WinRamTurbo Users Guide

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WinRamTurbo Free

For more information about the free version see the documentation that accompanies the freeware version.

WinRamTurbo (Lite Version)
Main Menu:

• File Menu - From the file menu you can optimize system memory, clear the windows clipboard, tweak the windows internal file and disk cache settings, toggle the settings screen, run compact window mode, apply changes for settings, and exit the program.

• Help Menu - From the help menu you can view general program information, visit the website, send mail to the author, submit bug reports, and view the tip of the day dialog. The tip of the day dialog displays various helpful text about program usage and features.

Tool Bar:
Here you can access common functions without having to open a menu. This provides quick access to the features you use the most. This includes optimizing memory, clearing the windows clipboard, adjusting the cache settings, apply program changes, help, and toggling the settings screen display.

Memory Groupbox:

• Available Ram Meter Indicator - Shows the percentage of the available system memory. The color scale indicates a range of currently available ram. The program icons in the system tray, task bar, and title bar change colors that reflect the available ram also. When memory optimization occurs, the program icons change to reflect this event with a lightning bolt accross the chip of the icon.
• Memory Load Piechart - Indicates the current memory load index of the system ram. The more memory that is in use, the higher this value will be. This indicator will change as programs are loaded and unloaded.

Memory/Resource/Swap file Groupbox:

• Total Ram - Indicates the total system memory as reported by windows.
• Free Ram - Inidicates the currently available system memory.
• Mem Load - Indicates the system memory load index.
• GDI Free - Inidicates the windows Graphical device interface resource that is free. This indicator may be turned off.
• Sys Free - Indicates the windows system resource that is free. This indicator may be turned off.
• User Free - Inidicates the windows user resource that is free. This indicator may be turned off.
• CPU Load - Indicates the current cpu load.
• Swap File - Indicates the current windows swap file statistics, amount in use, available and total swap.
• Uptime - This indicates the total time elapsed since windows was booted.

Settings Groupbox:
The settings window is shown when you toggle settings from the file menu or click the Settings button on the toolbar.

• Mem to Free trackbar - This control allows you to adjust the amount of memory you want freed when optimizing ram. It also has percentage indicator above to reflect the percentage of the setting.
  
• Trigger Level trackbar - This control allows you to adjust the trigger level that is required for the amount of free ram to fall below for automatic memory optimization to occur. It also has percentage indicator above to reflect the percentage of the setting.
  
• Start with Windows checkbox - If this control is checked, WinRamTurbo will start automatically when windows boots up.
  
• Start Minimized checkbox - If this control is checked, WinRamTurbo will start minimized either to the taskbar or system tray.
  
• Minimize to Tray checkbox - If this control is checked, WinRamTurbo will go to the system tray when it is minimized else it will minimize only to the windows taskbar.
  
• Hard Flush checkbox - If this control is checked, the Mem to Free setting will be satisfied when optimizing ram.
  
• Show Uptime in Title bar checkbox - If this control is checked, the windows elapsed time is shown in the title bar instead of the available ram.
  
• Splash on Optimize checkbox - If this control is checked, a small splash screen will popup when WinRamTurbo is optimizing system ram.
  
• Shrink to Title bar checkbox - If this control is checked, WinRamTurbo's main screen will become a title bar when you click on compact mode from the file menu or toolbar. Otherwise the main screen will shrink to show only the total ram, free ram, mem load, free resources, and cpu load. To restore the main screen, simply double click on the title bar.
  
• Show Free Resources checkbox - If this control is checked, the windows resources that are available are shown otherwise "Off" is displayed. Toggling this setting off will reduce CPU load. Also the free resource indicators are automatically disabled when WinRamTurbo is minimized to an icon.
  
