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system resources

by hartlanders Jun 3, 2005 11:50PM PDT

what is the biggest user of system resources?when i bootup my resources is 76%,after i connect it drops to 31%.in msconfig.the start up items are as follows:
mstask
load power profile
avg7.cc
avg7 emc
avg7amsvr
system tray
task monitor
scan reg.
spysweeper
e6task panel.
thanks,edward

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re:system resources
by hartlanders Jun 4, 2005 2:09AM PDT

sorry for wasting a new discussion on this,i fouund low system resources by a reply from Robert Proffit.
in a post that he had a website to get the info.the next time i will search site for a question befofe posting.
SORRY,Edward

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If it says low in system resourses,you need more ram!!
by Earth911 Jun 5, 2005 7:52PM PDT

128 or 256 needs too be bumped up too 512.If you're running a lot of applications or just have a heck of alot of stuff on that machine 128 or maybe 256 ram won't cut it.

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by hartlanders Jun 5, 2005 11:08PM PDT

my computer os a pentium 3.when i bootup computer the system resources is 74%.after i connect to home page itdrops to 31%.i am using earthlink total access,which has EL accelerator,scam blocker,spam blocker,popup blocker and a news ticker.also spyware blocker.could this cause the resources to drop to 31%?
edward

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Software uses resources.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jun 5, 2005 11:18PM PDT

You get to figure out which one uses too many.

Most of these blockers are to block the problems of Internet Explorer. Have you considered using Firefox?

Bob

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by hartlanders Jun 6, 2005 4:37AM PDT

Thanks for the info.i will check out firefox.
Edward

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by Bob__B Jun 6, 2005 1:01AM PDT

Every product that you have running takes a piece of the machine.

Some products take very little other products take a bunch.

Since there's a limited number of pieces I limit my startup items to the things I really need and that way I don't waste the pieces and I have more pieces to play with while I'm running.

If I loaded a product and it used 40% of my pieces I would ask myself 'do I really need this product' or 'do I really need all the parts of this product'.

I've trashed products that didn't come close to being that much of a 'piece hog'.

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