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Poor WIN98 performance
Hi the I use Win98SE on a Intel i810-based desktop with a 600MHz celeron
and integrated intel graphics. I recently did a clean install of WINXP, but performance was unacceptable (interesting, I ran WINXP on this a couple of years ago on this computer and it was fine). So I did a clean install of WIN98SE again and on the system monitor, something is using 25% of the system resources, continuously. Any idea what this is or how I can find out? Unfortunately, WIN98 doesn't have a TaskManager service (that I can find). |
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Poor WIN98 performance
I should add that while system monitor shows 25% usage continuously, the
resource meter appears to be saying differently: System Resources: 95% free User Resources: 97% free GDI Resources: 99% free ?????????????????????? "sktn77a" wrote: Hi the I use Win98SE on a Intel i810-based desktop with a 600MHz celeron and integrated intel graphics. I recently did a clean install of WINXP, but performance was unacceptable (interesting, I ran WINXP on this a couple of years ago on this computer and it was fine). So I did a clean install of WIN98SE again and on the system monitor, something is using 25% of the system resources, continuously. Any idea what this is or how I can find out? Unfortunately, WIN98 doesn't have a TaskManager service (that I can find). |
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Poor WIN98 performance
I should add that while system monitor shows 25% usage continuously, the
resource meter appears to be saying differently: System Resources: 95% free User Resources: 97% free GDI Resources: 99% free ?????????????????????? "sktn77a" wrote: Hi the I use Win98SE on a Intel i810-based desktop with a 600MHz celeron and integrated intel graphics. I recently did a clean install of WINXP, but performance was unacceptable (interesting, I ran WINXP on this a couple of years ago on this computer and it was fine). So I did a clean install of WIN98SE again and on the system monitor, something is using 25% of the system resources, continuously. Any idea what this is or how I can find out? Unfortunately, WIN98 doesn't have a TaskManager service (that I can find). |
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Poor WIN98 performance
System Monitor is notoriously buggy in Win 9x - try using Process Explorer
instead... www.sysinternals.com -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "sktn77a" wrote in message ... I should add that while system monitor shows 25% usage continuously, the resource meter appears to be saying differently: System Resources: 95% free User Resources: 97% free GDI Resources: 99% free ?????????????????????? "sktn77a" wrote: Hi the I use Win98SE on a Intel i810-based desktop with a 600MHz celeron and integrated intel graphics. I recently did a clean install of WINXP, but performance was unacceptable (interesting, I ran WINXP on this a couple of years ago on this computer and it was fine). So I did a clean install of WIN98SE again and on the system monitor, something is using 25% of the system resources, continuously. Any idea what this is or how I can find out? Unfortunately, WIN98 doesn't have a TaskManager service (that I can find). |
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Poor WIN98 performance
System Monitor is notoriously buggy in Win 9x - try using Process Explorer
instead... www.sysinternals.com -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "sktn77a" wrote in message ... I should add that while system monitor shows 25% usage continuously, the resource meter appears to be saying differently: System Resources: 95% free User Resources: 97% free GDI Resources: 99% free ?????????????????????? "sktn77a" wrote: Hi the I use Win98SE on a Intel i810-based desktop with a 600MHz celeron and integrated intel graphics. I recently did a clean install of WINXP, but performance was unacceptable (interesting, I ran WINXP on this a couple of years ago on this computer and it was fine). So I did a clean install of WIN98SE again and on the system monitor, something is using 25% of the system resources, continuously. Any idea what this is or how I can find out? Unfortunately, WIN98 doesn't have a TaskManager service (that I can find). |
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Poor WIN98 performance
System Monitor shows 25% usage of *what*? Not Resources, as Resources is not
monitored by System Monitor. I assume you are referring to Processor Usage in System Monitor, which is one of that utility's buggier modules. As Noel suggests, use the free utility, Process Explorer, for proper CPU usage readings: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...sExplorer.html Resources, as monitored by Resource Meter, are explained he http://www.aumha.org/a/resource.htm and http://www.onlinehelp.bc.ca/tips.htm#resources Did you install any chipset drivers that may have been included on the motherboard CD? Did you enable DMA on the hard drives and optical drives, through Device Manager? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "sktn77a" wrote in message ... I should add that while system monitor shows 25% usage continuously, the resource meter appears to be saying differently: System Resources: 95% free User Resources: 97% free GDI Resources: 99% free ?????????????????????? "sktn77a" wrote: Hi the I use Win98SE on a Intel i810-based desktop with a 600MHz celeron and integrated intel graphics. I recently did a clean install of WINXP, but performance was unacceptable (interesting, I ran WINXP on this a couple of years ago on this computer and it was fine). So I did a clean install of WIN98SE again and on the system monitor, something is using 25% of the system resources, continuously. Any idea what this is or how I can find out? Unfortunately, WIN98 doesn't have a TaskManager service (that I can find). |
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Poor WIN98 performance
System Monitor shows 25% usage of *what*? Not Resources, as Resources is not
monitored by System Monitor. I assume you are referring to Processor Usage in System Monitor, which is one of that utility's buggier modules. As Noel suggests, use the free utility, Process Explorer, for proper CPU usage readings: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...sExplorer.html Resources, as monitored by Resource Meter, are explained he http://www.aumha.org/a/resource.htm and http://www.onlinehelp.bc.ca/tips.htm#resources Did you install any chipset drivers that may have been included on the motherboard CD? Did you enable DMA on the hard drives and optical drives, through Device Manager? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "sktn77a" wrote in message ... I should add that while system monitor shows 25% usage continuously, the resource meter appears to be saying differently: System Resources: 95% free User Resources: 97% free GDI Resources: 99% free ?????????????????????? "sktn77a" wrote: Hi the I use Win98SE on a Intel i810-based desktop with a 600MHz celeron and integrated intel graphics. I recently did a clean install of WINXP, but performance was unacceptable (interesting, I ran WINXP on this a couple of years ago on this computer and it was fine). So I did a clean install of WIN98SE again and on the system monitor, something is using 25% of the system resources, continuously. Any idea what this is or how I can find out? Unfortunately, WIN98 doesn't have a TaskManager service (that I can find). |
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