low resources

All 'decently programmed' programs return the resources they use if you close them. Only badly programmed programs take them and don't return them. The simple cure is to reboot.

The resources used by a program can't be influenced by the user. The only way to use less resources is to have less programs running. The ways to go:
- Remove unnecessary programs from your start-up list (using msconfig); be sure you know what you do, however.
- Scan for spyware.
- Close programs and windows you don't need any more.

Hope this helps.


Kees

A temporary solution is to reboot.
You need to lower the number of programs that start up with the system...you probably have alot of icons in your system tray (lower right)
You also need to add more memory...it's the cheapest and best improvement you can make to enhance your computers' performance.

I use a free little program called Maxmem, available from http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system.htm
Doesn't completely stop the need to reboot, but at least it stalls it for a while. Hope this helps!

Restart computer

I use Chacheman in order to recover memory , it works ok most of the time, hoever you shoul consider to add som Ram to your PC.

ddlpm

You can also remove any icons on the task bar that you don't really need at start up, and that frees up resources too.

After reading all the responses I agree with Kees approach the best. The only other thing I could add is to add RAM and upgrade to XPPro (NOT THE HOME VERSION)if you want a permanent fix to your resources problem.

the frist thing i would do, is find out how much ram i had, and if possible, incress it to 256mg. if that is not possible then go to system tools, system information,tools,system config., startup. then uncheck all not need programs.
the best bet is to install a good cleaner, like e-cleaner and do a daily cleaning, scandisk, and defrag.set it to run when u are a sleep.

Kees makes a good point about the poorly written program not returning resources, and that using less programs will use less resources. But beyond this maybe I can be of some assistance.

There has been confusion between memory (RAM) and resources in Windows, and they are NOT EQUAL. In Windows 98, the system resources are (if I recall correctly from an article in PC Magazine) five locations in memory with FIXED size, no matter how much memory you have. While adding memory will help improve overall system performance, it will not alleviate the resource shortage that occurs when poorly written programs fail to return their resources to Windows.

The only permanent fix for this problem is to install a version of Windows based on the NT kernel (2000 and XP). These operating systems do not have the limitations on these resource areas.

Hope this helps,
Dan

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in win 98 any amount of resources greater than 85% is good.
if u r facing low resources problem
1. delete temporary internet files, cookies, temporary files, empty recycle bin.

2. do msconfig, go to start->run->type msconfig
chose the startup tab on the upper side of the window and uncheck all the items except
Taskmonitor
scheduling agent
scanregistry
system tray
loadpowerprofile
any antivirus software
any isp software

3. remove all the unused programs from Add/Remove programs, which r not in use.