowme
total control of opening programs when I wish without the programs All
wanting to be online.

I think that is what David is getting at.
I would appreciate your input do the fact you were right there from the
beginning understanding where I was headed and are very articulate with your
answers.

Thank you as well David.
Richard

I thank you for educating me to what sytem idle means.

"qiman" wrote:

> Gerry,
>
> Thank you. You have given me the information I unknowlingly needed.
> I do need to better grasp all the info you sharde with me, which I hope are
> online resources.
> I have AMD 2.8 running on an a850e HP maxed out at 1 gb add on memory.
> I hope to use video making software from Serif.My wife so kindly purchased
> for me.
>
> Back to the issue.
> My immediate problem is answered by your last entry. Autoruns is where I
> need to go first.
> I have a huge proccesses list running on Task Manager and I thought to limit
> startups but they seem to come right back if you use them from programs.
>
> I need to become more learned in hoe Windows works on this level and any
> guidance would be appreciated.
>
> I have tried to monitor Task manager and two things I have noted are system
> idle at 98 to 985is one and another is when I attempt to use video
> productionas in movie editing ( not even encoding) the Task manager will show
> 1005.
> Leads me to autorun as you suggest.
> I will look for any other help you can give and will go to Autorun as you
> suggest and start to keep better track of all my actions to see the outcomes.
> Thank you very much, Richard
>
> "Gerry" wrote:
>
> > Freeing up memory is the wrong way to look at what I think you are
> > seeking to achieve, better system performance. You need to either add
> > RAM memory or curtail excessive use of the pagefile. There are a number
> > of ways to proceed.
> >
> > How much RAM memory do you have and what is your typical pagefile usage?
> >
> > Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
> > Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?
> >
> > You can get more accurate information on pagefile usage using
> > pagefilemon, a small freeware utility.
> >
> > Use page file monitor to observe what is the peak usage. Start it to run
> > immediately after start-up and look at the log. Pagefilemon takes
> > snapshots. You need to run it at the beginning of the session at then
> > run it again at intervals throughout the sessions. The log is Pagefile
> > log.txt. If you right click on the file in Windows Explorer and select
> > Send to, Desktop (Create Shortcut). The same applies to
> > XP_PageFileMon.exe.
> >
> > A small utility to monitor pagefile usage:
> > http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm
> >
> > Note that programs using undo features, particularly those associated
> > with graphics and photo editing, require large amounts of memory so if
> > you use this type of programme check these first observing how the page
> > usage increases when they start and whether the usage decreases when you
> > close the programme.
> >
> > You can get clues as to what is generating peak memory demands but this
> > is not a precise science, more a matter of judgement.
> >
> > You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
> > the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
> > before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
> > for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?
> >
> > Do you leave the computer on 24/7?
> >
> > I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open Disk
> > Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
> > click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
> > Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
> > is more informative.
> >
> > The last request is asked to get background information not because I
> > think you might need to run Disk Defragmenter! You may do but that is
> > another question.
> >
> > When you have identified, which programmes are generating excessive or
> > untimely demands for memory you have the choice of modifying their
> > behavour or replacing them with an alternative. The first move should be
> > to see if you can change the programme so that it is available on demand
> > (when you need it) from just loading automatically when you boot. Look
> > in the programme setting to see whether there are options. If that is
> > not possible then use Autoruns to disable it from starting when you
> > boot. Autoruns is far more suited to what you have in mind than
> > msconfig. It also identies more start up items than msconfig.
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../Autoruns.mspx
> >
> > With Autoruns you can uncheck an item, which disables it from starting,
> > or you can can right click an item and then delete it. If you uncheck
> > you can recheck to re-enable the item. It is a much safer approach than
> > editing the Registry. Another useful feature of the programme is that
> > you can right click an item and select Search Online to get information
> > about the item selected.
> >
> > Another change to be considered concerns automatic daily scanning by
> > your anti virus etc. Often these are timed to occur either when you boot
> > or shortly after. A change to another time may be beneficial. Look at
> > the settings in your anti-virus.
> >
> > Often users are "sold" anti-virus and other security software that
> > offers protection at a high cost in terms of performance. Norton and
> > McAfee producted are well known for this downside. Perfectly adequate
> > freeware software is available without these adverse side effects.
> >
> > Something else to watch. Too many Internet Explorer Add-ons.
> >
> > When you have carried out a review of what is going on on your computer,
> > making appropriate changes, you may establish a need to add more RAM.
> > However, do not overlook that adding RAM may not improve performance if
> > something else like a low CPU speed is holding the system back.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Gerry
> > ~~~~
> > FCA
> > Stourport, England
> > Enquire, plan and execute
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >
> > qiman wrote:
> > > would like to learn hoe to set to my parameters to free up memory and
> > > speed.
> > >
> > > I will need to know what is abso;utely needed and what can be
> > > modified.
> > >
> > > Any assets out there to help? thank you
> >
> > As Leonard said you do not free up RAM
> >
> >
> >

