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- FreeMem
- by Antti Kirjavainen
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- Recommended system:
- 300 mhz or better, 64 MB or more
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- NOTE: If FreeMem won't start and says something about a missing
- file or component, download the required components from my
- homepage. Here's the direct link:
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- http://www.sunpoint.net/~akirjavainen/vbrun60.exe
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- After downloading that executable, run it, and it will install the
- needed files. FreeMem should work after that.
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- Homepage: http://www.sunpoint.net/~akirjavainen/index.html
- E-Mail: akirjavainen@mail.htk.fi
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- What is FreeMem?
- FreeMem is a small toll, which shows the current physical and virtual
- (swapfile) usage, and can free up some more memory by releasing the
- memory that Windows isn't using anymore. This program works best with
- Win95/98/ME, but it may free some memory under NT4/2000 too. FreeMem
- defragments the memory, which means that it re-arranges the memory
- content. Here's a figure, which could help you to understand it:
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- UUUUUUNNNNNNNNUUUUUU
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- U=Used memory
- N=Unused memory, which Windows still reserves, though it isn't even
- used anymore.
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- The figure describes the memory content.There are "memory holes" left
- in the middle of the used memory. That really is a waste of memory.
- FreeMem first writes the memory content to hard drive and then re-
- arranges the memory so that those memory holes are removed, which
- means that you get a lot more free memory.
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- Features:
- FREE MEMORY
- Free up unused memory
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- FREE MEMORY AND QUIT
- Free up unsed memory and then quit
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- FREE MEMORY WHEN FULL
- When you check this option, FreeMem will check the physical memory
- usage very minute, and if it exceeds 95 % of the total physical
- memory, the program will automatically free up unused memory. The
- reason, why FreeMem waits for a minute, and doesn't do this
- immediately, is that Windows may be using all the memory at that
- moment, and it really is used. But if the memory is still reported
- used after one minute, it is probably a memory hole, which contains
- unused memory. NOTE: It is not recommended that you use this option
- while playing games or using heavy programs, because at that moment,
- the memory may really be in use, and trying to free it up would just
- slow down performance for a few seconds.
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- Command line options:
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- Usage: FreeMem [command]
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- /AUTO
- Starts FreeMem with FREE MEMORY WHEN FULL switched ON.
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- /QUIT
- Starts FreeMem and executes the command FREE MEMORY AND QUIT.
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