freeing up resources in windows

Hi, I just recently built a machine for my 001. It is an asus a7m266 with aan amd1.4 tbird.I am running windows me and it loads with 92%resources free. How can I increase this? Thanks in advance.

Hey Mike, I am now booting up wiyh 98% resources free! A little playing with the msconfig command worked magic. I am going to install my digi oo1 today. I'll let you know how it goes.

Hi, I have exact the same MOBO and processor. 98% is right. That is what i boot up with. That also shows that your PCI usage and IRQs must be in place since that can drop it down to 95% eventhough you have only systray and explorer runnning.

That's good to hear. Might I ask what it is you screwed around with. My system opens up a ton of stuff on boot and I just manually turn it all off. Just wondering what you told it not to start on boot. Mike

Hi, If you goto start/run and type msconfig a window will come up which is system configuration utility . Go to startup tab and un check everythin except ScanRegistry and SystemTray. There you have your answer.

Along with killing all other programs and cards, I have had success going to Control Panel>System>Performance>Graphics and reducing the graphics hardware acceleration to minimum then going to Control Panel>System>Performance>File System and setting my machine role to "Network Server" and minimizing read-ahead optimization. My system has been 100% stable for 3 days for the first time since I bought it and first installed 5.0.1 back on August 8th! It was worth the wait but what a pain... My Maxim 30 days expired in the mean time. Is it worth buying ($$!!)? It looked like it on the video. How about d-fx? The DUC Rules!

Thanks for the words of advice. I'm a bit hesitant to turn a bunch of stuff off because I need other applications to work when my girlfriend gets on the computer. It is her's after all. I might try screwing around with some. Maxim is quite a nice plugin. If you're looking for a brickwall limiter/ optimizer, getting a package with the Waves L1 Ultramaximizer might not be a bad idea. That sounds just as good as Maxim and you can pick up whatever else comes with the particular bundle you purchase. Thanks, Mike

By the way- don't have d-fx so I couldn't tell you. I think that includes d-verb which is OK at best and Maxim which is good. Otherwise I don't know what else is in it. The digi stuff is pretty inconsistent in quality. Some good- some OK. Waves won't let you down though- Especialy if you get R-Verb... it's the best sounding verb I've heard that wil run on Windows LE. Mike