Thank you David!

Between you and Gerry I believe I will be able to have a computer workplace
friend as oppossed to a computer workplace fiend.
You are correct in what I am after. That is being able to use my computer
and as much of the 1 Gb of memory I paid extra for to work on the program at
hand without having non essentials to my work draining off needed memory.
I will review what you and Gerry have shared and maybe await further
feedback prior to attempting to change the start up as you indicated.
AgainThank you, Richard

"David Starr" wrote:

> qiman wrote:
> > would like to learn hoe to set to my parameters to free up memory and speed.
> >
> > I will need to know what is abso;utely needed and what can be modified.
> >
> > Any assets out there to help? thank you
>
> Windows loads and runs, behind your back, a vast number of programs,
> device drivers, network drivers, smart key interceptors, and operating
> system support routines. Some of them are necessary (so necessary that
> Windows won't boot without them). Others are frills. All of them
> consume RAM and runtime. Although msconfig is supposed to be able to
> turn these programs on and off, net rumor has it that msconfig is not
> the right program to use. Better is
> Start->Settings->ControlPanel->administrativeTools->services. This
> program lists all the "services" in windows, status, running or not,
> and start up mode (auto, manual,never). It allows you to change startup
> mode and turn services on and off.
> Care is required. For example service "Remote Program Control" is
> vital to Windows, and unless left "automatic" your computer will never
> boot again. Be warned. When in doubt google on the name of the service
> and read other's comments upon the necessity of said service. You will
> find a diversity of opinion on the net. Read more than one opinion.
> When in doubt go with the majority or with the Black Viper website.
> Start mode is automatic, manual or disabled. Automatic means the
> service is loaded a boot time, whether it is needed or not, slowing your
> boot everyting you boot. Manual means load the service when another
> program requests the service. The load will happen automatically when
> and if the service is needed. Disabled means never load this service,
> no matter what.
> Services that are only used occassional should be "manual" so that
> they don't slow the boot, eat up ram and runtime unless they are needed.
> Don't disable a service unless you are very sure that it is never
> needed.
>
> --
> David J. Starr
>
> Blog: www.newsnorthwoods.blogspot.com
>

Gerry, This is my latest reply and I would like you to know I just downloaded
the program you recommended and everything now makes sense now that I have
the context to work in.
I especially like the right click abilty to go online!.

A great tool. I will give you update when I have had time to work through
the basics. Thank you, Richard

"Gerry" wrote:

