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To: Ken Adams who wrote (21047)	6/27/2001 11:16:36 AM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 110652

Ken, re > I'm considering buying a program that restores RAM as my machine runs Last year mr mark and a few others tried such a program but abandoned it. We agreed the money for the program would be better spent buying more memory. This is even more valid now that memory is dirt cheap. I don't remember the name of the program, but there was a free trial. Gottfried

To: Ken Adams who wrote (21047)	6/27/2001 11:43:26 AM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

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?

To: Ken Adams who wrote (21047)	6/27/2001 1:15:58 PM
From: Ed Forrest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

Ken Let me add my 2 cents about memory programs. Having tried many of them over the past 4-5 years I have yet to find an effective one. At best you get a placebo effect and no more. My thinking is,buy more Ram. Cheers

To: Ken Adams who wrote (21047)	6/27/2001 6:27:55 PM
From: Ken Adams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

Many thanks to those who responded to my query about the program to restore "lost" RAM from Windows. Since I recently bumped my machine up to the max RAM it can handle (256mb) I just thought this recovery software might put the icing on the cake. But, now that I've asked, it doesn't sound like something I really need. I cold boot my machine each morning, except for once a week when I leave it on all night so Maintenance Wizard can do its thing. My machine is running better now than it ever has. Thanks to all! Ken