[davidrs]

Hi Folks,

A friend explained that I should be aware of my "system resources" and always "keep it high [as to percentage]".

I know little about system resources and need to be educated. Can someone help?

Thanks,

davidrs

[$teve]

heres a good explaination for you davidrs.
hope it helps.......good luck

[Dark Star]

Originally posted by $teve:
heres a good explaination for you davidrs.
hope it helps.......good luck

ermmmm.... $teve aren't we forgetting something?



DS

[Dark Star]

davidrs...

What OS are you working with? Win98 or NT or Win2k or XP?

Reason I ask is that with Win98 I find it easy to see a % of resources in the System Information panel. Win2k is a bit harder to really see a specific % amount ... lots of bar graphs and fancies but no X ammount of % stated that I can easily decipher.

At anty rate....

You can find the System Information panel by going to Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Information

In Win98 (the percentage) for instance 78% or whatever you see when you first boot up the system... the higher the % the better because as you open programs in Windows, or launch IE that 78% begins to drop.... the jury is "out as to how low that % can drop before the system crashes, it will however get very sloooooooow and unstable before it goes CRASH.
Ive seen some puters alive and running with as little as 20%... but it's best to reboot looooong before you get there, I'd say at 50% its time to reboot.

PC's that have a fair amount of RAM installed for instance 128 or 256 in a Win98 system is pretty good IMO, and depending on how stramlined your startup programs are the % will start out at a higher # then if you have a ton of extra baggage starting up.

a good read on startup progs is ....

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm

and one on resources.....

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/res/

one more

http://www.infinisource.com/techfile...resources.html
(I'm not to hip on the resource meter because using it sucks up more resources)

Good Luck..
DS

[bassetman]

DS, I was wondering if I was the only one confused!

John

[Dark Star]

Originally posted by bassetman:
DS, I was wondering if I was the only one confused!

John

hehehe

Actually if someone can explain to me where the % of system resources can be found in Win2k... I'd be most appreciative indeed.

For instance right now in System Resources panel I see ....

Total Physical Memory ... 261,616 KB
Total Virtual Memory....... 893,356 KB
Available Vitual Memory.. 712,116 KB

I'd be really nice to have a number like 78% or whatever it works out to be using those numbers.

I suppose that I could divide the 261,616 by 1024 to get the 255.48 MB that's in there ... close enuff to 256 I guess... I'm not even sure that's right.

Then we've got the "Virtual Memory" numbers and there's probably some sort of relative way to do the math on those ... I guess

There's the Task Manager> Performance tab and the CPU Usage and the MEM Usage numbers for me to look at.... along with the cool 'o so bitchin' Space Shuttle bar graphs to the right LMAO

Yeah and while I'm askin' what is MEM Usage 82816K / 631740K suppose to be telling me? ... and I dunno if we need to venture into the Commit Charge (K) and the Kernel Memory (K) and those three sets of numbers in there.

DS thinks maybe those numbers have a greater significance once the Space Shuttle releases the boosters and begins to break into the Ionosphere ... must be used to monitor sensitive atmospheric events. ROTF

[bassetman]

You could check this out and see if it does what you want.

http://www.analogx.com/contents/down...tem/maxmem.htm

John

[Dark Star]

john where are you? ... can we talk?

Thats pretty cool alright

ermmmm only thing is that I see as a drawback is that .... it's another thing to lauch on startup and while it may manage the usage of the system resources better than the way that the OS is currently configured and all...

hmmmm this isn't something that I'll be using as a backup earth re entry tool is it?

I dunno john ... I guess what I want is a simple thing that tells me what % my resources are at without havin to whip out the 'ol handy dandy calculator.

Hey meet me at the tavern for a cyberbeer ... I'm buyin'

[bassetman]

I'll see if I can get Chat to work!

John

[DMC2]

Win NT, 2K and XP use a new technology which is much more complex and handles resources much better so we don't really have to worry about those resources as much. So, I read ...

It'd be nice to see it though...

[bassetman]

Win NT, 2K and XP use a new technology which is much more complex and handles resources much better so we don't really have to worry about those resources as much. So, I read ...

Yeah and the next M$ OS will be bug free!

Sorry

John

[DMC2]

hehe. Well, not bug-free. Might get better or worse

I mean, ME came after 98

[pyritechips]

Actually if someone can explain to me where the % of system resources can be found in Win2k... I'd be most appreciative indeed.

Um...excuse me but I'm new at W2k.

Are you talking about: right click toolbar\Task Manager\Performance tab. On mine I see a cute lil green % vertical bar graph with a numeric readout for CPU Usage. There's similar displays for Memory Usage. What more could a guy want? (beside a nice cold beer!

~Jim

[Dark Star]

Originally posted by pyritechips:

I see a cute lil green % vertical bar graph with a numeric readout for CPU Usage. There's similar displays for Memory Usage...

Ya I see that same little cute % vertical bar graph with a numeric readout for CPU Usage... this one bounces between 0 and 3% I suppose the CPU is not being taxed

What more could a guy want? (beside a nice cold beer!

How about JUST a simple System Resources % ... available RAM % NUMBER?

....... then a nice cold beer

DS

[pyritechips]

I believe "system resources" includes several factors. It isn't just a single measurement, like CPU usage. I have never heard a proper definition of it and have never seen an actual measurement of it. It takes into consideration things like cpu speed and cache, ram size and speed, page file, bus speed....

I dont think such a creature as a "system resource meter" really exists.

So I'm going to just suck it up and have that cold beer ( and suck THAT up too !)