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How do I find out what percentage of system resources I
have in windows xp. I knew how to do it in windows 98 but
I'm having trouble finding it in XP.
 
Hi, Jamie.

Use the Task Manager. The two most common methods are to press
<Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del> or to right-click on the Taskbar and choose Task Manager.

Of course, System Resources in WinXP is quite different from in Win9x/ME.
In WinXP we seldom have to worry about such things. ;<)

RC
 
How do I find out what percentage of system resources I
have in windows xp. I knew how to do it in windows 98 but
I'm having trouble finding it in XP.
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System resource limitations, such as what you had in Windows 98, are no
longer meaningful. There were 64K limits on various resources that simply
don't exist on Windows XP. What is meaningful is your processor utilization
and the amount of memory you have free. If your processor is pegged, then
you won't get much done, and if you are using all of your memory, then you
will end up swapping memory onto disk a lot more, which is far slower. Right
click on the taskbar, select task manager, and click on the performance tab,
and you will get this information.

--
Chris Jackson
Software Engineer
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP
Windows XP Associate Expert
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Jamie said:
How do I find out what percentage of system resources I
have in windows xp. I knew how to do it in windows 98 but
I'm having trouble finding it in XP.
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Hi Jamie:

"System Resources" as the term was used in Windows 95/98/Me is
basically irrelevant in Windows XP because the two 64K 16 bit Resource
Heaps (which is what system resources in Windows 95/98/Me was all
about) have been dropped and all of the Resource Heaps in Windows XP
are 32 bit. This means they can be (in theory at least) up to 4 gb
each in total size. Therefore if System Resources were reported on
the same basis as Windows 95/98/Me they would always show something
like 99.999% free.

This use of all 32 bit Resource Heaps is also one reason why some 16
bit applications cannot be used under Windows XP.

Hope this clarifies the situation.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
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Jamie said:
How do I find out what percentage of system resources I
have in windows xp. I knew how to do it in windows 98 but
I'm having trouble finding it in XP.
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The term System Resources, in Windows 9x and Me, referred to a
particular data structure that doesn't exist in Windows XP.

That's one of XP's many improvements over 9X. There are no System
Resources to run out of or to be concerned with.
 
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