Set Memory usage to System Cache

[JohnHACK]

Hi all, what if I set Memory usage of my WinXP OS to System Cache, bcoz the deafult one was Memory Usage set to Programs.

Is there a different?

I have 256x2MB RAM 400MHz

[SwordFish_13]

hi JohnHACK

I would suggest you ............

Choose Programs if you use your computer primarily as a workstation, rather than as a server, to have more memory devoted to your programs

Chose System cache if your computer is used primarily as a server............... Providing services ot other and does more thing in the background(e.g Listening continuously to incoming requests etc)............... or if you use programs that require a larger cache.

[nihil]

Hi John,

SwordFish is absolutely correct.

From what you have told us, I recognise that it is one of your machines we are talking about, and from what else you have told us, I don't think that you will notice any difference between the two settings.

I certainly do not think that you would get any improvement, given your usage pattern/requirement.

I believe that there was a situation with earlier versions of Windows, where you would change the typical use setting from "desktop" to "network server" if you had a powerful machine with a large, fast HDD. It would then use the HDD more efficiently. AFAIK this is irrelevant to Win XP, and was related to the HDD performance in Win9x.

Cheers