Donna,

Other than for Roger's what exact problems are you having that might
suggest you have memory problems. Remember that memory is there to be
used and if not 100% used is simply being wasted - that is why you bought
it. Rather than relying on Roger's what does Win Me's system monitor have
to say about your swap file usage? If you are running with a large swap
file then additional memory might be beneficial but if not then you won't
really benefit from the addition of more RAM.

What Roger's is telling you though is good advice. Not because having
unnecessary applications being launched each time you boot your system is
going to use memory but rather because they use a far more scarce resource
which you can measure using Win Me's Resource Meter. Resources refers
here to two small 64KB stacks used by 16 bit applications and libraries
whose size is fixed and independent of the amount of actual memory
installed. A start up figure of 65-80% free isn't bad and you can expect
to see problems when opening new windows or starting applications if free
resources drops into the low teens (or lower) at which time you will start
to see warning messages about the need to close (rather than minimize)
open windows before opening new windows or applications.
--
Mike Maltby



Donna wrote:

Hello!
My Rogers self healing software, is indicating that my RAM/memory
utilization is high. The application says that I "may want to"
consider removing or disabling some of the applications that launch
when Windows starts.
I'm wondering if I need to buy more "memory" ?
My hard drive space/storage shows as being fine though.
Any suggestions?
thanks