• Disable Sounds - If checked, Sounds alerts are not heard for certain program events.
• Disable CPU Monitor - If checked, the Cpu monitor is disabled.
• Don't Optimize when > xx % of CPU Load - This controls how much the cpu load level must be below for optimization to occur.
• Optimize Hot Key - This is a global hotkey that can be used from anywhere in windows. This allows you to optimize system ram when hitting the hotkey combination on the keyboard.
• Optimize every x min. - Setting this control above 0 (zero) will cause WinRamTurbo to optimize ram every x minutes regardless if the trigger level has been reached. It has a range of 0 - 60 minutes.

WinRamTurbo Pro (Professional Version)

Main Menu:

• File Menu - From the file menu you can optimize system memory, clear the windows clipboard, tweak the windows internal file and disk cache settings, run compact window mode, apply changes for settings, check for WinRamTurbo Upgrades, and exit the program.

• Help Menu - From the help menu you can view general program information, visit the website, send mail to customer support, submit bug reports, and view the tip of the day dialog. The tip of the day dialog displays various helpful text about program usage and features.

Statistics Tab:
This shows all current memory status, windows page file status, system resources status, windows uptime.

Settings Tab: The settings window is shown when you click the settings tab. Target Free RAM slider - This control allows you to adjust the amount of memory you want freed when optimizing ram. It also has percentage indicator above to reflect the percentage of the setting. Auto Recover Level - This control allows you to adjust the trigger level that is required for the amount of free ram to fall below for automatic memory optimization to occur. It also has percentage indicator above to reflect the percentage of the setting. Start with Windows checkbox - If this control is checked, WinRamTurbo will start automatically when windows boots up. Start Minimized checkbox - If this control is checked, WinRamTurbo will start minimized either to the taskbar or system tray. Show Uptime in Title bar checkbox - If this control is checked, the windows elapsed time is shown in the title bar instead of the available ram. Splash on Optimize checkbox - If this control is checked, a small splash screen will popup when WinRamTurbo is optimizing system ram. Show Free Resources checkbox - If this control is checked, the windows resources that are available are shown otherwise "Off" is displayed. Toggling this setting off will reduce CPU load. Also the free resource indicators are automatically disabled when WinRamTurbo is minimized to an icon.

Stay on Top checkbox - If this control is checked, WinRamTurbo will stay on top of other windows on the desktop. Disable Auto Optimization checkbox - If this control is checked, WinRamTurbo will not automatically optimize ram. Show Tips at Startup checkbox - If this control is checked, WinRamTurbo will show the tip of the day dialog when it starts. Disable Sounds checkbox - If this control is checked, the sound alerts will not be heard for events. Disable Startup Splash Screen checkbox - If this control is checked, no Splash Screen is shown when WinRamTurbo starts up. Exit groupbox - This allows you to exit WinRamTurbo any number of ways. Just Quit will do nothing more than exit WinRamTurbo. Log Off quits WinRamTurbo and logs off the current user from windows. Power Off quits WinRamTurbo and powers down the computer if supported. Reboot quits WinRamTurbo and reboots the computer. System Shutdown quits WinRamTurbo and shuts down windows. Opt Timeout (min) - This controls when WinRamTurbo will timeout if memory is not optimized before the timeout setting. This prevents WinRamTurbo from trying to release memory for extended periods of time when memory consumption is high. Optimize Hot Key - This is a global hotkey that can be used from anywhere in windows. This allows you to optimize system ram when hitting the hotkey combination on the keyboard. Exit Hot Key - This is a global hotkey that can be used from anywhere in windows. This allows you to quit WinRamTurbo and windows. Optimize every x minutes - Setting this control above 0 (zero) will cause WinRamTurbo to optimize ram every x minutes regardless if the trigger level has been reached. It has a range of 0 - 60 minutes. Priority - This will manage the windows priority setting of WinRamTurbo. Tune - Clicking this button, WinRamTurbo can automatically set your ram settings for you. Tune Ram Settings Dialog - Use this dialog to let WinRamTurbo set your memory settings for you. By clicking the Go button, WinRamTurbo will cycle through for the optimum ram settings.

• Cache Dialog -
  Use this dialog to adjust the windows internal file / disk cache for improving disk I/O under windows. Not available under Windows NT or 2000.

Info Tab:
This shows general program information.