memory depleation

[slopedoctor]

I have a new system mobo ga7dx+
ddr2100 256 megs
win98 se
older maxtor 8.3 gig hd
I can't seem to keep memory from being depleated I installed a utility called memturbo to recover ram automatic when it hits a set leval but its not working I have been as low as 1 meg available and do not know where or why its going away?Any ideas?lI have removed a lot of what i don'y need from the start up menu and done some other basic house cleaning not having any luck yet:confused:

[rextex]

How much system resources available, under explorer,help about windows?

[BipolarBill]

The best cure for this behavior is an upgrade to Win2K/XP. You'll never see that nonsense again. Win9x just plain stinx at memory management. I have been where you are. Outlook and Netscape are the two biggest offenders, resource-wise. I never could leave Outlook running for more than 15 minutes in Win9x. It would take and take resources and Windoze wouldn't demand it back when Outlook went away. On the same hardware in WinXP, I can leave Outlook running minimized 24/7 with no troubles. It was the same with Win2K.

[shark_megabyte]

In my experience, memory-clearing utilities actually slow your system down and whatever they recover is eaten back up even faster than it was the first time. Your computer should at least run smoother without memturbo.

If you can't/don't want to change from win98se, check your virtual memory settings and play with them to see if you can get better performance. Also clear out your system tray - uninstall, or at least prevent from loading, anything you don't use every day.

Finally, restart your computer regularly - any time you do anything that it has to struggle a bit with, restart once you're finished. This clears out the memory and keeps it much more stable.