Unable to gain System Resources. (WME)

[shiri]

Initially After Starting System The System Resources Used is 94%. But after starting outlook Express The resources go down to 87 and then to 84% at this percent system could not be connected to Internet through Dial Up. Also the resources dont come to original i.e 94% even after closing all the running programs i.e outlook express, etc. Can Any Body tell me How The Resources Could be freed . The resources could be seen by right clicking My Computer and then Performance tab. Is there any program Available.

[BertImmenschuh]

Some good reading about resources here:

http://www2.whidbey.net/djdenham/index.htm (http://www.aumha.org/a/resource.htm>http://www.aumha.org/a/resource.htm</a>

and).

There's some programs available on the 'Net to free up RAM but I haven't found any good ones that free up resources.

[homeflash]

Try to look at the swap space, if it is enough, then there are two possiblities.

1. corrupted files, I had the same problem before. I downloaded a win9x task manager and found out explorer is killing the whole computer. I ended up reintalling the whole system

2. virus. This could kill your computer as well.

[patyson]

This will help;

ALWAYS UNLOAD DLLS


... Suggested by Casper Friis Pedersen (casperfriispedersen@usa.net).
If you installed Windows 98, 98 SE or ME "fresh" on a "clean" hard drive, NOT as an upgrade over an older Win9x/98 version, unlike Windows 98 retail or 95/OSR1/OSR2, the OS always unloads the DLLs (Dynamic Link Libraries) used by programs/games from memory (where are cached for faster execution), upon closing the respective application (default action). But if this setting is turned off, the GUI keeps opened DLLs in the memory buffer much longer than necessary, even after their programs closed, thus slowing down system performance, because over time the amount of RAM dedicated to holding them grows gradually as more apps are opened. :(
This Registry hack applies also to Windows NT4, 2000 and XP, but it is valid ONLY for 32-bit DLLs, NOT for old(er) 16-bit DLLs.
To do this, start Regedit and go to:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\explorer\AlwaysUnloadDllIn the right hand pane look for the "(Default)" String value. Make sure its value is 1.
If not present, create a new Registry subkey: highlight the "explorer" subkey (see above) -&gt; right-click in the left hand pane -&gt; select New -&gt; Key -&gt; type AlwaysUnloadDll -&gt; hit Enter -&gt; highlight the new "AlwaysUnloadDll" subkey -&gt; double-click on the "(Default)" String Value in the right hand pane -&gt; type 1 -&gt; click OK or hit Enter.
The caveat is that certain (especially older) Windows programs might "complain" by issuing error messages [i.e. an Invalid Page Fault (IPF)], or even crashing the entire system when this option is turned on. :(
But you can turn it off: double-click on the "(Default)" Value and change its numeric value from 1 to 0, or delete the "AlwaysUnloadDll" Registry subkey altogether.
If you haven't experienced such errors/lockups, you can leave it on, because this setting speeds up GUI operation a bit, by freeing chunks of unused RAM and returning it to the system.
Close the Registry Editor when done and restart Windows for the change to take effect.







(Default) REG_SZ "1"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion...



Settings
Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\
Explorer\AlwaysUnloadDLL]
Value Name: Default
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: (1 = enable)