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General Software Discussion / CleanMem - apparently a memory optimizer with a difference...
« Last post by Darwin on August 20, 2008, 09:35 AM »I'm almost afraid to ask this question here, given my own role in some of the mem optimizer threads over the past three years, however, I'm curious if anyone has tried, and/or has an opinion about CleanMem? I discovered it this morning while trying to find information about WinXP Pro Sp-3 and explorer.exe, which has trebled in memory usage (over Sp-2). There are no proper reviews that I can find, but the author claims that CleanMem works differently:
This doesn't work like other memory cleaners that do nothing but force windows to free up memory by using up all the avail. memory.
This old trick then causes your system to lag big time!
Cleanmem works in a matter of about 5 sec. It uses a windows api call that is in Windows 2000,xp,2003,Vista & 2008
that tells windows to cleanup the workspace of a processes thus freeing up any memory the process no longer needs. Other memory cleaners end up forcing the memory into the page file slowing down your system.
This tool does not. The API call frees up unused memory from programs, when a program needs the memory again it can simply take it back instead of forcing the memory out of ram and into the page file.
A significant problem moving between OSX and Windows (2k, XP and Vista) is the need to adjust how you think about folder structure, programme installation, etc. The funny thing, as I've come to realise, is that I've gotten so used to the (relative) complexity of the program files folder, common files folder, registry and various user settings folders in Windows that I get frustrated by OSX - I guess I don't trust its simplicity!
I do image my HD daily - keeps me from a lot of grief! Of course, it was a hard-learned lesson... Actually, it was mouser's review of imaging and backup software that brought me to DC a few years ago. Of course, I had already purchased both Acronis TrueImage and Genie Backup Manager Pro and missed on what could have been my first DC discounts! Interesting that over that period of time, Genie Backup Manger Pro has introduced the ability to image a harddrive and Acronis TrueImage the ability to backup individual files and folders... FWIW, today I use Acronis TrueImage and Super Flexible File Synchronizer... GBM Pro has been relegated to the digital scrap heap (for now).
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