Hello Phil,
Thank you for posting.
From your post, my understanding of this issue is: You would like to know
if there is a measurement in Windows XP just like "System
Properties>Performance>System Resources" in Windows 98. If this is not
correct, please feel free to let me know.
As our excellent MVP Ken said, there isn't a similar measurement in Windows
XP, because Windows XP doesn't need the concept of "System Resources" used
in Windows 98 any more.
In Windows 98, there are two kinds of "System Resources": User Resources
and GDI (Graphic Device Interface) Resources.
1. The User component manages input from the keyboard, mouse, and other
input devices and output to the user interface (windows, icons, menus, and
so on). It also manages interaction with the sound driver, timer, and
communications ports. Windows 98 uses an asynchronous input model for all
input to the system and applications. As the various input devices generate
interrupts, the interrupt handler converts these interrupts to messages and
sends the messages to a raw input thread area, which in turn passes each
message to the appropriate message queue. Although each Win32-based thread
can have its own message queue, all Win16-based applications share a common
one. User Resources are limited to a fixed 64 KB memory. You can not
increase it.
2. The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) is the graphical system that manages
what appears on the screen. It also provides graphics support for printers
and other output devices. It draws graphic primitives, manipulates bitmaps,
and interacts with device-independent graphics drivers, including those for
display and printer output device drivers. GDI Resources are limited to a
fixed 64 KB memory, too. You can not increase it either.
Why these 64 KB limits? They are used to ensure backward compatibility for
16-bit programs originally written for DOS and Windows 3.x. However, in
Win95 and later, there are also 32-bit Resources that do not have the 64 KB
size limitation. We know that NT kernel is complete 32-bit OS, so the 64
KB limitation on User and GDI Resources does not exist in Windows
NT/2000/XP any more.
Windows XP Performance Console (T. Waters mentioned in "Control Panel >
Administrative Tools > Performance"), contains System Monitor and
Performance Logs and Alerts. They're very powerful tools for checking and
recording system performance entirely, including Processor (CPU), Memory
(All memory, but "System Resources" in Windows 98 means a very small part
of memory only), Hard disk, and so on.
System Monitor and Performance Logs and Alerts provide detailed data about
the resources used by specific components of the operating system and by
programs that have been designed to collect performance data. The graphs
provide a display for performance-monitoring data. The logs provide
recording capabilities for the data. Alerts send notification to users
through the Messenger service when a counter value reaches, rises above, or
falls below a defined threshold.
The Performance Tab in Task Manager T. Waters mentioned displays a dynamic
overview of system performance, including:
- Graphs for CPU and memory (all memory) usage.
- Totals for the number of handles, threads, and processes running on your
computer.
- Totals, in kilobytes, for physical, kernel, and commit memory.
For more information about Performance Console or Task Manager Performance
Tab, you can also see their help documents:
- Performance Console :WINDOWS\Help\mpconcepts.chm;
WINDOWS\Help\smlogcfg.chm
- Task Manager Performance Tab : WINDOWS\Help\taskmgr.chm
Hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any other concerns, or
need anything else.
Sincerely,
Tom Che
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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