[sentme_mail]

I currently have 1GB of RAM, will increasing it to 1.5GB make my windows applications startup faster?
thanks

 

[Frank4d]

Probably not. What CPU, MOBO, and applications are we talking about?

 

[sentme_mail]

P4 2.4GHz. I want to increase the response of starting applications such as microsoft office

 

[winbob]

Microsoft Office applications are not what would particularly be termed "Memory Intensive", so you won't see a big boost in the startup or running of them...individually. If you are heavily multi-tasking, and have a large memory commitment, you may see some gain.

I suggest you download "Process Explorer" from WWW.Sysinternals.com to get a good look at what is going on in the system. It is a Task Manager replacement that provides more data and explanation of Processes, etc.

IMO the biggest bottleneck in Application startup is the HD. But also IMO, startup is a minute part of application performance. If you are not short on resources, don't close the application if you will be using it again...Minimize it.

 

[Rich-M]

Yeah sounds like you need to open up startup....anmd if you want to tell us what is listed here, we can tell you what to uncheck.
Run,msconfig,ok,startup

 

[Jedi_Master]

Howdy folks Merry Christmas ...

I agree increasing memory will most likely not help the issue...

If you are having a problem with Office being slow to open may want to check your virus scanner, I know most will scan office documents while opening, thus causing a slower opening time...