tmurphy%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Thomas Murphy) (06/09/91)
In article <1991Jun9.020012.19291@beaver.cs.washington.edu> kailun@cs.washington.edu writes: > >Hi, > >I am running Windows 3.0 on my 386. After opening several windows, I >found that my hard drive would run for a few seconds every time when I >selected the Program Manager. Is it the so-called 'swapping' process? >Will it help if I add more RAM on my PC? I received my computer just >two days ago, so I know little about Windows. > Yes and Yes. If you have the program manager up you can see just how much space you have left in memory at each step too. More ram will allow you to have more open without swapping to the hardisk and you can also make your swapdisk a ram drive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Murph "Government that governs the least
kailun@cs.washington.edu () (06/09/91)
Hi, I am running Windows 3.0 on my 386. After opening several windows, I found that my hard drive would run for a few seconds every time when I selected the Program Manager. Is it the so-called 'swapping' process? Will it help if I add more RAM on my PC? I received my computer just two days ago, so I know little about Windows. Thanks in advance. kailun@wolf.cs.washington.edu
glennm@rover.enet.dec.com (Glenn Meyer) (06/09/91)
In article <1991Jun9.020012.19291@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, kailun@cs.washington.edu writes: > Xref: pa.dec.com comp.sys.ibm.pc:61100 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:9305 > Path: pa.dec.com!decwrl!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!batcomputer!cornell !uw-beaver!kailun > From: kailun@cs.washington.edu > Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc > Subject: A question about Windows > Message-ID: <1991Jun9.020012.19291@beaver.cs.washington.edu> > Date: 9 Jun 91 02:00:12 GMT > Sender: news@beaver.cs.washington.edu (USENET News System) > Distribution: usa > Organization: Computer Science & Engineering Dept., Univ. of Washington, Seattle > Lines: 12 > Originator: kailun@wolf.cs.washington.edu > > > Hi, > > I am running Windows 3.0 on my 386. After opening several windows, I > found that my hard drive would run for a few seconds every time when I > selected the Program Manager. Is it the so-called 'swapping' process? > Will it help if I add more RAM on my PC? I received my computer just > two days ago, so I know little about Windows. > > Thanks in advance. > > kailun@wolf.cs.washington.edu > If you're running with 1 Mb of RAM, you should definitely upgrade to 2Mb, and consider upgrading to 4 Mb (you should be able to find RAM for $60-70 per Mb). It also helps to run in 386-enhanced mode. By the way, you should post questions about MS Windows to comp.windows.ms. Glenn Meyer glennm@decwrl.dec.com
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) (06/11/91)
In article <1991Jun9.163121.22559@pa.dec.com> glennm@rover.enet.dec.com (Glenn Meyer) writes: >In article <1991Jun9.020012.19291@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, >kailun@cs.washington.edu writes: >> Xref: pa.dec.com comp.sys.ibm.pc:61100 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:9305 >> Path: >pa.dec.com!decwrl!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!batcomputer!cornell >!uw-beaver!kailun >> From: kailun@cs.washington.edu >> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc >> Subject: A question about Windows >> Message-ID: <1991Jun9.020012.19291@beaver.cs.washington.edu> >> Date: 9 Jun 91 02:00:12 GMT >> Sender: news@beaver.cs.washington.edu (USENET News System) >> Distribution: usa >> Organization: Computer Science & Engineering Dept., Univ. of >Washington, Seattle >> Lines: 12 >> Originator: kailun@wolf.cs.washington.edu >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I am running Windows 3.0 on my 386. After opening several windows, I >> found that my hard drive would run for a few seconds every time when I >> selected the Program Manager. Is it the so-called 'swapping' process? >> Will it help if I add more RAM on my PC? I received my computer just >> two days ago, so I know little about Windows. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> kailun@wolf.cs.washington.edu >> > >If you're running with 1 Mb of RAM, you should definitely upgrade to 2Mb, and >consider upgrading to 4 Mb (you should be able to find RAM for $60-70 per Mb). >It also helps to run in 386-enhanced mode. > I have seen from some of the larger places, not necessarily well known for the lowest prices, have memory (SIMMS) around $52/Mb (1M X 9). Some shopping should find them even cheaper. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254
kailun@cs.washington.edu (Kai-Lun Chan) (06/11/91)
Thank you for your help!! kailun