Memory

[=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jorge_A._Ba=F1ales?=]

I have a Windows XP Home version system.
When I try to use a large software, like PhotoShop, it
keeps telling me "insufficient memory".
Using the Task Manager, I check in Processes and it
usually list more than a dozen running programs, with
undecipherable names.
How do I know which ones I can close and still operate the
computer?
Is it there any way to configure the system so that it
doesn't start those strang programs?
Thanks

jorge

 

[EGMcCann]

DO NOT go around shutting off processes! Especially if you don't know what
they are!
You don't say how much memory you have... Get more, it's still cheap. (Not
like the early/mid'90s, where 4 4Mb SIMMs would run $1600.)

 

[Dave - Freedonia]

Try this site for learning about those strange processes:
www.blkviper.com

This will also help to tell if there is any process you don't need or if
you have a rogue program running.