I would like to conserve on RAM.How do I go about it?

Question

I am using Windows XP.I will have to somehow manage with less RAM at present.(Later on I will increase my RAM).Several useless features(eye candy) eat up a lot of RAM.Can anyone tell me how to disable them for some time?

Answer 1

Hit the windows button and pause break button at the same time

that will popup system properties

go to Advanced tab and click on Settings button under Performance and then click the bubble button for "Adjust for best performance"

Answer 2

Purchase more RAM, it's cheap. Or you can create a partition on your hard drive to assist your RAM. 5 Gigs would be fine.

PAGE FILE-
In computer operating systems, paging memory allocation, paging refers to the process of managing program access to virtual memory pages that do not currently reside in RAM. It is implemented as a task that resides in the kernel of the operating system and gains control when a page fault takes place. Its main functions performed are:

determine the location of the data in auxiliary storage.
determine the page in RAM to use as a container for the data.
write the existing page to auxiliary storage if it has been modified since it was last loaded.
load the requested data into the available page.
The fault that triggers this operation is caused by a program trying to reference an address within a page that is not currently residing in RAM.


GO TO:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_file

While your at it, create a spool file, also about 5 or 10 Gig.

SPOOL FILE-
In computer science, spooling refers to putting jobs in a buffer, a special area in memory, or on a disk where a device can access them when it is ready. This is similar to a sewing machine spool, which a person puts thread onto, and a machine pulls at its convenience. Spooling is useful because devices access data at different rates. The buffer provides a waiting station where data can reside while the slower device catches up. Material is only added and deleted at the ends of the area; there is no random access or editing. This also allows the CPU to work on other tasks while waiting for the slower device to do its task.

GO TO:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spooling

Answer 3

The easiest way to get back ram is to delete all those useless icons on the desktop. Well, at least, the ones which are shortcuts, and you can tell those by looking at that little arrow on the lower right hand corner of the icon..
Delete those because each one burns ram. Then, look into your system tray, ie, where the clock is, and, anything down there that isn't open and necessary, RIGHT NOW, can be deleted, and then, you can either go to the Start Menu option on your start bar, and delete the ones you don't use.

Answer 4

Click start, then click run, type msconfig then hit enter. click the startup tab and click disable all. This will shutdown all unnecessary programs in XP. this should sufficiently free up your ram. You may need to buy a video card.