low on memory

[abriel]

I have a windows ME pc with 63.0MB RAM free on pc. PC is very slow, call computer store with pc infor, they told me that i could not add in more memory, is there anything else I can do.

[glc]

Please give us the same information you told the store.

[glfredrick]

I was running 384mb on ME...

ME was slow all by itself. Worst platform I ever used, and I've used them until Vista, and that is soon. (even the IBM stuff...)

I found myself shutting down and re-booting ME at least once, and many times 5 times a day to keep it running. Too many memory leaks. 98 sp2 was a better OS IMO.

Let me know if you're needing a few more sticks of RAM. I still have some of that vintage. I'll be nice...

[stylin19]

Originally Posted by abriel I have a windows ME pc with 63.0MB RAM free on pc. PC is very slow, call computer store with pc infor, they told me that i could not add in more memory, is there anything else I can do.

kill anything running on startup that you don't really need.
click start\programs\startup and see if you really need anything in there to run.
If not, remove it from startup.

Go to Start>Run, type msconfig.
Leave checked the systray, scan registry, Load
Power Profile, *StateMgr, your virus scanner and firewall if you have one.

Go to Start>Run, type sysedit. Look over the autoexec.bat for unneccessary lines,
click the win.ini and check for programs loading here:
[windows]
load=
run=

Open Explorer and navigate to c:\windows\temp and delete all files here.
Empty the Recycle Bin.
Right click the recycle bin and select properties.
Select a smaller percent of hard drive space reserved for the recycle bin.

You'll want to empty the temporary internet files.Depending on what version of IE you have,

open Internet Explorer, go to Tools>InternetOptions, click the Delete Files, choose
to delete all Offline, content and Clear History buttons.
Click the Settings button, then set a reasonable size for the temporary internet files cache. You can set it as low as 5-10mb.

Close all tray applications and hit Alt_Ctl_Del and end task on all items except
for explorer and systray, disable your screensaver, then run scandisk, then defrag.
Reboot.

If you're using an older version of Microsoft Office, turn off "Find Fast Indexer"


not much...good luck