BillyBob, "A warm restart does not always clear RAM completly " Sorry, I can't let that pass. I dont know where you got that, but the only...
Tony, I made an awful booboo: I was comparing 16% to 56% and got 40 but NOT mb, just %. 40% of my memory, or rather my computer's (I hope), is...
tony, "Realize that a TSR is NOT a memory leak." I didn't say it was; I know what TSRs are and do. And I admit I don't know whether...
Johanna, I'm sure you know everything I mentioned in my last post. I think I misunderstood your questionx. Re: XP "difference between a...
Hi Tony, "How to determine if have a memory leak? " Great observations. TSRs, which originated in the days of DOS to get some multitasking...
Johanna, "It sounds like you have other problems, anyway, that rebooting won't help." I'm sure. :-) "reboot to refresh the memory in XP"...
BillyBob, Please see machine specs below. At this moment I'm using 186mb of 768, with Norton's system doctor (6 sensors) running, 4 mozilla...
Hi reboot, "NU is a huge resource hog, say goodbye." I agree, but: "currently my ram usage is at 23%" - what do you use? I wouldn't bother...
charlesvar, You read correctly. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! The two drives I disabled were an old 5 1/4 floppy I don't need now, and a...
I've been monitoring my computer for years with Norton's utilities, watching cpu use, memory use, page file use, etc. and I have seen some of the...
been thinking :-). Suspect we're talking apples and oranges: you run servers and I clients. probably written by different programmers?
" Current uptime:" - does that mean since last reboot? And what was the reason for the reboot? A windors error would fit my premise. I call any...
Rehi all, I appreciate the many interesting points made so far in this thread, and I'm still amazed that so many experienced people haven't...
Hi oldsailor, IMHO You are correct. I've seen this in several computers running several versions of windows, including 98, 98se, and xp....
Sorry all, I just remembered to say that anytime I have seen multiple areas failing I replace the power supply, and that has usually fixed the...
Rehi, martinr121, You're correct up to a point - a new mercedes would last longer! Mike
Hi all, Jerry72, Check manual to see how to access BIOS. Check time (and set if not current) in BIOS, and watch to see if it keeps correct...
Hi all, I'm amazed! I've been building the boxes for 20+ years, and I've never heard such !@#$%%^&*()! Dennis should take charge and do his...
hi, fdisk/mbr won't do it. you must run fdisk, access the drive and make it active, c: if more than one partition. Hope jumpers are ok. Mike
Hi Martinr121, "It is always a battle between budget and desire. That's why I'm not driving a Mercedes. The budget overcomes desire. " I...
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