I tried one of the 'free' memory recovering utilities when they were being discussed on this thread. If it improved my system's performance at all, the gain was so small that I couldn't detect it. I decided that I didn't need yet another program poking around under the hood, so I removed it.
Recently, the idea of re-booting Windows systems daily has been discussed. I think this is an excellent measure to prevent all manner of mischief. A boot re-sets many values and pointers, clears buffers, re-reads critical data, examines the registry, and quite a few other bits of work too. On the hardware side, the Power-On Self-Test checks your system, including the memory. Be sure to have ScanDisk enabled and get the benefit of a disk scan too.
Cheers, PW.
P.S. A while ago, people were discussing Windows 98 freezing after 43 days of continuous use. Does anyone know how or if this issue was resolved? |
