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System Resources
System resources are areas of memory that are used by the input manager (USER.EXE) and the graphic display interface manager (GDI.EXE) for keeping track of all of the windows that are open in a session and for drawing objects on the screen. Owing to their fundamental nature, the performance of these programs has been improved by limiting their data to a single 64Kb segment of DOS memory (the Intel processors can access data from a 64Kb segment much faster than from a wider area). If either of these segments becomes full, programs may fail to load and Windows may become unstable - regardless of how much other free memory there is.
Each application that is loaded, and each window and child-window that is open, consumes system resources. Typically an application consumes 2-8% of system resources, and each child-window consumes 1-2%. Certain programs (eg Print Manager and some TCP/IP communication programs are particularly bad culprits) are much more greedy for system resources than this. Closing an application should release its allocated system resources, but some software is not as well behaved as it should be and this release may not happen.
If the free resources fall below about 10-15%, problems may be encountered, save any work and if more than one program is running, close one or more. If this does not bring up system resources and stabilizes your system Windows should be restarted as soon as possible
If you wish to skip this information and you want to know what you can and cannot disable in System Configuration Information/Utility to increase your system resources visit: http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php this link will open in a new window. Windows Resource Meter (C:\Windows\rsrcmtr.exe) monitors your
system resources in Windows 98 & ME. For Windows XP - Ctrl+Alt+Del To free up resources you need to run MSCONFIG.EXE - The following is Windows ME's System Configuration Utility window.
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System Configuration's for
Windows 98 System Configuration Utility From Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Information. Or you can take the short cut, from Start select Run and type in MSCONFIG.EXE Fig. 3
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Fig. 5 See Fig. 8 for more items/programs that may not be shown below. ScanRegistry SystemTray TaskMonitor LoadPowerProfile To further find what can be disabled to free up system resources http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php this link will open in a new window Running ME on a Compaq, you receive the Startup Resource Manager Warning message Fig. 6
When I click OK, it took me to this screen. Fig. 7 If you click next you get the screen below. Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Information. Or you can take the short cut, from Start select Run and type in MSCONFIG.EXE This a list of from one computer...Commands running are checked Now the decision is what can be enable or disable to regain the most system resources and not experience any difficulties. Some are self explanatory and others such as LoadQm.exe or Hidserv.exe are hard to find out what their function is and if you can disable them? You cannot find these files in Windows ME or Windows 98's Help files. You can try search engines and pray to find the answer. Some are not clear on what their function is or as whether or not you can disable them. For example loadqm.exe, I have tried searching Windows online support.microsoft.com/directory and the Compaq Microsoft Help and Support feature built in Windows ME. To no avail, nothing mentions loadqm.exe I have written Microsoft and was given this reply, Thank you for contacting Microsoft. You may wish to contact MSN for information on the file, loadqm.exe. For technical support for a MSN issue, please go to http://supportservices.msn.com Now why would I want to contact Microsoft Messenger? Is loadqm.exe contected to MSN? At this point you do not know. Where can I find at Microsoft or within Windows 95/98/ME, what
can I enable or disable by name, description and or its Items you should never uncheck are, ScanRegistry SystemTray TaskMonitor LoadPowerProfile To further find what can be disabled to free up system resources http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php this link will open in a new window
Windows XP System Configuration Utility You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure. System Configuration Utility (Msconfig.exe) automates the routine
troubleshooting steps that Fig. 9
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Now the decision is what can be enable or disable to regain the most system resources. Some are self explanatory and others are hard to find out what their function is and if you can disable them? To further find what can be disabled to free up system resources visit http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php this link will open in a new window. Windows XP Resource Metering Ctrl+Alt+Del and at the bottom you can view your CPU Usage
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The figure given as system resources is the percentage free of whichever
of the two areas is lower. Windows Resource Meter can be accessed from the
Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools. It will run with
an icon 
in your system tray and show you resources in little bars of green. When it gets
below half, it's time to be careful. Bear in mind that
that running this utility does use a small amount of resources itself.
Save your work often. 
