Conserving RAM question..

[DrugFreeMan]

Lately I have noticed that when I leave my computer on for a longer period of time that the processes that I have running seem to take up more and more memory. This isn't really a big deal except when I want to play COD4 and my fps starts dropping. Is there anything that I can do to conserve RAM or take my comp down to only the processes that I need? And if so, How do I know what processes I can terminate and which ones I can't?

 

[IBM/PS1]

Just do msconfig and disable any crap you don't want running idle on your pc. This should free up more ram.

 

[MetalOwns]

Yeah, disable stuff in msconfig>startup. You can also find a guide on the internet that will tell you what services you can disable in services.msc.

 

[DrugFreeMan]

Anyone got a link to where I can go to show what processes that I can and can't disable?

 

[IBM/PS1]

Just click run>msconfig Then uncheck everything that you "dont" want to run then save and reboot.

 

[DrugFreeMan]

If I just click "disable all" will my comp still run well? Except for windows processes anyway

 

[MetalOwns]

Vista Services Guide:
Windows Vista Service Configurations by Black Viper

XP SP2 Services guide:
Windows XP Home and Professional Service Pack 2 Service Configurations by Black Viper

I don't know what your running, so I got 'em both for you. It'll probably work fine if you just use "disable all". I like to go though them by myself though, because then you can set a service to manually turn on. If you do use "disable all", make sure you reenable your antivirus/firewall services.

 

[Alvin.C]

Hello,

What operating system do you have?

 

[DrugFreeMan]

XP Pro

 

[DrugFreeMan]

bump.