Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 10:52:59 01/28/02
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On January 28, 2002 at 13:50:12, John Smith wrote: >On January 28, 2002 at 13:15:22, Freddie Savage wrote: > >>I have a Dell Pentium III 1GB with 512MB of RAM. When I boot up my system >>resources are at 83% and steadily go lower from that point. I use the selective >>startup on the system configuration utility window and have cleared a lot of >>items in startup that I feel are unnecessary. >> >>My question: apart from my anti-hacker software which is zone alarm pro (I have >>a cable connection) and my Norton anti-virus what is the minimum amount of items >>I can keep in startup? My operating system is Windows Me. >> >>Thank you for any help. >>Freddie. > > >When I had windows ME, the best I could do was 92%. I also had 512 mb ram. >www.overclockers.com, under forums, and operating systems, has several >interesting links where you can find assorted tweaks for ME. > >Unfortunately, ME is an overbloated fetid OS; it is begging to be put out of >it's misery. My advice is to upgrade to Windows XP Professional. It is a >wonderful system; lean and mean. > >Good luck. I have never heard Windows XP referred to as lean before! The reason you don't run out of system resources in Windows XP (which is the same for other version of NT, including Win2000) is that the design of the OS is different and you are not limited to 64k blocks for handles and other key objects. Not because XP is lean. IMHO.
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