How to free up some system resources or system memory in XP

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  • Chewy
    Super Moderator
    • Nov 2003
    • 18971

    #31
    with a gig you have already max mem'd the best way.

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    • jm1647
      An Eagles Fan, A MenuShrinker
      • Apr 2005
      • 3661

      #32
      Originally Posted by Chewy
      with a gig you have already max mem'd the best way.
      I get some big swap files

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      • Chewy
        Super Moderator
        • Nov 2003
        • 18971

        #33
        Some programs may only use 100-200 MB but want to reserve a lot more
        ram than that, so windows addresses a lot to the page file, usually the program never accesses the virtual ram.

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        • MilesAhead
          Eclectician
          • Nov 2006
          • 2615

          #34
          Before it disappears completely I would recommend TuneXP 1.5.
          I found one download link that still works:


          I've been using it for several years with great results. I think the best tweaks
          are, for NTFS, the "increase NTFS performance". This stops the OS from
          updating the "last accessed" info on every file it touches. Your HD access
          will speed up right away! Only thing outdated is under Hardware, "enable
          UDMA 66" since most XP systems are prolly running at least UDMA 100 by
          now and clicking it may get an error.. but it won't hurt anything. Another
          good one is "Ultra Fast Booting" but I wouldn't use it unless you have a
          UPS on your system. Don't want a power out in the middle of disk defrag
          including boot files.

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          • Abuilder
            Digital Video Enthusiast
            Digital Video Enthusiast
            • Oct 2006
            • 347

            #35
            Thanks, MilesAhead
            That utility didn't do me any good because I'm not running XP, but that site has a lot of other good stuff and info on it.
            They tried to Assimilate me and failed!

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            • MilesAhead
              Eclectician
              • Nov 2006
              • 2615

              #36
              You're welcome Abuilder. Not being a gamer I was kind of bummed
              when The Screen Savers changed to Attack of the Show and became all
              about gaming instead of system tweaks and tricks. A new PC with
              XP on it takes about 3 hours of "fixing" to get most of the garbage off.

              Screen Savers used to point out stuff like how to get rid of
              auto updates, messaging, and where to get free utilities and system
              tools. Now you pretty much have to keep googling for stuff yourself.
              Like almost a part-time job. heh heh

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              • Chewy
                Super Moderator
                • Nov 2003
                • 18971

                #37
                It takes me about 5 to 10 minutes for my power user setup tweaks, and a few I don't reccomend for everyone

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                • Abuilder
                  Digital Video Enthusiast
                  Digital Video Enthusiast
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 347

                  #38
                  Originally Posted by Chewy
                  It takes me about 5 to 10 minutes for my power user setup tweaks, and a few I don't reccomend for everyone
                  Like system restore? The resource hog
                  They tried to Assimilate me and failed!

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                  • Gary D
                    Lord of Digital Video
                    Lord of Digital Video
                    • Dec 2005
                    • 2266

                    #39
                    I would love to turn off system restore but with a wife, a 3 year old and 2 year old on this computer, it has saved me a lot of trouble and time when I use it.

                    BTW: It is usually my 3 year old doing the "tweaking"!
                    Gary D

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                    • AlienX69
                      Interstellar Traveler
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 550

                      #40
                      Norton Ghost was a BIG resource HOG for me (removed it), I can live with system restore, same reason, my 6 yr old son (the Master Tweeker) .... !!!!

                      AX

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                      • Chewy
                        Super Moderator
                        • Nov 2003
                        • 18971

                        #41
                        after you turn off system restore then you delve into services and that's gets hairy quickly, about like tweaking a full blown bios

                        just buy a 4 ghz quad core with a 4 gigs of very fast ram and a couple of raid striped raptor sets and forget the tweaks

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                        • Abuilder
                          Digital Video Enthusiast
                          Digital Video Enthusiast
                          • Oct 2006
                          • 347

                          #42
                          Ya But the $$$$$$$$$$
                          ouch
                          They tried to Assimilate me and failed!

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                          • jounkarry
                            Junior Member
                            Junior Member
                            • Feb 2011
                            • 1

                            #43
                            The information as you have provided that,s great but, i want to know how Can I Turn off These Programs From Running At Startup?

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                            • jmet
                              Super Moderator
                              • Nov 2002
                              • 8697

                              #44
                              Originally Posted by jounkarry
                              The information as you have provided that,s great but, i want to know how Can I Turn off These Programs From Running At Startup?
                              start > type msconfig > once in the system configuration screen click the start up tab > take the checkmark out of the box of the program you want to disable from starting up (BE VERY CAREFUL WHICH ONES YOU TAKE THE CHECK MARK OUT OF, AS YOU COULD DO MORE DAMAGE THAN GOOD)

                              If you stretch out the "command" column, it will reveal the path of the executable file which will usually give you a good indication of what program it is. Best thing to do is disable the programs one by one. ie, disable and try to restart to see if any problems were caused)

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                              • Tyrique Considi
                                Junior Member
                                Junior Member
                                • Jan 2020
                                • 1

                                #45
                                Originally Posted by jmet
                                start > type msconfig > once in the system configuration screen click the start up tab > take the checkmark out of the box of the program you want to disable from starting up (BE VERY CAREFUL WHICH ONES YOU TAKE THE CHECK MARK OUT OF, AS YOU COULD DO MORE DAMAGE THAN GOOD)

                                If you stretch out the "command" column, it will reveal the path of the executable file which will usually give you a good indication of what program it is. Best thing to do is disable the programs one by one. ie, disable and try to restart to see if any problems were caused)
                                Thank for sharing.
                                Very helpfull.

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