Help: Keeping Ram Free of Garbage

[Darren Harris]

I am about to put together a SCSI system from some parts I have, and
due to the fact the the motherboard only allows up to 512mb of ram,
I'd want to keep the ram as free as possible, so can anyone tell me
how to go about killing off the unnecessary default processes that
load when the system boots up and how to keep the ram free? Are any
sites that deal with how to do this?

The motherboard is a Micro-ATX:
http://www.bcmcom.com/tech/IN810EP/IN810ep.htm.

And it has a 1Ghz Pentium 3 CPU attached.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

 

[Colin Wilson]

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Giving us a clue at the operating system would help, but this might be a
start...

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

 

[**The Joy Circuit**]

I am about to put together a SCSI system from some parts I have, and
due to the fact the the motherboard only allows up to 512mb of ram,
I'd want to keep the ram as free as possible, so can anyone tell me
how to go about killing off the unnecessary default processes that
load when the system boots up and how to keep the ram free? Are any
sites that deal with how to do this?

The motherboard is a Micro-ATX:
http://www.bcmcom.com/tech/IN810EP/IN810ep.htm.

And it has a 1Ghz Pentium 3 CPU attached.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

I've been using this piece of software for years, FREEMEM.
It's great for any PC with whatever RAM you have, Sad to
say it's shareware but it's worth it.

http://www.3bsoftware.com/products/freemem.html

Matt (UK)

 

[Monster]

With 512 megs you don't need to keep ram free, you have enough for default
processes.. but what if you need ram for games or other tasks? Well the
operating system will just swap the memory of rarely used applications to
disk and give that ram to the game if it *needs* it.
Well what about freemem and other ram freeing programs? well they do exactly
what I mentioned above. They pretend to need all your memory forcing the
operating system to swap memory of programs you use AND don't use to disk.
but wait there's more.. why is your operating system performing this
useless task when it doesn't need to? it will only make your system slower
swapping memory unnecessarily.

 

[Overlord]

Giving us a clue at the operating system would help, but this might be a
start...

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

--

Blackviper is very good for killing off processes. You might want to
kill them off 1 process a day, unless you're absolutely sure it's a
process you can do without. Otherwise you could go thru hell trying
to reenable something not knowing specifically what it is/was.

DL startup.cpl to make sure apps aren't trying to sneak in everytime
you boot up.
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[Al]

I am about to put together a SCSI system from some parts I have, and
due to the fact the the motherboard only allows up to 512mb of ram,
I'd want to keep the ram as free as possible, so can anyone tell me
how to go about killing off the unnecessary default processes that
load when the system boots up and how to keep the ram free? Are any
sites that deal with how to do this?

The motherboard is a Micro-ATX:
http://www.bcmcom.com/tech/IN810EP/IN810ep.htm.

And it has a 1Ghz Pentium 3 CPU attached.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

First to stop unnecessary programs from starting in the first place
take a look at this info:

http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/index.html

Here is a program that releases memory when exiting programs:

http://www.jfitz.com/software/RAMpage/

BTW, there is some old software that will not operate with more than
512 MB of RAM, so for me it has turned out to be just the right amount
for compatibility.

 

[Al Dykes]

First to stop unnecessary programs from starting in the first place
take a look at this info:

http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/index.html

Here is a program that releases memory when exiting programs:

http://www.jfitz.com/software/RAMpage/

BTW, there is some old software that will not operate with more than
512 MB of RAM, so for me it has turned out to be just the right amount
for compatibility.

256MB is plenty for XP if you are just browsing the internet, using mail,
and running something lime MS office. 512MB is generous. a 1Ghz
machine is fine for similar use.

The last parargraph sort of applies to Win/98. There is no such limit
to XP, or any application that runs under XP that I've ever heard of.

You don't need any addon software to stop unnedded processes, here's
my list.


The following services can be turned off; (right mouse click on My
Computer. pick Manage, them pick Services Ana Applications, then pick
Services.

Automatic Updates
Messenger Service
TCP/IP Netbios Helper
Wireless Zero Config (unless have a WiFI adapter in the machine)
Upload Manager
Task Scheduler Server
Error Reporting
Remote Registery
Server Service
Computer Browser

Turn off some of the GUI crap;

Start->Properties Select "classsic" IMHO

Start -> Control Panel > System -> Advanced
-> Performance -> Settings

Select "adjust for best performance"

 

[David Maynard]

256MB is plenty for XP if you are just browsing the internet, using mail,
and running something lime MS office. 512MB is generous. a 1Ghz
machine is fine for similar use.

The last parargraph sort of applies to Win/98. There is no such limit
to XP, or any application that runs under XP that I've ever heard of.

True. Except the win98 problem can be easily fixed by simply limiting the
disk cache size (the part that has the problem) in system.ini.

 

[Louise]

Giving us a clue at the operating system would help, but this might be a
start...

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

--

Blackviper is very good for killing off processes. You might want to
kill them off 1 process a day, unless you're absolutely sure it's a
process you can do without. Otherwise you could go thru hell trying
to reenable something not knowing specifically what it is/was.

DL startup.cpl to make sure apps aren't trying to sneak in everytime
you boot up.
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Where does one find....startup.cpl.

Thanks.

Louise

 

[Bob Adkins]

I am about to put together a SCSI system from some parts I have, and
due to the fact the the motherboard only allows up to 512mb of ram,
I'd want to keep the ram as free as possible, so can anyone tell me
how to go about killing off the unnecessary default processes that
load when the system boots up and how to keep the ram free? Are any
sites that deal with how to do this?

Assuming Windows XP, a good place to start is a little 1 file EXE program
called "SafeXP". http://www.theorica.net/

It will show you a lot of services that are safe to turn off. If something
doesn't work, you simply turn it right back on.

Another cool app is Mr Tech Systray. It's good for riding herd on a few
services and the Prefetch service.

Set the time with a NIST client such as "Achron". It starts with Windows on
boot, sets the time, then totally removes itself from memory.

Memory defraggers and memory "recovery" apps are at best useless, and at
worst, fraudulent.

Bob

 

[Overlord]

Where does one find....startup.cpl.

Thanks.

Louise

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Sorry, hadn't checked in a couple days.
Nice util. I think you'll like it.

Kurt

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[Adam]

Also try CodeSutff Starter. Does a lot more then StartUP.CPL.

Where does one find....startup.cpl.

Thanks.

Louise

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Sorry, hadn't checked in a couple days.
Nice util. I think you'll like it.

Kurt

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