> You can disregard System Idle as it is referring to the percentage of
> CPU capacity not being used. Thus if all the processes are using 15 %
> CPU System Idle will show 85%.
>
> Video editing will use a lot of memory. What do you mean when you refer
> to 1005? If you are referring to the number in the PID column this has
> no signifance. A number is allocated by windows each time the computer
> is restarted. Thus the number for a particular process will not be the
> same next time you restart the computer. Exceptions are System Idle -PID
> 0 and System -PID 4. There may be other exceptions.
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> qiman wrote:
> > Gerry,
> >
> > Thank you. You have given me the information I unknowlingly needed.
> > I do need to better grasp all the info you sharde with me, which I
> > hope are online resources.
> > I have AMD 2.8 running on an a850e HP maxed out at 1 gb add on memory.
> > I hope to use video making software from Serif.My wife so kindly
> > purchased for me.
> >
> > Back to the issue.
> > My immediate problem is answered by your last entry. Autoruns is
> > where I need to go first.
> > I have a huge proccesses list running on Task Manager and I thought
> > to limit startups but they seem to come right back if you use them
> > from programs.
> >
> > I need to become more learned in hoe Windows works on this level and
> > any guidance would be appreciated.
> >
> > I have tried to monitor Task manager and two things I have noted are
> > system idle at 98 to 985is one and another is when I attempt to use
> > video productionas in movie editing ( not even encoding) the Task
> > manager will show 1005.
> > Leads me to autorun as you suggest.
> > I will look for any other help you can give and will go to Autorun as
> > you suggest and start to keep better track of all my actions to see
> > the outcomes. Thank you very much, Richard
> >
> > "Gerry" wrote:
> >
> >> Freeing up memory is the wrong way to look at what I think you are
> >> seeking to achieve, better system performance. You need to either add
> >> RAM memory or curtail excessive use of the pagefile. There are a
> >> number of ways to proceed.
> >>
> >> How much RAM memory do you have and what is your typical pagefile
> >> usage?
> >>
> >> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
> >> Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?
> >>
> >> You can get more accurate information on pagefile usage using
> >> pagefilemon, a small freeware utility.
> >>
> >> Use page file monitor to observe what is the peak usage. Start it to
> >> run immediately after start-up and look at the log. Pagefilemon takes
> >> snapshots. You need to run it at the beginning of the session at then
> >> run it again at intervals throughout the sessions. The log is
> >> Pagefile log.txt. If you right click on the file in Windows Explorer
> >> and select Send to, Desktop (Create Shortcut). The same applies to
> >> XP_PageFileMon.exe.
> >>
> >> A small utility to monitor pagefile usage:
> >> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm
> >>
> >> Note that programs using undo features, particularly those associated
> >> with graphics and photo editing, require large amounts of memory so
> >> if you use this type of programme check these first observing how
> >> the page usage increases when they start and whether the usage
> >> decreases when you close the programme.
> >>
> >> You can get clues as to what is generating peak memory demands but
> >> this is not a precise science, more a matter of judgement.
> >>
> >> You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
> >> the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the
> >> boxes before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the
> >> figures for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?
> >>
> >> Do you leave the computer on 24/7?
> >>
> >> I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open
> >> Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
> >> click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
> >> Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as
> >> it is more informative.
> >>
> >> The last request is asked to get background information not because I
> >> think you might need to run Disk Defragmenter! You may do but that is
> >> another question.
> >>
> >> When you have identified, which programmes are generating excessive
> >> or untimely demands for memory you have the choice of modifying their
> >> behavour or replacing them with an alternative. The first move
> >> should be to see if you can change the programme so that it is
> >> available on demand (when you need it) from just loading
> >> automatically when you boot. Look in the programme setting to see
> >> whether there are options. If that is not possible then use Autoruns
> >> to disable it from starting when you boot. Autoruns is far more
> >> suited to what you have in mind than msconfig. It also identies more
> >> start up items than msconfig.
> >>
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../Autoruns.mspx
> >>
> >> With Autoruns you can uncheck an item, which disables it from
> >> starting, or you can can right click an item and then delete it. If
> >> you uncheck you can recheck to re-enable the item. It is a much
> >> safer approach than editing the Registry. Another useful feature of
> >> the programme is that you can right click an item and select Search
> >> Online to get information about the item selected.
> >>
> >> Another change to be considered concerns automatic daily scanning by
> >> your anti virus etc. Often these are timed to occur either when you
> >> boot or shortly after. A change to another time may be beneficial.
> >> Look at the settings in your anti-virus.
> >>
> >> Often users are "sold" anti-virus and other security software that
> >> offers protection at a high cost in terms of performance. Norton and
> >> McAfee producted are well known for this downside. Perfectly adequate
> >> freeware software is available without these adverse side effects.
> >>
> >> Something else to watch. Too many Internet Explorer Add-ons.
> >>
> >> When you have carried out a review of what is going on on your
> >> computer, making appropriate changes, you may establish a need to
> >> add more RAM. However, do not overlook that adding RAM may not
> >> improve performance if something else like a low CPU speed is
> >> holding the system back.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Gerry
> >> ~~~~
> >> FCA
> >> Stourport, England
> >> Enquire, plan and execute
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> qiman wrote:
> >>> would like to learn hoe to set to my parameters to free up memory
> >>> and speed.
> >>>
> >>> I will need to know what is abso;utely needed and what can be
> >>> modified.
> >>>
> >>> Any assets out there to help? thank you
> >>
> >> As Leonard said you do not free up RAM
>
>
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