| Limit Windows' Memory Windows will attempt to use as much memory as your system will allow, up to a point. However, on some processors, there is a point where the increase in memory returns a diminishing increase in performance. At some point, increases in memory can actually begin to decrease performance on many machines, like Windows Me, tops out performance at about 64MB. One way to control the amount of memory available to Windows is to launch MSCONFIG, and click on the General tab. One option is "Limit Memory to ___". Set this number to 64, after checking this option. Reboot your machine and run some tests to see how Windows responds. The minimum amount of memory available to Windows Me should be no less than 32 MB. How to launch MSCONFIG... go to START...RUN...type in MSCONFIG...click ok. |
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