Marv/Joel: Re: "Fonts, etc" 1. Our "Resources" start off at boot-up somewhere around 94%/86% for GDI/User. (Thereafter, they rapidly head downward.) 2. Fonts. The foregoing Resource percentages are notwithstanding having some 950 fonts actually *installed.* [System: Amd K6-2/350 with 128M or 256M RAM (immaterial)] 3. Thus, I don't see *fonts* as a Resource problem. Also, we haven't made a serious effort to reduce "resource" usage. That doesn't mean we don't have RAM memory "leaks." According to our RAM meter, RAM seems to leak off, even after a complete reboot! Jack Payton On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 19:16:07 -0700 "Joel M. Blackman" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Marv, when I boot up available resources are about 80% give or take a > couple > of points. There are system apps running that don't show up in > ctrl/alt/del, so a few percentage points may be those. There is > really no > purpose in leaving your antivirus on all the time, nor the Norton > System > Doctor. In fact, the only things I have running at startup are my > firewall, > the hotkeys on my keyboard, the drivers for my Cirque touchpad, and > HP > scanjet driver (only because it won't work without it). I have used > Startup > Cop to shut everything off, and have removed lines from startup > related to > programs I uninstalled. Another way to cut down on resource usage > would be > to cut the number of fonts you're loading at startup. > www.pcmag/utilities > has a little free app that does that. If you're loading 200-300 > fonts, > that's a lot of resources. > > To find out what program is running just highlight the path in > startup cop > and click details. It will show you what it is. If you don't reboot > for > several days it isn't unusual to see your resources drop. Windows > is famous > for not recovering resources, and you have some apps that are not > letting go > as they should. The only cures are to cut down on resources used at > startup, and to close programs when done so that you don't have a > lot of > stuff on your taskbar. It wouldn't hurt to reboot once a day > either. Is > there any reason to leave Eudora running all the time? It is a > notorious > resource hog. I use Outlook 2K, which is also a resource hog, but I > close > the program after I get my mail. Rarely will I leave it running > just so it > can automatically get my mail. Kind of like the current energy > crisis, you > just need to be chincy with your resources. > > > Joel, > > Thanks for the info. > > Last week I recorded the resources used by each of the items show in > the > "Close Program Window". With only Explorer and Systray running > 75%-80% were > available. I am assuming that 20% - 25% is being used by the Windows > 98 > Operating system. Is this a correct assumption? > > The resource meter or Norton System Doctor use 3% each, Gator uses > 4%, > Winfax modem uses 8%, Norton Protect uses 1%, Hotkey uses 1%, > .......etc. > When I start Eudora Pro which uses 15% there is only 33% free and > drops to > 20% if I leave Eudora Pro on overnight. The program seems to have a > memory > leak. So I turn it off every night. > > It is interesting that when I reboot the computer the resources > available > are 55% and if I don't reboot for a day or two the resources drop to > 45% > with no selected programs running. Does this indicate a memory leak > in one > of the running utilities? > > My next step is to associate all of the names in the Close Program > Window > (CPW) with the actual utility that is running. Names like AROMN32, > Runppdrv, Csinject. I can do this by loading each program and > looking in > the CPW to see what was added but do you know of a better way to > determine > what program is associated with each set of letters? > > I have the "Startup Cop" utility you mentioned. I was trying to find > a > solution that did not require rebooting the computer each time. > I'll try > to start as you suggested using "msconfig" and then add utilities > and > record the usage. > > Thanks again for your help. > > Marv Trott The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along with our NOSPIN Power Linux CD... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml