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From: "MEB" meb on 16 Dec 2006 22:00 Major Geeks? When you finally determine what you want to do, I will likely partake in the discussion, we all monitor all the threads... good luck -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/ BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real world" "Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happen." Winston Churchill Or to put it another way: Morpheus can offer you the two pills; but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue one. _______________ "Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM(a)myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote in message news:4qGdncxzZLLxxxnYnZ2dnUVZ_qmpnZ2d(a)cavtel.net... | Daave wrote: | > And I just wondered was there a better way of determining this rather | > than the usual System Properties > Performance Tab method. | > | > Unless I misunderstood you, you answered my question of "Is there a | > utility [similar to Process Explorer] that shows actual RAM usage [for | > each process that is running]?" with the instruction to use Process | > Explorer and "Check View in PE then System information." However, this | > didn't do the trick. (Maybe I need to run the latest version.) | | Ah, it looks like CoolMon might do the trick... | |
From: Esteban on 17 Dec 2006 15:38 "Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews(a)mvps.org> wrote in message news:egsWmKTIHHA.4112(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > I'd like to tell you the exact steps, but I don't have a 98 machine handy > at this moment. Still, it's fairly easy to do, something about adding a > chart. You can't hurt anything playing with this app, just go through all > the possibilities, click around all you want, till you get the hang of it. > You'll eventually find what you're looking for. I don't *think* it will > help you here, but a synonym for Swap file is Page file. > Gary, thanks for your help. I found the page I was looking for, I certainly didn't like the results tho.<G> My old machine shows 36.3M Swapfile in use with a peak value of 38076416. Like I said, very old machine (1998 Chicony) 233 processor and 128 meg's of memory. Also, I am trying to use it on some "heavy duty" stock programs. All the applications open, but, as you can imagine they merely crawl. Thanks again, Steve
From: Esteban on 17 Dec 2006 16:17 "Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM(a)myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote in message news:D7Sdnfe-zIrxuxnYnZ2dnUVZ_ue3nZ2d(a)cavtel.net... > Esteban wrote: >> I have a question I would like to throw out for all you folks. >> My OS is 98 SE, when I open SYSTEMS MONITOR it only shows KERNEL >> usage. How do I get to SWAP FILE IN USE? > > Edit > Add Item > Memory Manager > Swapfile in use > OK. > > Daave, I apologize for not thanking you also, I was busy pouting over the slow speed of my 'puter.<G> Thanks, Steve
From: Gary S. Terhune on 17 Dec 2006 16:36 More RAM, less Swap File in use will greatly improve your performance. Both CPU and disk access are involved when the swap file is actually getting used, and the more you do the worse it gets. You end up with half or more of your system working hard to swap things in and out instead of doing the job at hand. I know, I'm working on a machine with similar characteristics, though at Windows XP levels. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "Roll Your Own Free Security Suite" http://wiki.castlecops.com/Roll_your_own_Free_Security_Suite "Esteban" <swanasek(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:RUhhh.6793$Gr2.1850(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.net... > > "Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews(a)mvps.org> wrote in message > news:egsWmKTIHHA.4112(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> I'd like to tell you the exact steps, but I don't have a 98 machine handy >> at this moment. Still, it's fairly easy to do, something about adding a >> chart. You can't hurt anything playing with this app, just go through all >> the possibilities, click around all you want, till you get the hang of >> it. You'll eventually find what you're looking for. I don't *think* it >> will help you here, but a synonym for Swap file is Page file. >> > Gary, thanks for your help. I found the page I was looking for, I > certainly didn't like the results tho.<G> > My old machine shows 36.3M Swapfile in use with a peak value of 38076416. > Like I said, very old machine (1998 Chicony) 233 processor and 128 meg's > of memory. Also, I am trying to use it on some "heavy duty" stock > programs. All the applications open, but, as you can imagine they merely > crawl. > Thanks again, > Steve >
From: Daave on 17 Dec 2006 17:55
Esteban wrote: > "Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM(a)myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote in message > news:D7Sdnfe-zIrxuxnYnZ2dnUVZ_ue3nZ2d(a)cavtel.net... >> Esteban wrote: >>> I have a question I would like to throw out for all you folks. >>> My OS is 98 SE, when I open SYSTEMS MONITOR it only shows KERNEL >>> usage. How do I get to SWAP FILE IN USE? >> >> Edit > Add Item > Memory Manager > Swapfile in use > OK. >> >> > Daave, I apologize for not thanking you also, I was busy pouting over > the slow speed of my 'puter.<G> No problem, Steve. :-) I came across this earlier today; I'm pretty sure you may find it useful: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win98/maintain/first.mspx?mfr=true |