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Old 07-18-2003, 01:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
Default RAM Recovery Programs - Good or Bad?

What is the consensus on programs such as RAM Turbo, Free RAM and the like
for Win XP? I have read totally conflicting reports on their usefulness. Is
it better to run with or without them, and does running with one of them do
any harm such as creating a drag on the OS?


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Old 07-18-2003, 01:49 PM   #2 (permalink)
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they are useless. they end up just taking up all the
memory that u r trying to free. the operating system will
take care of this. even if u had a memory manager u would
not be able to tell aa difference when it's running if
things go faster.
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Old 07-18-2003, 02:01 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Cooter wrote:
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> What is the consensus on programs such as RAM Turbo, Free RAM and the like
> for Win XP? I have read totally conflicting reports on their usefulness. Is
> it better to run with or without them, and does running with one of them do
> any harm such as creating a drag on the OS?
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PC Magazine has reported these things as a waste of money.

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Old 07-18-2003, 02:02 PM   #4 (permalink)
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They're all absolutely useless. In fact, none can do what they claim. All
they can do is force the system into premature page aging which is
definitely counter productive. See
http://www.radsoft.net/resources/sof...reviews/redux/ for a description
of why you don't want any of things on your machine.

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Old 07-18-2003, 02:58 PM   #5 (permalink)
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In bESRa.247634$nr.9935036@twister.southeast.rr.com, Cooter
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> running with one of them do any harm such as creating a drag on
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It's far better to run without them. All such programs are
counterproductive.

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Old 07-20-2003, 09:31 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Greetings --

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Old 07-21-2003, 02:45 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Was it PT Barnum that said there is a sucker born every minute when they ask
him how he could continual run his scams.





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