The Consumer’s Corner

FreeramXP Pro is my favorite RAM monitoring and optimization program. It’s been programmed to work on most of your Windows driven systems (even works very nicely with Vista). I’ve used this FreeramXP Pro on four different computers I’ve owned over the past few years, I’ll use it on the next four as well, and is one of the very first things I install when setting up new systems for my friends.

I’m not sure exactly how it works (nor do I particularly care), but I do know that it does work. See, what I do know is that as you use your computer by opening and closing programs, sometimes the RAM that a given program was using does not get released, or ‘dumped,’ back into the memory bank. If you don’t have a generous amount of RAM on in your PC, this can will dramatically affect the overall performance of your computer; especially if you use some RAM hungry applications.

FreeramXP Pro can be set to run at user defined timed intervals, or you can just set it when your available RAM reaches a certain ‘low point’ (also determined by you). I use a combination of the two. Another handy feature; the program constantly monitors the amount of RAM you have available, and keeps that amount (you can choose a MB display, or percentage) displayed it in the system tray. When I notice my system is running sluggish, I look down there and usually find that I’m running a bit low. With just a simple right click, I can tell it to free up my RAM right now, and things are often okay. If FreeramXP Pro doesn’t free up enough to speed me up, I try to close some unneeded programs, and run it again. If that doesn’t work, I know I might have something weird going on, like a virus or adware infection. So in a sideways way, it can be an effective diagnostic tool; it wont tell you what the issue is, but at least you’ll know there’s an issue.

This is one of many tools that I recommend for the betterment of your computer. I’m a major proponent for preventative maintenance; it’s far cheaper to prevent problems than it is to fix them. Especially when the only tools needed are 100% free!

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–Jeremy Hobbs

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