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- From: reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp (Reza Naima)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: Re: Speeding up Windows..
- Message-ID: <1180.5.uupcb@uttsbbs.uucp>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 17:55:00 GMT
- Reply-To: reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp (Reza Naima)
- Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
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- jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth) writes in article <btjn+ab@lynx.unm.edu>
-
- >Almost true. What you should do is set the TEMP environment variable
- >(and
- >tmp, for some other programs) to a subdirectory on the RAM disk. The
- >reason
- >for this is some programs (COREL DRAW, Windows Print manager, etc.)
- >create
- >and play around with temporary files that slow down the system if
- >written ........
-
- What would be a good setting for the size of the ram drive? I have 8
- Megs to play with, and am currently using using 2 for smartdrive in
- windows (that's it!).
-
- Reza
- reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp
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