(It wasn't a problem *getting* email in general, it was a problem seeing *my own* posts).
Cont-alt-del will show you what you need to know and a lot of other things as well. It's not "resources" per say on XP, it's called other things. The "Processes" tab is what will show by default, open the "Performance" tab and see what's there. The "Commit charge" and "CPU usage" can be seen at the bottom of the window without opening the Performance tab. Commit charge/PF usage is what you sort of need to watch to see how much memory is being sucked up (when you restart it drops a lot), and contrary to what many think about XP, you do need to restart it to free up the memory (to drop the "Commit charge"), but apparently not "resources" since I don't think XP goes by that EXACT name. For example, when I start my PC my Commit charge is about 165-169mb with my AV software, firewall, TeaTimer and a few other necessary programs loading at boot. After going to websites, opening files, images, etc. for hours, even with everything closed back to what it was at boot, the Commit charge and PF usage may be 250mb, and that can keep climbing as time goes on. The more of the PF you use, the more a PC can slow down since that virtual memory of course is on the HD and it's much slower than RAM. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B." Hello again, No problem getting email from PCWorks (but then I get the digest form). I do have a question: In Win 98, when I wanted to see the System Resources that were free, if I remember correctly, I'd right-click My Computer and go to Properties. If it was down to 10 or 20%, I'd know it is time to reboot. Although Win XP runs very smoothly, and it seems to re-invigorate itself after a "hibernation" making it almost unnecessary to know the resource level that is free, how would I see this resource information in Win XP ... out of curiosity? A question aside ... Does "hibernation" rebuild the system resources back to the 85+ (number is arbitrary) percent level like a rebooting does? ... Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
