I have 256 MB of memory (about 30 gig of hard drive space).
Will this process assist me?
At 07:23 PM 10/25/99 +0100, you wrote:
>On 24 Oct 99, at 18:23, Bruce A Metcalf wrote:
>
>> Hello, I must have missed the discussion of ReCache the last time around.
>> Would someone be willing to explain where this can be obtained, how to
>> install, and the likely benefits to Prime95?
>
Brian Beesley responded:
>ftp://lettuce.edsc.ulst.ac.uk/gimps/software/ReCache.zip
>
>To install: Unzip the file & place the executable in a directory
>referenced in the search path. [Or in the same directory as Prime95]
>Read the other file.
>
>To run: from DOS command prompt: change directory to the folder
>containing Prime95 then issue the command "ReCache nn Prime95.exe"
>where nn is the amount of physical memory in the system in megabytes.
>Can easily be set up as a Windows shortcut.
>
>Benefits: the ReCache program forces unused DLLs out to swap space &
>causes a general "tidy up" of the whole Windows memory space. This
>makes any compute-intensive program launched using it operate a
>little more efficiently. Speed up of 1% or 2% is usual.
>
>> I'd also be particularly interested in an automatic routine, as my Windoze
>> box crashes 3 or 4 times a day. (Yes, I know -- but I've only read through
>> chapter 3 in "Linus for Dummies" so far.)
>
>Place a shortcut to Prime95 (or to launch Prime95 using ReCache) in
>your startup folder, using "Start/Settings/Taskbar/Start Menu/Add"
>
>But you probably should find out why windoze crashes so often. If
>you're on a busy LAN, it does help to have a full set of LAN security
>patches installed!
>
>Regards
>Brian Beesley
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