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Windows Forum / Windows Me / General Topics / October 2003ME Poor RAM Management
Is there anything that I can do to enhance the way Microsoft ME manages my computer's RAM? I just upgraded the RAM to 768 MB and my available system resources remain unchanged from when I had only 128 MB of RAM. Apparently ME, running the same software as before, now uses 460 MB of RAM as opposed to 76 MB of RAM earlier with no software changes. What is going on? I thought adding 600 MB of RAM to the system would help it, but apparently it only turned ME into a bigger memorey pig. Now, more frequently than ever, I get the messages, "Not enought system resources to operate the program, try shutting down software and retrying the operation." This is making me crazy when it recognizes the 768 MB of RAM, and now allocates it with the same percentages as it did with only 128 MB of RAM. Makes me want to buy an Apple! Many people equate RAM with system resources and that is simply not the way it is. Read the following pages for explanations of System resources. Ron Martell's (MS-MVP) site: http://onlinehelp.bc.ca/tips.htm#resources or Jim Eshelman's (MS-MVP) FAQ on the subject at: http://aumha.org/win4/a/resource.htm Also, since you now have more than 512MB of RAM; Open the system.ini file located in the Windows folder. Scroll down to the [vcache] section and insert the following line: MaxFileCache=512000 Note: This means that all memory is still available to applications. It is simply limiting the amount used as virtual cache memory.  SignatureGeorge (Bindar Dundat ©) MS-MVP This information is provided "AS IS" It may even be wrong! For Windows Troubleshooting Tips see; 9x/ME http://aumha.org/win4/a/tshoot.htm 2000/XP http://aumha.org/win5/a/tshoot.htm | Is there anything that I can do to enhance the way | Microsoft ME manages my computer's RAM? I just upgraded [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] | allocates it with the same percentages as it did with only | 128 MB of RAM. Makes me want to buy an Apple! |
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