System Resources?

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Paul said:

I just got a new computer with Windows XP Home. We all know about the
infamous WIndows ME dropping System Resources problem. Just out of
curiousity, I wasnt to see how much of my System Resources are free in
Windows XP now that I have it. However, it isn't in the place that it was
on Windows ME and I can't find it! How do I find the percent of System
Resources free on XP?? Thanks.

Try <ctrl-alt-del> and explore the info under each tab

 

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[Paul]

Hi everyone,

I just got a new computer with Windows XP Home. We all know about the
infamous WIndows ME dropping System Resources problem. Just out of
curiousity, I wasnt to see how much of my System Resources are free in
Windows XP now that I have it. However, it isn't in the place that it was
on Windows ME and I can't find it! How do I find the percent of System
Resources free on XP?? Thanks.

Paul
Cleveland, OH

 

[Perdita X. Dream]

Hi everyone,

I just got a new computer with Windows XP Home. We all know about the
infamous WIndows ME dropping System Resources problem. Just out of
curiousity, I wasnt to see how much of my System Resources are free in
Windows XP now that I have it. However, it isn't in the place that
it was on Windows ME and I can't find it! How do I find the percent
of System Resources free on XP?? Thanks.

Paul
Cleveland, OH

XP doesn't use 'system resources'. Please read on for a detailed explanation

Windows XP is NT based and does not use "resources" in the traditional
sense. System resources were two pools of 16-bit 64K (which was what system
resources in 9x based OSes was all about) used by the user.exe and gdi.exe
to keep track of every window you opened. When either of these segments
became full, the system became unstable, and would crash ungraciously (a
blue screen of death).

An NT based system - such as XP - does not have such restrictions. System
resources have been dropped and all of the resource heaps in XP/2000 are
32-bit. This means that they can be (in theory at least) up to 4GB each (the
maximum amount of RAM Windows XP can handle). If you have a decent amount of
RAM (256MB+) you really don't need to worry.

If you wish to see how much RAM is being utilised, then hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and
click the Performance tab.

But you can stop looking for a resources figure because it doesn't exist -
and if it did, it would always show something like 99.9999999% free.

The use of 32-bit resource heaps is also the reason why many 16-bit
applications will not run under XP.


Hope this clarifies things a little.

 

[HillBillyBuddhist]

| Hi everyone,
|
| I just got a new computer with Windows XP Home. We all know about the
| infamous WIndows ME dropping System Resources problem. Just out of
| curiousity, I wasnt to see how much of my System Resources are free in
| Windows XP now that I have it. However, it isn't in the place that it was
| on Windows ME and I can't find it! How do I find the percent of System
| Resources free on XP?? Thanks.
|
| Paul
| Cleveland, OH
|
|
|

A good read on system resources here.
http://www.techweb.com/winmag/columns/explorer/2000/11.htm

The system resource problem in the 9x/ME sense (User and GDI resources) is
essentially a non-issue with XP.

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[Ken Blake]

Just out of
curiousity, I wasnt to see how much of my System Resources are free in
Windows XP now that I have it. However, it isn't in the place that it was
on Windows ME and I can't find it! How do I find the percent of System
Resources free on XP??

You can't, and that's good, not bad. The term "System Resources,"
in the Windows 9x/Me sense, refers to a structure that doesn't
exist on XP.

This is one of XP's many advantages. There's nothing to run out
of and no potential problems associated with this.