How much RAM is enough? How much do you have?

[Taurus]

if you can't worm out the program that's doing it, then i would say yes. here's my task manager after a clean boot, to give you an idea:

 

[lieb39]

This is my task manger after just loading windows. Nothing unusal loaded. Can you go through and tell me what I can take off? Thanks.

 

[NetRyder]

nvsvc32.exe can be unloaded.
Start>Run>services.msc

Set "nVidia Driver Helper Service" to Manual, and Stop it. You might even notice faster shutdowns.

 

[Taurus]

wow, that's quite a list.

well, find out what "apache.exe" is. you got 2 of em...

actually, instead of listing the ones i'm suspicious of, i'll just say i bet a lot of those are useless. even your explorer.exe is a bit bloated at almost 23mb.

- open regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

- there will be lots of crap there. hopefully you'll be able to tell what some of them are and know if they're something you need. others that you know you don't need, go ahead and delete. this will keep them from being loaded at startup.

 

[lieb39]

okay. but im still not sure whats safe or not, anyone can go through and list which are trash...? or anyone know a website?

 

[NetRyder]

Apache is a web server. Are you running a web server lieb39?

 

[NetRyder]

Also, take a look at this page and see if any of the suspicious/useless looking filenames match any software on that list. That'll help you decide what to get rid of.

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.htm

 

[lieb39]

alright, im trying out the website.
yes i run a webserver for personal use only on my computer, but I can't figure out why two apache's loaded. Oh well. I went through the services, and cleaned some out. Now I am down to about 200mb of pagefile.

 

[lieb39]

I went to the website, WOW! What a help! In my registry /run group I cleaned everything except for two out. Right now my computer has to check the disk for errors (its got errors on it) but i'll let all of you know the pagefile when its done. Great Website! 2 Thumbs up!

 

[lieb39]

Well I am still sitting at 191 mb of used pagefile, 43444 (k) free phyiscal memory. What should I do now?

 

[Elroy Jetson]

what about startup pograms under start>programs>startup

do you have a large background image loaded? how many icons/folders do you have on the desktop?

elroy

 

[Taurus]

a 1280x960 background picture (even a small picture 'stretched') on the desktop uses about 6.5mb. less, if you're set at a lower resolution.

 

[lieb39]

on the desktop i have about 10 icons, 3 folders
on the startup menu i got adobe gamma loader
thats it.
and i also have my resolution at 1024x768.

I'm guessing my best bet is to get that new 512mb ddr ram and a nice new format?

 

[Jz1397-5]

i have 1024, anything over that is just not sane for a normal gamer/desktop user.

 

[Gary Pandher]

gonna switch over to ddr ram? or just get more sd ram?

 

[lieb39]

Well I am going to DDR ram because (a) for some reason with sdram my computer will not go full speed (b) its better, I can get a good deal on it
Just wondering though, I play some games not too many (ex. gta3, max payne) but I do use 3dsmax, bryce, vue, photoshop a lot. And usally I have the usal chat programs open with some IE windows. Should I go for the full 1GB of ddr or just the 512mb of DDr?

 

[SPeedY_B]

alright, im trying out the website.
yes i run a webserver for personal use only on my computer, but I can't figure out why two apache's loaded

I get 2 Apache processes here to, I think its normal

i have 1024, anything over that is just not sane for a normal gamer/desktop user

1600x1200 here, and im just a "desktop user"

 

[lieb39]

So does anyone have any idea what I should do? Go for the 512mb DDR or the 1gb of DDR?

 

[Henyman]

i think i can sum up most people's thoughts by saying 512mb

 

[SPeedY_B]

512, agreed :happy: