Good stuff. I've printed it out, and will look into this further as
mentioned below.
Peak mem use is 266M by seamonkey. Google desktop 110M, dfrgnfs 71M,
explorer 43M, Tuner 49M. Forgot to look at utility. It's now bookmarked, at
least.
I'm using both PSP 7 and 9. Currently, I've been playing with 7, but usually
am on 9.
I'll check the 1G file.
I did MS defrag my 300M HD (D-drive). That was an interesting experience. I
had deleted large folders some weeks ago, and the analysis graph showed that
plainly. I let it rip for 3-4 hours and it had only gotten to 25% complete.
Around then, I started to get concerned about overworking the HD, so paused.
Several hours later I resumed, and all seems well on that device. Onward to
the next biggest HD, then to the c-drive.
I made no overt change in the page file. Maybe I misread the value. Page
file = VM size, right?
I ran into the 14% limit, and just deleted several Gb.
Ah, those memory leaks. I probably created a few in my programming days long
ago. I've forgotten the name of the test tools that will seek them out (in
the development stages). Good use of Google to see what's going on with the
commercical programs. I'll follow up on the ones you pointed out.
I'll follow through on the C-drive suggestions, 12%, ...
MFT files. Hmmm, OK. I'll look into the cleaner programs. System restore
points. monitoring I've never heard of. Is it used in connection with
backups or system failures (power outage)?
I'll send you the the complete three reports privately later today.
Thanks.
Gerry wrote:
> At the time you obtained the Commit Charge figures your system was
> probably making very little use of the pagefile as the utility suggested
> by Ken Blake would confirm. However, some of the programmes you are
> using could rapidly increase the memory usage to more than your
> installed RAM so the system resorting to use of the pagefile becomes
> inevitable. An example is a graphics programme used to edit photographs
> where the undo feature will hold large amounts of information in memory
> until the editing is complete and the file saved. Another aspect is the
> potential for memory leaks. In this case the memory is not released when
> you close the programme. You need to restart the computer for the memory
> to be released. Your comment about the speed Word 2003 loads after
> restarting the computer suggests that memory leaks may be impacting on
> your system.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_leak
>
> Memory leaks can occur with a particular version of a programme or occur
> with successive versions so comments on particular programmes have to be
> taken bearing that in mind.
>
> SeaMonkey according to reports, uses a lot of memory and is blamed for
> memory leaks. Googling on "SeaMonkey memory leak" produces interesting
> reading. Do you have Netscape Navigator 8 or 9 (which is or was a beta)?
> Investigating how individual extensions work might highlight a problem
> area. There is a newer version of Sea Monkey to the one you are using:
> http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
>
> Other Mozilla projects e.g. Firefox are also known to contain memory
> leaks.
>
> What version of Paint Shop Pro? Doesn't this have an Undo feature? This
> also seems to be blamed by some for memory leaks.
>
> Radio Replay threw up a fixed memory leak. What version of Winamp do you
> have? Bug fixed in v5.34
>
> Avoiding unnecessary multi-tasking and leaving windows and programmes
> open after use, will help to minimise memory usage. Shutting down at the
> end of a computer session will help to minimise the impact of any
> existing memory leaks.
>
> To get the top 6 in Task Manager simply click on the Peak Mem column
> head once or twice to sort the processes in the order you require. Note
> I was asking about peak memory not CPU usage.
>
> From your Disk Defragmenter reports I notice you are using VobBlanker.
> This has left a multi fragmented 1 gb file in a temporary folder. Do you
> know what purpose this file serves? Does it need to be retained? Will it
> automatically be replaced with a like file if deleted the next time to
> use VobBlanker. Large fragmented
> files are often not easily defragmented by Disk Defragmenter. When left
> as they are they can cause newly created files to fragment more rapidly
> than they might otherwise do. You could try copying the file to another
> partition, deleting the file on C, running Disk Defragmenter on C and
> then copying the file back to C. Finally the delete the file on the
> other partition. Use the Copy command rather than the Move command.
>
> Earlier you complained that your pagefile was overlarge at 2 gb. You
> have obviously reduced it to 384 mb. This could be a mistake and you
> should consider reinstating it to at least 1 gb maximum. Many will
> recommend you changing to "Let Windows manage". If you reduced the size
> to create free disk space there may be other better ways to achieve your
> objective. One, there are others, is detailed below.
>
> The default allocation to System Restore is 12% on your C partition
> which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right click your My
> Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore. Place the cursor
> on your C drive select Settings but this time find the slider and drag
> it to the left until it reads 700 mb and
> exit. When you get to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and
> exit. This could create a further 7 gb free space.
