Too many applications open?

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Vance Roos

Am on XP Pro. My cpu is not very fast (700 MHz) and my apps take a
bit of time to launch.

As a result I like to keep five or six of my main apps open even if I
am not using them.

Could I run into problems such as not having enough memory? I have
768 MB of physical memory.

Is there some utility which will allow me to monitor memory to see if
I am keeping too many apps open?
 
With a PC of this spec you would be best not to have programs open that you
do not use as you are slowing your PC down unnecessarily, in fact you should
be investigating applications that you can stop from running without
affecting your usage.

XP will let you know if you get into memory problems - so if you do not
recieve any then memory is OK.
 
Why is my system slowing down when I have a lot of applications open?
Surely they just sit in memory and provided I have enough memory
(which I am not sure if I do, hence my need for something to observe
memeory) then it is ok?

Is this correct?
 
Why is my system slowing down when I have a lot of applications open?
Surely they just sit in memory and provided I have enough memory
(which I am not sure if I do, hence my need for something to observe
memeory) then it is ok?

Is this correct?
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XP has a built in memory moniter. Press and hold Ctrl + Alt + Delete.
The task manager will pop up under preformance you will see you memory
ussage both page file and physical ram.
 
Vance said:
Am on XP Pro. My cpu is not very fast (700 MHz) and my apps take a
bit of time to launch.

As a result I like to keep five or six of my main apps open even if I
am not using them.

Could I run into problems such as not having enough memory? I have
768 MB of physical memory.

Is there some utility which will allow me to monitor memory to see if
I am keeping too many apps open?
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In my view, based on experience running XP on a similiar machine, but
with "only" 512 mb memory ... you won't have any problems (especially if
you don't go looking for them). Just keep computing.
 

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