RealVNC slowness (WinVNC)

[edwin.vandamme@pandora.be]

Guys,

I was told by someone i tust greatly that Windows 98 should not have more then 256Mb of RAM installed, the rest is either not used or makes the machine misbehave.

Regards,
Edwin

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 "James ''Wez'' Weatherall" <jnw@realvnc.com> wrote:
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>> Nope, nothing flagged, and no unknown devices.
>> 384mb ram, 81% system-resourses free, virtual memory OFF,
>> file-system 32bit
>
>81% system resources free is extremely low for a 384Mb machine that's not
>even running anything.  Having said that, Windows 98 is particularly bad at
>dealing with large amounts of RAM.
>
>Having no virtual memory configured is also a bad idea with Windows 98.  I
>have no idea as to the reasons behind that, but it seems to really badly
>affect performance in many cases.
>
>> since 5 days, system is restored in original state. (compaq evo
>> d500, win98)
>
>Strange.  5-day old installation should be OK.  Are you installing standard
>Windows 98, Windows 98SE, or a Compaq OEM'd version of Windows 98?
>
>> btw, if it's possible to use MSN, ICQ or Yahoo,
>> http://www.simbox.nl/sb_contact
>> to keep the list up to date, i could post the session, or put it on the
>> site...
>
>?  Not sure what you mean by that.
>
>Cheers,
>
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>Dr. James "Wez" Weatherall
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