Displaying the percent of system resources being used

[Beth Miller]

One quick question...where do I look for system
resources? I know where it is on XP but what I'm looking
for is the % of resources that is being used so I can
close things and make my computer faster. I used to R
click on My Computer and then L click on properties and
it gave a percentage (under Windows 98). Then I could
ctrl-alt-delete and close programs that I didn't need and
it would speed up everything. I can't find anything even
similar on XP!

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Beth,

System resources in WinXP is nothing like what you know from Win98.
Basically, forget everything you ever knew. Hit ctrl+shift+escape, you can
check performance under task manager, and look at running processes and
applications. You can even set priority levels for the processes if needed,
but chances are you won't need to.

Limiting the startup load (the easiest way to control what is running) is
simpler as well. Start/run msconfig and look to the startup tab.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Beth Miller" > wrote in message
...
> One quick question...where do I look for system
> resources? I know where it is on XP but what I'm looking
> for is the % of resources that is being used so I can
> close things and make my computer faster. I used to R
> click on My Computer and then L click on properties and
> it gave a percentage (under Windows 98). Then I could
> ctrl-alt-delete and close programs that I didn't need and
> it would speed up everything. I can't find anything even
> similar on XP!

[RalfG]

AFAIK XP does not handle/limit system resources in the same way as Win9x/ME.
You can access the Task Manager by right clicking on the System Tray and
selecting it from the menu.

"Beth Miller" > wrote in message
...
> One quick question...where do I look for system
> resources? I know where it is on XP but what I'm looking
> for is the % of resources that is being used so I can
> close things and make my computer faster. I used to R
> click on My Computer and then L click on properties and
> it gave a percentage (under Windows 98). Then I could
> ctrl-alt-delete and close programs that I didn't need and
> it would speed up everything. I can't find anything even
> similar on XP!

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Beth Miller > typed:

> One quick question...where do I look for system
> resources? I know where it is on XP but what I'm looking
> for is the % of resources that is being used so I can
> close things and make my computer faster. I used to R
> click on My Computer and then L click on properties and
> it gave a percentage (under Windows 98). Then I could
> ctrl-alt-delete and close programs that I didn't need and
> it would speed up everything. I can't find anything even
> similar on XP!


You can't find them because they're not there, and that's good,
not bad.

System Resources, in the Windows 9X sense of the term, don't
exist in Windows XP, and there's no limitation to be concerned
with.

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Ken Blake
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