According to Microsoft, a Windows XP installation requires at least 1. However, your computer may get a few hundred MB of that space back after the installation completes. The extra space is used to copy and decompress the installation files during the installation process.
Service Pack 1 adds a minimum of MB to the installation if you're installing from a distribution share over a network. The minimum XP Service Pack 1 installation size is around 1.
If you're not using a distribution share or installing fresh from a Windows XP Service Pack 1 disc, the installation will swell to about 1.
A Service Pack 1 installation can be as large as 2. If you're moving from Service Pack 1 to Service Pack 2, you're looking at adding an additional MB of data if it's over network distribution and around MB of data by the Windows Update and disc methods. A fresh install from a Service Pack 2 installation disc will drop that number by about MB. As for the Sims, that depends more on your video card. My concern is that there is still room to fine tune the many settings allowed by Windows to run more efficiently.
I have installed CacheManXP, turned off virtual memory, and minimized my auto-starting programs, and it still says my system is using about MB after booting up.
My laptop runs about the same at about MB. This seem very high. If you have any suggestions on optimizing windows, specifically the speed at which programs load and switch between each other, that would be much appreciated.
I believe I have exhausted the usual suspects Disk Clean, Defrag, Registry Cleaner, Boot optimization, Cache management, Deleting unused fonts, Not requiring file explorer to confirm network drives, turning off many Windows Event monitors, disabling hibernate, No desktop image, etc. He also said it had to do with windows XP and it being a bit system. He said even though it states 2. A 32 bit operating system will not use 6 gigabytes of RAM.
It has MB memory, and only6. How much should I add? I use a lot and want to keep stuff I have on here. Comments violating those rules will be removed.
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Hope you have good luck. For additional information about this program, see our msinfo32 definition. You can see how much memory is available next to the Available label. To view the total memory on a computer running Windows 3. If you are running a Windows command line, the mem command is no longer supported. MS-DOS 6.
For further help with the mem command, see our mem command page. Note Memory is not the same as disk space. Windows 3. Note If the computer does not recognize the memory, it won't be included in the "Installed memory RAM " entry in the System Properties window. Related information What type of computer memory to use in a memory upgrade.
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