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To: mr.mark who wrote (6398)	10/24/1999 7:32:00 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

Memory stuff ... Your post on memory management was quite informative. If one can achieve a performance boost from increasing free physical memory, your post gives clear instructions on how to proceed. This stuff isn't too difficult and shouldn't cause harm. If I understand the bulletin correctly, Symantec feels Windows should allocate less memory to disk caching. I'd suggest testing the results of the smaller disk cache on each system to determine if performance improves. If disk access is your bottleneck, reducing disk cache may not deliver the desired results. If your disk consistently functions under a 'light load', reducing disk resources and allocating them more productively should produce performance improvements. Typically, database software place heavy demands on your disk. Word processing and spreadsheets use disk resources sparingly, but rely on memory a bit more. Other stuff varies. Such an east to implement tweak comes our way all too infrequently. Thank-you for sharing it. Cheers, PW.

To: mr.mark who wrote (6398)	10/24/1999 7:40:00 PM
From: Doug Coughlan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

In the URL box type in about:cache to see what is in there and how much has been used. Other interesting things to try are about:memory-cache and about:image-cache. You can also take a look at about:plugins. Mark, since you are probably already aware of this, I post it for others who may find this kind of thing interesting and who knows, maybe even of some use.

To: mr.mark who wrote (6398)	10/26/1999 12:10:00 AM
From: Wayne K	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

Very interesting post Mark. I thought I would give it a try on my "Jalopy" 486/33 under Win95...I was amazed at the performance difference. Systems resources increased from 88% to 94% right away, I believe that is about a 7% increase!, and there is no doubt that entire system is running faster. Now the big question...any idea of how to tweek NT4.0 to obtain the same result? Irregardless, your post is a great contribution for a simple tweek with great results. Regards Wayne