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All my 6.5 "low resource" problems ended upon installing NT4.0
over Win95......it's really much more stable, and allows
you to fully use all the RAM you have.
It's also not nearly as forboding to use as you may have
heard....almost indistinguishable from the use of Win95..
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken <divenfish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: Low Resources
>Hi,
>
> I don't recall having resource problems in earilier versions, but after
>upgrading to 6.51, I started getting the dreaded Low Resources messages.
>While I know 6.51 is more demanding, I laid most of the blame on my
>always-lookin'-for-a-reason-to-crash-and-burn computer. I should mention
that I
>could stand to buy a new machine. Usually all I had to do was to close and
>re-open Metastock to get things back to normal. I wrote Equis about the
problem
>and I've included their response below, which should be applicable to all
>versions. Recently I had to re-format the HD (for reasons unrelated to
6.51),
>which meant re-installing Metastock. Fortunately this seemed to straighten
>things out. I no longer get the Low Resources messages. Most likely your
>problem can be solved without using such an extremely time consuming (read:
>#&%*!!!) method. ;-)
>
>BTW, if I think of it, I try to remember to unload Norton A. V. and even my
>screen saver before collecting rt quotes.
>
>Regards,
>Ken
>
>
>Heidi Stubner wrote:
>
>> JCarlos: I periodically get this message too. I must close everything
>> down (which is sometimes only Metastock) and reboot. Any ideas from
anyone
>> else?
>>
>> At 01:34 PM 10/14/1998 -0300, you wrote:
>> >A few days ago my Metastock start with the message "The System is low in
>> >Resources...." anyone with same problem ?
>> >I close the soft or restart the computer and normalize, but its not
normal,
>> >anyone could me help with this?
>> >Thanks
>> >JCarlos
>> >
>
>Subject:
> RE: Low on resources
> Date:
> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:36:42 -0600
> From:
> Equis Support <support@xxxxxxxxx>
> To:
> "'divenfish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <divenfish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>Virus checking programs like Norton Anti-virus use a lot of resources.
>Try shutting it down and run MetaStock Professional alone to see if this
>message disappears.
>
>In fact make sure you are not running another program in the background
>that is using up all of your memory resources. You do this in Windows
>95 as follows:
>
>Start Windows 95.
>
>Press <CTRL>+<ALT>+<DELETE>, to display the Close Program menu.
>
>Disable all programs except Explorer. You disable a program by
>highlighting the program on the Close Program menu and clicking the End
>Task button. When you select End Task the Close Program menu will
>disappear. Press <CTRL>+<ALT>+<DELETE> again and repeat this procedure
>until the only program running is Explorer. Note: some of the programs
>do not end the first time. You may have to select End Task a few times
>to remove some of your programs from your Close Program menu.
>
>When Explorer is the only program listed on the Close Program menu start
>MetaStock Professional and use as normal. If the message disappears it
>means one of the background programs is using up excess resources.
>
>If you still receive this message when you are running MetaStock
>Professional only it could mean one of your program files has been
>damaged. If so make sure Explorer is the only program listed on the
>Close Program menu then uninstall and reinstall MetaStock Professional
>again. This will make sure that a program running in memory does not
>interfere with the installation.
>
>MetaStock Professional is a newer version than MetaStock 6.5. It
>contains more features which means it can use more memory and resources
>than the earlier 6.5 program because it capable of doing more. It is
>also newer and uses newer video calls to create the image on the screen.
>
>It is possible the video driver is not fully compatible. Try changing
>your Video Settings as follows:
>
>Click Start|Settings|Control Panel.
>
>Double-click the System icon.
>
>Click the Performance tab.
>
>Click the Graphics button.
>
>Drag the Hardware Acceleration pointer to None and click OK. Window may
>ask you to restart. If so answer yes and restart.
>
>Start MetaStock.
>
>If this does not work Start Windows95 in Safe Mode. To do this close
>MetaStock and all other programs running in Windows 95 and click
>Start|Shutdown.
>
>Select Restart computer and click OK.
>
>Watch the computer screen as the computer is starting and when you see
>the words "Starting Windows 95" press <F8> (Function key F8) .
>
>Select "Safe Mode" from the menu that appears.
>
>Start MetaStock. If this works it means your video driver is not fully
>compatible.
>
>Contact the manufacturer of your video card and get the most current
>version of the video driver.
>
>Also if you did ever need to close MetaStock Professional during a real
>time session you would not lose any data. Real Time collection uses
>three programs to collect and store the data, Signals Data Manger
>program, the Equis File Server and the Equis Data Sever. As long as
>Data Manager, Equis File Server and Equis Data Sever are running you
>will be collecting and storing real time data.
>
>MetaStock Professional runs independently of Equis File Server and Equis
>Data Server which means you can shut down MetaStock Professional and you
>will not lose any data. It is designed this way on purpose so that
>something like a system lock up or program crashes, which do sometimes
>happen, do not interrupt the collection of your data .
>
>Equis Support
>
>
>
>
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