MEMORY AND THAMES MERSEY ON DISK

45002 · Post by **45002** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 5:21 pm

Hi
In matty read me on the front page of ukts on thames mersey disk
One of the points he rasied was on memory on your pc.
If you go to http://www.acelogix.com and on that site there are some free tools to down loaded and buy
One i used called RAM optimizer works to free memory up on you pc and it has worked for me to speed up and make msts run more stable
Try it you never know
Every little bit helps
MARTIN
PS. i you what to see what my pc running click on link below
http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?t=36823

Neptune50006 · Post by **Neptune50006** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 5:42 pm

According to their write up it is useless for XP. I see you are running XP, so did you find it made a lot of difference?

45002 · Post by **45002** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 5:59 pm

HI
It does work with windows XP i have had no problems with it at all
I just checked and its sitting in the back ground freeing up my memory
the site was passed on to me by a friend who work for microsoft in Reading and he has given me some very good tips about my pc, on windows xp and msts.
I am NOT a pc wiz kid im just trying to help out speeding up msts
MARTIN

GrahamK · Post by **GrahamK** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:11 pm

Hi Martin,

As it is likely that you and i have both got different amounts of RAM in our systems, please can you tell me what percentage you set the two sliders to in the automatic optimization?

Many Thanks
Graham

45002 · Post by **45002** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:34 pm

Graham
The 1st Lower limit is set to 20%
The 2nd Free to is set to 30%
I currently have 702 mb of memory free and thats on my pc just going on the net.
http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?t=36823

But i am waiting for my friend from microsoft to get back to me as i have only had 1gb of memory in for the past 4 weeks with any ofter setting he knows of for 1 gb.
Hope thats been some help graham
im no pc wiz kid just trying to help out
Every little bit helps.
MARTIN

Neptune50006 · Post by **Neptune50006** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:35 pm

45002 wrote:HI
It does work with windows XP i have had no problems with it at all
I just checked and its sitting in the back ground freeing up my memory
the site was passed on to me by a friend who work for microsoft in Reading and he has given me some very good tips about my pc, on windows xp and msts.
I am NOT a pc wiz kid im just trying to help out speeding up msts
MARTIN

Thanks for the reply. Maybe I'll give it a try.

JonathonAG · Post by **JonathonAG** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:47 pm

doe the ram optimizer delete anything on your hardrive, as I have downloaded but am worried in case I may lose stuff

nwallace · Post by **nwallace** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 8:18 pm

Unlikley to however its possible it could corrupt data thats stored in memory and not been written back to the hard drive when it does the optimisation.

45002 · Post by **45002** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:05 pm

It does not delete any think from your hard drive
nor does it currupt anythink
It just sits in the back ground freeing up your memory
If your worried about use it or any down loaded use System Restore on xp
Create a restore point and then download Ram Optimizer and away you go.
MARTIN

petermakosch · Post by **petermakosch** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:44 pm

Be careful!
RAM optmizers can be risky. It *could* corrupt things that you are running. The best thing to do is run it after a reboot (before runing any other programs). The reboot again.

I can provide a simple guide of how to clean your system and get it to run a little better if people are interested?
Pete

45002 · Post by **45002** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:59 pm

Hi again
I have no problem with Ram Optimizer at all
Its doing what its surpose to do Free memory up
Been running it now about 1 year on my old then new pc
nor has it currupt anythink on my pc's
Best thing to do is set R O to automatic optimization
MARTIN

http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?t=36823

rom11a · Post by **rom11a** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:07 pm

There is also a freeware utility called Freeram that I picked up off an XP utilities disk.
It does nothing automatically, but when told to will dump all the extraneous . that windows has always stored in memory, leaving you with that just booted feeling, but better as it also dumps various DLLs that are only required during system boot.
One useful feature is the system tray icon that changes colour from green through yellow to red - red meaning run NOW or the pc will sieze through lack of resources!

Crosstie · Post by **Crosstie** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:46 pm

I think these programs might help somewhat with older versions of Windows, which had poor memory management.

But Windows XP has these tools built in. You can right-click My Computer or use Task Manager to access various prioritizing tools etc.

Plus , I suspect they may play around with the Registry settings which may not be a good thing. Most experts do not recommend them for XP, at least.

And, it's always a good idea to restart before playing MSTS to clear up any memory traps.

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:51 am

Hi
For WinXP you cant go wrong with this Free utility

http://www.download.com/FreeRAM-XP-Pro/ ... ag=lst-0-1

I also run with my virtual memory switched off.

Cheers
Jon

Edit ....Appoligies just noticed that Rom11a has already mention this software....but I've given a link also.

45002 · Post by **45002** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:27 am

Yes
thank you for telling me about Free Ram X Pro at downloaded.com
I will give it a try and see how it runs?
compered to Ram Optimizer
One thing about http://www.download.com i find some of the free stuff has had SPYWARE in it when i come to scan my pc
Every little bit helps
MARTIN

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