On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 10:37:55 -0400, Ellis Heath <[log in to unmask]>
posted article <000a01c11dbc$38176900$2735d240@oemcomputer>, which said:

> I don't know if this is the correct way of doing it, but when my system
> resources are running low, I hit Alt/Ctrl/Delete and I end the task for
> everything that I am not using and at minimum I always leave Explorer and
> Systray.  This always seems to free my resources back up to around the 90%
> range.

Systray is NOT the "system tray" as we know it.  If you disable systray,
the most likely think you'd notice is that the speaker is no longer in
the system tray, but you WILL still have a system tray.  I never run
Systray and I do have a System Tray.  It currently has Zone Alarm,
TCP/IP, WinRoute, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, TurboTop and
Hamster running in it, along with TClockEx which has a clock, calendar
and multiple resource monitors.

> Like I said I don't know if there is anything wrong with what I am doing or
> if there is a better way of accomplishing it.  I'd appreciate any
> feedback/comments/suggests.

Some programs running at startup can take resources and not give them
back if they have memory leaks.  So you may get higher starting
resources by disabling programs from ever starting in the first place.
I first empty the Startup folder in the Start Menu and then I look in
the MSCONFIG startup tab and click things I know to be extraneous
programs, like the virus scanner, RealPlayer, AOLTRAY, etc....  The only
things running when I boot up are Explorer, my mouse button assignment
program and my printer status software, which I could disable if I
wanted, and only start it up when I want to print.

Ethan

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