Another ancient trick to control your virtual memory is to fix the value. I run a 512 Mb RAM machine, 900MHz IBM ThinkPad, and the only crashes I get are when I put myself into an infinite loop and have to zap it myself. I have fixed my virtual memory at exactly 1024 Mb (MIN = 1024, MAX = 1024).
If you set your virtual memory to some reasonable amount like this, then immediately defrag your hard drive, you will always have contiguous virtual memory, and Windows does not have to manage the size of the swap file. I have found over the years that this tweak to the systems (and in OS/2, Bill <g>) has a small performance enhancement and a large reliability enhancement. I have run several R:Base sessions, Outlook, Excel and Access simultaneously without problems. Oh, yeah, I am on a network. Ramsour Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Eric Peterson said: �"It's also possible you are 'running out' of virtual >memory." > >I agree with Eric's comments. �I recently got a new Gateway system with a >2ghz Pentium 4, 1 gb of RAM �and a 20gb hard drive running Windows 2000. �On >my old system which had 256 mb of RAM, dual 550 mhz Pentium IIIs and a much >smaller hard drive I experienced a rash of crashes during my morning R:Base >run of nearly 100 programs. �Since I have transferred everything to my new >beefier machine I have not had one single instance of R:Base crashing during >my morning run. �Nothing else has changed. > >Incidentally, with my new machine, my morning run has dropped from 3 hours+ >of run time to under 1 hour! > >Moral of story: �Make sure your system has lots of RAM (at least 512 mb?), >lots of available disk space and the fastest processor you can afford. > >Just my $0.02 worth. > >Mike Ramsour > > >-----Original Message----- >From: marc schluter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:22 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: XP Pro and 6.5++ > >Hi all --- sorry, I hit Enter and I think I sent a >response too soon. �First mistake this year! > >I am running RBW 6.5++ with the second patch installed >on XP pro. �I have not installed the latest patch for >XP. > >I get kicked out of RBase about 1-2 times a week at >different spots. �I am unable to duplicate the >crashes. > >Is there something I should look for or is this a >feature in Windows to free up memory? > >Thanks >marc > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site >http://webhosting.yahoo.com >================================================ >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l >================================================ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l >================================================ >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ >================================================ >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l >================================================ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l >================================================ >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > >================================================ >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l >================================================ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l >================================================ >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > -- Albert Berry Full Time Consultant to PSD Solutions 350 West Hubbard, Suite 210 Chicago, IL 60610 312-828-9253 Ext. 32 __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
