Memory management software

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I have a notebook computer which is running Windows XP Home with 256 MB
memory. That is the maximum memory the computer can support. I notice the
hard disk read & write very frequently. Can someone recommend an effective
memory management software to improve this situation.

Thanks,

Ray
 
"Ray" <[email protected]> wrote:
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I have a notebook computer which is running Windows XP Home with 256 MB
memory. That is the maximum memory the computer can support. I notice the
hard disk read & write very frequently. Can someone recommend an effective
memory management software to improve this situation.
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There are 3 different versions of RamIdle on this page:

http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32_freeware.html

I had fantastic results running RI under Win 98SE, but I could tell no
difference on the same machine later running Win ME.

XP does a pretty good job of managing ram on my system, but I have 1
gig of ram and plenty of swap space. I'm pretty sure nothing will be
affected if you want to try RI in XP, but I've never tried it.
 
I have visited the website but seems the software is not for Windows XP.

Ray
 
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I have visited the website but seems the software is not for Windows XP.
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Just as well. Memory managers were intended to compensate for the weaknesses
in early versions of Windows. Now that MS has **real** operating systems
(2000, XP, 2003), there's no need for third-party memory managers.

If you think you need a memory manager for XP, what you may **really** need
is more memory.
 
Just as well. Memory managers were intended to compensate for the weaknesses
in early versions of Windows. Now that MS has **real** operating systems
(2000, XP, 2003), there's no need for third-party memory managers.

If you think you need a memory manager for XP, what you may **really** need
is more memory.
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Or pehaps another solution is to go to win 2000 if you have it. Higher
versions of Windows get bigger and use more resources. I don't know of
anything I can't do with win 2000 that I could do with XP so why use a
reource intensive os. But Idon't play games.

My experience with Windows 200 is very reliable (unlike 95-98-me) and
when I occassionally run XP which was supplied with the notebook, I
get much more problems. I have a similar amount of memory and don't
see problems.

The ony problem is getting drivers for a notebook and all it's bits.
It took a few days of hard work trying and searching but pretty much
everything works fine eventually even though Compaq assured me it
wasn't possible. (They also said it's not possible to partion the HDD
.... thanks Compaq)
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Also sprach Ray
I have a notebook computer which is running Windows XP Home with 256
MB memory. That is the maximum memory the computer can support. I
notice the hard disk read & write very frequently. Can someone
recommend an effective memory management software to improve this
situation.
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Not software but it saves some memory: turn off unnecessary services in
XP. Lots of info on this can be found on www.blackviper.com

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