RAM Problem winXP-98

[Tahir]

Friends my RAM always seems busy[utilized], and keep on
decreasing FREE RAM as time passes...
system description is as follows...
P-IV 1.7 Ghz
DDR 256 MB RAM(two slots, 128 Kigston, 128 Blitz)
Two hard disks(40+20GB)
Win 98[C partition]
Win XP[E Partition]
=====
I have checked with slots one by one, not to avail, as
soon as my OS[98/xp] loads, almost 100 MB RAM is shown as
used, and after I open IE or MSN it start decreasing and
come to critical levels, i checked this with CYBERLAT RAM
CLEANER SOFTWARRE...even though no software is runnning,
not even in back ground, no SQL, tomcat, Oracle, keylogger
etc etc...
Also had formated C and E Partitions and instaled both OS
again...yet the RAM is used much, but although it stopped
INCREASING with that pace, but stil it seemed problmatic..
is there problem with my RAM [kingston or blitz] or is
there any memory resident virus...i chcked the system with
NORTRON 2003 virus defintions updated on 8 Aug 03
please help me out....:-s

regards,
Syed Tahir Rasul

[Captain]

Dear Tahir, I don't know much about 98 but for XP you may like to check how
virtual memory has been alloted to the page file. In your case it seems
there is none. Anyway, to check this, right click 'my computer', click
properties, click 'advanced' and then 'settings' under 'performance'. Then
click 'advanced'. In the bottom portion you can change the page file size,
the best is to have system managed size on the operating system partition.
Click 'set' and if need be reboot.
I guess this will work.
The recommended size is equivalent to 1.5 times the amount of RAM on your
system.

[Ron Martell]

"Tahir" > wrote:

>Friends my RAM always seems busy[utilized], and keep on
>decreasing FREE RAM as time passes...
>system description is as follows...
>P-IV 1.7 Ghz
>DDR 256 MB RAM(two slots, 128 Kigston, 128 Blitz)
>Two hard disks(40+20GB)
>Win 98[C partition]
>Win XP[E Partition]
>=====
>I have checked with slots one by one, not to avail, as
>soon as my OS[98/xp] loads, almost 100 MB RAM is shown as
>used, and after I open IE or MSN it start decreasing and
>come to critical levels, i checked this with CYBERLAT RAM
>CLEANER SOFTWARRE...even though no software is runnning,
>not even in back ground, no SQL, tomcat, Oracle, keylogger
>etc etc...
>Also had formated C and E Partitions and instaled both OS
>again...yet the RAM is used much, but although it stopped
>INCREASING with that pace, but stil it seemed problmatic..
>is there problem with my RAM [kingston or blitz] or is
>there any memory resident virus...i chcked the system with
>NORTRON 2003 virus defintions updated on 8 Aug 03
>please help me out....:-s
>
>regards,
>Syed Tahir Rasul

RAM exists to be used. Period. The Windows Memory Manager will
always attempt to find some use, any potentially beneficial use
whatsoever, rather than just leaving the RAM sitting there idly going
to rot.

256 mb is pretty minimal for Windows XP with any sort of program usage
at all, and I am not surprised to see that all of your RAM is in use.

Free RAM should more accurately be described as *useless* RAM because
that is what it actually represents - RAM for which the Windows Memory
Manager has so far been totally unable to find any beneficial use for.

Hope this clarifies the situation.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

[Bob Willard]

Tahir wrote:

> Friends my RAM always seems busy[utilized], and keep on
> decreasing FREE RAM as time passes...
> system description is as follows...
> P-IV 1.7 Ghz
> DDR 256 MB RAM(two slots, 128 Kigston, 128 Blitz)
> Two hard disks(40+20GB)
> Win 98[C partition]
> Win XP[E Partition]
> =====
> I have checked with slots one by one, not to avail, as
> soon as my OS[98/xp] loads, almost 100 MB RAM is shown as
> used, and after I open IE or MSN it start decreasing and
> come to critical levels, i checked this with CYBERLAT RAM
> CLEANER SOFTWARRE...even though no software is runnning,
> not even in back ground, no SQL, tomcat, Oracle, keylogger
> etc etc...
> Also had formated C and E Partitions and instaled both OS
> again...yet the RAM is used much, but although it stopped
> INCREASING with that pace, but stil it seemed problmatic..
> is there problem with my RAM [kingston or blitz] or is
> there any memory resident virus...i chcked the system with
> NORTRON 2003 virus defintions updated on 8 Aug 03
> please help me out....:-s
>
> regards,
> Syed Tahir Rasul

As Ron M. said, you probably don't have a problem. And, the value
of those "RAM cleaner" products is either zero or negative.
--
Cheers, Bob