>
> Disk Defragmenter will be grumbling at only 14% free disk space on D.
> The fragmented files listed may defragment if you run Disk Defragmenter
> a second time. You should, however, consider either deleting files no
> longer needed or backing them up to DVD/CD to creating more free disk
> space. Equally the same point applies to your E drive.
>
> It is unusual to see the MFT record for a partition / drive showing up
> with more than 3 fragments. You are showing 5 on C and 6 on E. Running a
> disk cleaner, either Disk CleanUp or cCleaner to remove unneeded
> temporary files, may restore the MFT on the two drives. A problem with
> MFT files is they only ever get larger; never smaller!
>
> Is System Restore monitoring your D and E drives. It should only be
> monitoring only your C drive! I cannot tell from the information you
> have posted.
>
> Have you tried using cCleaner to clean up your disk?
>
> An alternative is cCleaner (freeware) which does a more thorough job
> than Disk CleanUp.
> http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
> http://www.ccleaner.com/
>
> With any cleaner you need to proceed with caution. To be safe you
> should create a restore point before using cCleaner. cCleaner also
> offers backup before removal.
>
> When using cCleaner think twice before checking Autocomplete Form
> History under Internet Explorer. You do get a warning but this one has
> irritating consequences. You may need to restore your system's
> recollection of passwords after use so keep a record off computer so
> that they can easily be re-entered.
>
> Leave the Scan for Issues option alone.
>
> You still need to remove System Restore points via the More Options tab
> in Disk CleanUp.
>
>
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W. Watson wrote:
> Good stuff. I've printed it out, and will look into this further as
> mentioned below.
>
> Peak mem use is 266M by seamonkey. Google desktop 110M, dfrgnfs 71M,
> explorer 43M, Tuner 49M. Forgot to look at utility. It's now
> bookmarked, at least.
>
> I'm using both PSP 7 and 9. Currently, I've been playing with 7, but
> usually am on 9.
>
> I'll check the 1G file.
>
> I did MS defrag my 300M HD (D-drive). That was an interesting
> experience. I had deleted large folders some weeks ago, and the
> analysis graph showed that plainly. I let it rip for 3-4 hours and it
> had only gotten to 25% complete. Around then, I started to get
> concerned about overworking the HD, so paused. Several hours later I
> resumed, and all seems well on that device. Onward to the next
> biggest HD, then to the c-drive.
> I made no overt change in the page file. Maybe I misread the value.
> Page file = VM size, right?
>
> I ran into the 14% limit, and just deleted several Gb.
>
> Ah, those memory leaks. I probably created a few in my programming
> days long ago. I've forgotten the name of the test tools that will
> seek them out (in the development stages). Good use of Google to see
> what's going on with the commercical programs. I'll follow up on the
> ones you pointed out.
> I'll follow through on the C-drive suggestions, 12%, ...
>
> MFT files. Hmmm, OK. I'll look into the cleaner programs. System
> restore points. monitoring I've never heard of. Is it used in
> connection with backups or system failures (power outage)?
>
> I'll send you the the complete three reports privately later today.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Gerry wrote:
>> At the time you obtained the Commit Charge figures your system was
>> probably making very little use of the pagefile as the utility
>> suggested by Ken Blake would confirm. However, some of the
>> programmes you are using could rapidly increase the memory usage to
>> more than your installed RAM so the system resorting to use of the
>> pagefile becomes inevitable. An example is a graphics programme used
>> to edit photographs where the undo feature will hold large amounts
>> of information in memory until the editing is complete and the file
>> saved. Another aspect is the potential for memory leaks. In this
>> case the memory is not released when you close the programme. You
>> need to restart the computer for the memory to be released. Your
>> comment about the speed Word 2003 loads after restarting the
>> computer suggests that memory leaks may be impacting on your system.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_leak
>>
>> Memory leaks can occur with a particular version of a programme or
>> occur with successive versions so comments on particular programmes
>> have to be taken bearing that in mind.
>>
>> SeaMonkey according to reports, uses a lot of memory and is blamed
>> for memory leaks. Googling on "SeaMonkey memory leak" produces
>> interesting reading. Do you have Netscape Navigator 8 or 9 (which is
>> or was a beta)? Investigating how individual extensions work might
>> highlight a problem area. There is a newer version of Sea Monkey to
>> the one you are using: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
>>
>> Other Mozilla projects e.g. Firefox are also known to contain memory
>> leaks.
>>
>> What version of Paint Shop Pro? Doesn't this have an Undo feature?
>> This also seems to be blamed by some for memory leaks.
