posted 11-22- 02:57 PM            

I realize with Windows, it will never be perfect. I guess I am trying to get my computer to run efficient and as fast as possible.

Thanks,

~Maaco~

posted 11-22- 03:07 PM               

Down below in the lower right hand corner, there are little icons. Those icons stand for whats running. Just close them and those programs wont be running any more. If you have Win98, you can also go to Start -> Accessories -> System Tools -> and click on System Information. Then up at the top click on Tools and then System Configuration Utility. Then up at the top click on the Startup tab. Those are all the rest of the programs that are running. If you uncheck the ones you dont want, they wont be running on the next reboot of Win98. Please note that some programs MUST be running for Windows to still run properly.

posted 11-22- 03:39 PM            

How about Vertual memory and the memory maneger? Can I do anything to tweek that up a bit?

I have 256meg of ram and a Gforce 32meg card w/ a 1gig CPU.

posted 11-22- 03:39 PM               

What ArgonV said.

AND if there is programs that you still want to run at startup but want to turn off for playing SDOE.

Just hit.

CTRL+ALT+DEL all at the same time.
Then highlight and shut down everything in that list except for stuff you need.

The only things windows needs is
Explorer and Systray.

If you want to fly online be sure to leave the connection running, Its rnapp or somethign if I remmeber correctly.

And any joystick software if you need to run software for your stick.

posted 11-22- 03:56 PM            

Not my day for communication I guess, lol.

Maybe I should go blonde

Thanks guys,

posted 11-22- 03:59 PM               

If you'd like, I could even e-mail it to you. It's pretty handy, and is about 389kb zipped.

E-mail is mk10@home.com

posted 11-23- 01:39 AM               

For Virtual Memory; the Conservative Swap File tweak is pretty unknown, but thanks to Mudshark I have tried it. If you have 256 Meg of RAM it may improve some things, regardless of whether you let Windows manage the swap file or set your own. Open the System.ini file through accessories, or at the Run window type 'sysedit' and select the system.ini file. Look for the section entitled [386 Enh]. In that section, add the line ConservativeSwapFileUsage=1 and save it. Do not do it if you don't feel comfortable editing system files...if you would like to see more info on this or other Windows tweaks, one good site is www.activewin.com ; for good links to a lot of great tweak and ideas for hardware/software stuff, try http://hardwarehell.com . I have found many useful tech links from this site....she covers almost every aspect of tech info links.

Good luck; and consider EndItAll...too many use it successfully for it to be bad.

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