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Great post Wilty! I can add a couple of
points of confirmation. The biggest mistake I made this year was buying a new
high-end Dell system with Windows Me installed. The hardware was okay, the OS
was not. I was continually plagued by low System Resource problems even after
running msconfig.exe to close as many of the unnecessary background programs
that Dell had activated as I could. Could not open more than a few MetaStock Pro
charts before running out of resources. Before I understood the difference
between System Resource and physical RAM memory, I even doubled my RAM from 256
to 512 MB, to no avail. Also experienced many crashes, both general system and
MetaStock related, many of which required "hard booting" (turning power off just
to recover and reboot). Originally, before I bought the new Dell system, Equis
sales told me MetaStock Pro would work fine with Win Me. Evidently that was bad
advice. Subsequently, an Equis tech support person told me Win Me was NOT
generally recommended for MetaStock (at least the Pro version) and I should
consider myself lucky to have MetaStock Pro working at all with Win
Me.
Finally, my pain threshold was exceeded and I
bought Win2000 and installed it on a second hard drive. I'm using Win2000
exclusively for MetaStock now for several weeks. All the above problems gone. I
currently have about 20 or so charts open, all with many custom indicators and
all updating in real time with no problem.
Charles
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wilty
van rees
To: <A
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";
title=metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 3:32
AM
Subject: Re: System low on
resources
The explanation of Jay Cruce is correct. If you
have enough of RAM, the problem probably is the System
Resources.
Win9x and Win ME reserve a fixed
(small) amount of memory for the System Resources. Programs should
release all the used System Resources, so it can be used again. A lot of
programs (among them Metastock) however fail to do this
correctly. Messages like 'Your system is low on resources, please
close some charts ...' point to exhausted System Resources.
Memory boosters like Free Memory Pro, Memokit,
Memturbo and a lot of others can free your RAM. However they can't do
anything with the System Resources.
Some websites that mention the
problem:
<A
href="http://www.infinisource.com/techfiles/win-resources.html";>http://www.infinisource.com/techfiles/win-resources.html
<A
href="http://www.releaseram.com/support.htm#RESOURCES";>http://www.releaseram.com/support.htm#RESOURCES (website
of Free Memory Pro)
<A
href="http://tweakhomepc.virtualave.net/thpc.html";>http://tweakhomepc.virtualave.net/thpc.html
Win2000 and Win XP handle the System Resources in
another way. There is no longer a fixed amount of memory for the System
Resources, these operating systems use RAM memory to supply extra
memory for the System Resources.
Samary
Marysamars (Metastockusers Yahoogroup) reported that the problem
disappeared by installing win2000:
"Installing
WIN2000. The problem quit, it works 6 hours in real time.Only metastock
seems to drag a litle'.
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To
summarize:
Win2000 seems the better operating system
when you have serious problems with low system resources. No Win2000
user on the list reported problems in this area.
Win XP should handle the system resources the way
Win2000 does. However Igor Devisscher had a lot of problems. This brings up
the question: 'Is Metastock ready for Win XP?'. The Equis website
doesn't mention Win XP. Has anyone by accidence contacted Equis about this
item?Good
luck,
Wilty
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Gene Ricci
To: <A
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";
title=metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 5:08
AM
Subject: Re: System low on
resources
I have 7.21 installed, just upgraded from
7.2.... my original installation was 7.2 .
I just went and opened 18 charts; had Excel
and Word open plus had Outlook Express receiving mail.. no
problems.
Gene
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Robert
Duplain
To: <A
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";
title=metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: <A
href="mailto:igor.devisscher@xxxxxxxxxx";
title=igor.devisscher@xxxxxxxxxx>igor.devisscher@xxxxxxxxxx ; <A
href="mailto:hwrichards@xxxxxxxxx";
title=hwrichards@xxxxxxxxx>hwrichards@xxxxxxxxx ; <A
href="mailto:genr@xxxxxxxxxx"; title=genr@xxxxxxxxxx>genr@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:10
PM
Subject: RE: System low on
resources
Hi all,We may be near to the cause of the problem but I
miss some informationIgor, you have the problem under W2k. What is
your version of Metastock ?Gene, you have no problem under W2k.
What is your version of Metastock?Holland, you have no problem under
W2k. What is your version of
Metastock?ThanksRobert -----Message
d'origine-----De : <A
href="mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]De la part deIgor
DevisscherEnvoyé : 4 décembre, 2001 01:07À : <A
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxObjet
: RE: System low on resourcesHy Robert,You are lucky that you
can open 15 charts. When I open 3 charts with 3expert advisors and NO
other programs, after 3 hours my pc is Low onresources. I have PIII
256Ram and windows XP. And I'm not alone who hasthis problem. The
problem is MS..!Greetings igor-----Original
Message-----From: <A
href="mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Robert DuplainSent: maandag 3 december 2001 8:16To:
<A
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject:
System low on resourcesHi all,I just upgraded my
computer for a Pentium 4, 256 meg RAM. I'm runningMetastock 6.52
on Windows Me.When I open numerous (let say 15) charts in MS while
running some fewotherprograms, I still get a "System low on
resources" message and no otherchartcan be opened.Is there
anybody experienced such a problem. I can't believed I
stilllackon resources.Is the problem with Metastock 6.52
or Windows Me ?Should I upgrade to MS EOD 7.2 or to Windows 2000
to solve the problem ?Thanks for you
helpRobert
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