Subj : Re: Windows issues
To   : Finnigann
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Jun 10 2005 01:46 pm

  Re: Re: Windows issues
  By: Finnigann to Digital Man on Fri Jun 10 2005 06:40 am

 >  >  zz> AnalogX MaxMem will reclaim physical RAM:
 >  >  zz> http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/maxmem.htm
 >  >
 >  >  zz> So will Cacheman: http://www.outertech.com/
 >  >
 >  >  zz> I've used both these programs at various points in the past,
 >  >  zz> although not on a machine that was running a BBS.  I don't know
 >  >  zz> how helpful they might be in that sort of situation.
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > Well I'll start with MaxMem and let you all know how it works.
 > 
 >  DM> Such programs are hogwash. Read http://tinyurl.com/9jzuo for
 >  DM> details.
 > 
 > Interesting reading. However the problem remains, when an app says it
 > cannot run for lack of resources... what do you do?

Get rid of the viruses, trojan horses, and other spy/malware on your system.

 > RAM is the first place I thought of to work on.
 > 
 > I understand (albeit vaguely) that there are other items considered
 > 'resources' then the vague part steps in...
 > 
 > All I can say is that early in a session, I can open several apps (as
 > needed) and then a couple of hours later I start getting errors.

You need to keep a tighter lid on your system apparently.

 > BTW on that other matter, I updated the signature fle and found a dozen
 > instances of a couple of worms. These have been eliminated and will
 > watch for new spawnings. Perhaps this will solve two problems.

Most likely. Those RAM "optimizers" and "defraggers" don't really solve any
problems. They just give you the impression that they do.

                                                  digital man

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