192 megs pc100 and Win2k pro: Best optimizations?

[pr-man 1]

Ok guys I have 192 megs of pc100 sdram and I have heard that this is the minumum reccommended for win2k pro. How can I best optimize win2k pro given my amount of ram?

 

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Celeron 300a@464 on a Abit BH6 Rev 1.01, 192 Pc100, Matrox G400 32 SH,

SBlive Value, Supra Express 56i ISA, all running on Win2k pro with other

odds and ends

[Shrink 0]

I would suggest that 128mb is the minimum recommended amount for Windows 2000 Pro, not 192mb. Windows 2000 manages the memory quite well and, aside from disabling unneeded services, I would just leave it as is. Good luck :-)

 

 

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Shrink

 

92% of the things we worry about don't happen - but the other 8% DO!

 

PIII 650@850

BE6-II Mobo with 192 mb ram

20 gig Quantum KX 8 gig Quantum CR

SBlive Value

Voodooo3 3000 AGP

... and a bunch of USB Stuff

Windows 2000 Pro Retail

[FrogMaster 0]

I have 192 megs (3x64)also on my machines.

99% of the time smooth as a baby's ... face.

Pagefile is fixed 384 megs (192x2)on fastest drive.

Best combination for me (especially for UT).

Should be OK for you if you do not do huge image processing.

[pr-man 1]

Well my problem is that I cant figure out which services I can set to manual or disable. I have read some of the articles at various sites but everytime I take their advice something seems to get screwed up

 

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Celeron 300a@464 on a Abit BH6 Rev 1.01, 192 Pc100, Matrox G400 32 SH,

SBlive Value, Supra Express 56i ISA, all running on Win2k pro with other

odds and ends

[FrogMaster 0]

I have tried all possible combinations on different machines and/or configs.

My conclusion is : do not try to change any service setting or you will screw your setup, sooner or later or sloooooow it down at the best, unless you exactly know what you are doing and why.

Gains are negligible anyway.

Win2k will summon the right service when it need it.

Let it do its os job.

Too much tweaking in this area is definitely bad.

Yes, I have read a lot of bull$$$t at many websites, taken from Microsoft doc.

 

My 0.02 cent :

Be happy with your basic os setup. You better tweak video, connexion speed, sound, etc.

[Ronin 0]

I would just leave things as they are. W2K manages memory very well. If you are not going to use a printer you could disable the spooler and the messenger service is not needed. But all in all just leaving things as they are is the best way to go.

 

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