>>
>> Radio Replay threw up a fixed memory leak. What version of Winamp do
>> you have? Bug fixed in v5.34
>>
>> Avoiding unnecessary multi-tasking and leaving windows and programmes
>> open after use, will help to minimise memory usage. Shutting down at
>> the end of a computer session will help to minimise the impact of any
>> existing memory leaks.
>>
>> To get the top 6 in Task Manager simply click on the Peak Mem column
>> head once or twice to sort the processes in the order you require.
>> Note I was asking about peak memory not CPU usage.
>>
>> From your Disk Defragmenter reports I notice you are using
>> VobBlanker. This has left a multi fragmented 1 gb file in a
>> temporary folder. Do you know what purpose this file serves? Does it
>> need to be retained? Will it automatically be replaced with a like
>> file if deleted the next time to use VobBlanker. Large fragmented
>> files are often not easily defragmented by Disk Defragmenter. When
>> left as they are they can cause newly created files to fragment more
>> rapidly than they might otherwise do. You could try copying the file
>> to another partition, deleting the file on C, running Disk
>> Defragmenter on C and then copying the file back to C. Finally the
>> delete the file on the other partition. Use the Copy command rather
>> than the Move command. Earlier you complained that your pagefile was
>> overlarge at 2 gb. You
>> have obviously reduced it to 384 mb. This could be a mistake and you
>> should consider reinstating it to at least 1 gb maximum. Many will
>> recommend you changing to "Let Windows manage". If you reduced the
>> size to create free disk space there may be other better ways to
>> achieve your objective. One, there are others, is detailed below.
>>
>> The default allocation to System Restore is 12% on your C partition
>> which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right click
>> your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore.
>> Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this time find
>> the slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and
>> exit. When you get to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and
>> exit. This could create a further 7 gb free space.
>>
>> Disk Defragmenter will be grumbling at only 14% free disk space on D.
>> The fragmented files listed may defragment if you run Disk
>> Defragmenter a second time. You should, however, consider either
>> deleting files no longer needed or backing them up to DVD/CD to
>> creating more free disk space. Equally the same point applies to
>> your E drive. It is unusual to see the MFT record for a partition /
>> drive showing
>> up with more than 3 fragments. You are showing 5 on C and 6 on E.
>> Running a disk cleaner, either Disk CleanUp or cCleaner to remove
>> unneeded temporary files, may restore the MFT on the two drives. A
>> problem with MFT files is they only ever get larger; never smaller!
>>
>> Is System Restore monitoring your D and E drives. It should only be
>> monitoring only your C drive! I cannot tell from the information you
>> have posted.
>>
>> Have you tried using cCleaner to clean up your disk?
>>
>> An alternative is cCleaner (freeware) which does a more thorough job
>> than Disk CleanUp.
>> http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
>> http://www.ccleaner.com/
>>
>> With any cleaner you need to proceed with caution. To be safe you
>> should create a restore point before using cCleaner. cCleaner also
>> offers backup before removal.
>>
>> When using cCleaner think twice before checking Autocomplete Form
>> History under Internet Explorer. You do get a warning but this one
>> has irritating consequences. You may need to restore your system's
>> recollection of passwords after use so keep a record off computer so
>> that they can easily be re-entered.
>>
>> Leave the Scan for Issues option alone.
>>
>> You still need to remove System Restore points via the More Options
>> tab in Disk CleanUp.
Ah, the "private" mail I sent you got bounced. @nospam will do it every time.
Anyway, I've managed to defrag all three drives and they look good. I'll do
what I can about other matters like memory leaks, and folders and files that
are of no use any longer.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W. Watson wrote:
> Ah, the "private" mail I sent you got bounced. @nospam will do it
> every time.
> Anyway, I've managed to defrag all three drives and they look good.
> I'll do what I can about other matters like memory leaks, and folders
> and files that are of no use any longer.
>
> W. Watson wrote:
>> Here's something about what it is:
>> <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/getstarted/ballew_03may19.mspx>
>>
>>
>> Gerry wrote:
>>> System Restore:
>>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/drivedisable.html
>>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html
Rejected but turned the address into something like roadtomandalay.
Message from yahoo.com.
Unable to deliver message to the following address(es).
xx.78.61.xxx does not like recipient.
I used a prefix of gxxxx@ but it came back with gxxxxbt@
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W. Watson wrote:
> Rejected but turned the address into something like roadtomandalay.
> Message from yahoo.com.
> Unable to deliver message to the following address(es).
> xx.78.61.xxx does not like recipient.
>
> I used a prefix of gxxxx@ but it came back with gxxxxbt@
>
> Gerry wrote:
>> Try @btinternet.com.
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