I downloaded Belarc Advisor, and it does just what you said. I now know exactly what is on my machine, and exactly where my resources are going. Thank you for this. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Stevens" <joe2phil@drizzle.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 11:14 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Memory problems > Hello Janet , You have recieved sound advise from ' other listers ' , > Here is my ' soundbite ' , (pun intened ), You might wanna download Belarc > Advisor , and run it , It will tell you EXACTLY What is on / in your > machine , right down to what kind of Memory you have and where it is on the > Motherboard , I don`t have the URL for them . Just Google it !!! , Phil > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janet Graham Theberge" <jkt54@ktc.com> > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 7:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Memory problems > > > > First, I would like to thank everyone who tried to help me understand the > > difference between the different types of memory on a computer's system. > It > > is now much clearer to me what I am dealing with here. > > > > I still would like to get an answer to the question I asked earlier, > > though, if someone wouldn't mind. The question is: I bought and installed > a > > second memory card for my computer a year ago. This summer the system > > crashed. The people in the shop reformatted and installed Windows XP home > > edition. Does my computer automatically "read" both the old memory card > > that originally came installed as well as the new one? Is it possible > that > > I am only getting use out of one of the memory cards? > > > > Again, I really appreciate all the great information I have received thus > > far. > > > > Janet > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "dolphin213" <dolphin213@cox.net> > > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 10:09 PM > > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Memory problems > > > > > > > > > > Janet, > > > > > > >Thanks so much Art. I followed your instructions, but didn't manage to > > free > > > >up enough space to keep everything running very well yet. > > > > > > Well, at least it was a start! :) > > > > > > >I was wondering....My hard drive crashed this past summer, and we took > it > > to > > > >the shop where they saved all my old info, then partitioned my hard > drive > > > >and installed Windows XP for me. Might it be possible that my second > > memory > > > >card is no longer "hooked up"? Or is it possible that all my old stuff > is > > > >still on one memory card while I am using the other one? Can they work > > > >separately, or do they automatically work together? > > > > > > > >Sorry to be such a pain, but I still don't understand how memory, ram, > > hard > > > >drive, etc. works in my computer. > > > > > > Do this and send me the results of what you see. Go to Start > My > > > Computer. Double click on My Computer. Under the hard drive section, > how > > > many drives are listed? Next highlight each one and note on the side > > under > > > details the Free Space and Total Size. > > > > > > Let me know what you find. > > > > > > Art > > > > > > > > > > > > >Janet > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "dolphin213" <dolphin213@cox.net> > > > >To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > > > >Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 7:56 PM > > > >Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Memory problems > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Janet, > > > > > > > > > > >I am having memory troubles, and this is putting a real crimp in my > > > >family > > > > > >research. I keep getting a message stating that I am running out > of > > disk > > > > > >space. I don't understand how this can be because I have much > fewer > > > > > >programs running on my machine than I had a year ago, and I have > > doubled > > > >my > > > > > >memory since then. Yesterday, it said I had 2% free space, so I > did > > the > > > > > >regular disk clean-up as well as going into each users' accounts > > (there > > > >are > > > > > >five of us) and deleting all "temp" files manually. I managed to > > free up > > > >to > > > > > >13% free space, but that's not good enough, I should have SCADS of > > > >memory! > > > > > >I am running Windows XP. Anybody know what gives? > > > > > > > > > > To free more space on your hard drive do the following. > > > > > > > > > > 1> In you browser clear the temporary files. It IE it is done like > > > > > this. Tools > Internet Options > General tab. In the middle you > will > > see > > > > > 3 buttons to clear the IE cache. I would only use the middle one. > > These > > > > > files can take a large amount of memory if not cleared > > > > > periodically. Especially if a lot of surfing or playing of on-line > > games > > > > > is done. > > > > > > > > > > 2> Right click on your Recycle Bin and adjust the amount of memory > set > > > > > aside for deleted files. If you have more than one drive or it is > > > > > partitioned adjust each drive. > > > > > > > > > > 3> Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > System > > > System > > > > > Restore tab. Click on the Settings button and adjust the amount of > > memory > > > > > set aside for restore points. > > > > > > > > > > 4> Reboot your system and check you available memory. > > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps? > > > > > > > > > > Art > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > > > > > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: > > > > > http://www.cyndislist.com > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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