A General Tutorial on the Various Forms of Memory
http://support.microsoft.com/default...kb;en-us;37242

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MS System Monitor and its "Swapfile in Use" feature

My colleague, MVP Ron Martell, is the guru for this tool, but to paraphrase
him:

The System Monitor tool should be visible at
Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools. If not, use the Add-Remove
Programs wizard, where tab = Windows Setup. Scroll down to System tools and
check System Monitor (and Resource Meter) to enable it. The WinME setup CD
will be requested, so insert it or redirect the wizard to your
....\Windows\Options\Install folder, or CAB folder, to let the files be
copied.

When you can launch System Monitor, first remove the "cpu Usage" feature, as
it is notoriously inaccurate.
" your "Kernel Processor Usage" issue.
MS System Monitor is known to utilize a faulty algorithm to measure "cpu
usage", or "load". "
You'll have to obtain a better process viewer to measure cpu usage:
Process Explorer www.sysinternals.com

Then using "Add Item", find the "Swapfile in Use" tool under Memory Manager.
When enabled, this will report the actual size of the current swapfile.

You will wish to monitor its size as you work normally over one to two
weeks. If your "swapfile in use" doesn't exceed ca. 10 MB, you are just
fine.
A larger "swapfile in use" means that system performance is slowed as the
system has to read from the disk into main memory, which is far slower than
just memory accesses.
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And be sure to reread Richard Harper's comments about memory in this thread.

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"Susan" wrote in message
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You now know how to use the MS System Monitor / Swapfile in Use tool
to monitor the actual swapfile size.

No, I am ignorant about the above, but guess I ought to search the MS KB
to find out.

Thanks for all your help and the help of others.
Susan


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