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TweakRAM was available as a giveaway on February 14, 2007!
TweakRAM is a handy memory optimizer tool that will keep your computer running faster and efficiently. It increases your system performance by making more memory available for your applications and the operating system.
TweakRAM defragments your computer's memory, increasing the efficiency of your CPU and Motherboard caches, recovers memory leaks from poorly behaved applications, flushes unused libraries temporarily out to disk and so on. By all this optimization tricks your favorite applications and games will run faster and efficiently even on old computers.
Using this RAM optimizer utility your computer will achieve superior performance. There is no need to buy additional expensive memory for your computer. TweakRAM will defragment system memory for faster access time. TweakRAM doesn't modify your system in any way and your system will be even more stable with TweakRAM installed.
No matter how much physical memory you have, TweakRAM will help keep your computer running faster and efficiently.
Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
2.42 MB
$19.95
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Looks great and works well for me, I am low on ram so this helps!
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#132 y0himba
I ran the shortcut
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
Hard drive ran for about 10 minutes and I lost 15MB of RAM. lol
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#128-This does the same thing without all the system degradetion form swapping to HDD. Create a shortcut with this command line:
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
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RAM Optimizers have no effect, and at worst, they seriously degrade performance. Although gaining more available memory might seem beneficial, it isn't. As RAM Optimizers force the available-memory counter up, they force other processes' data and code out of memory. Say that you're running Word, for example. As the optimizer forces the available-memory counter up, the text of open documents and the program code that was part of Word's working set before the optimization (and was therefore present in physical memory) must be reread from disk as you continue to edit your document. The act of allocating, then freeing a large amount of virtual memory might, as a conceivable side effect, lead to blocks of contiguous available memory. However, because virtual memory masks the layout of physical memory from processes, processes can't directly benefit from having virtual memory backed by contiguous physical memory. As processes execute and undergo working-set trimming and growth, their virtual-memory-to-physical-memory mappings will become fragmented despite the availability of contiguous memory.
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Sorry, memory leaks are due to bad code. All programs don't just leak memory. Want a solution? Don't use software written by novice programmers. This should be a general rule anyway. You guys have a serious case of the placebo effect going on.
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Just thought I'd add I'm still using TweakRam + the program I mentioned in #99 and they are a perfect combination. This is perfect and if any of you don't know TweakRam was optimized to run with other clients, and has support for systems with 4GB and greater RAM so all of you who believe these programs are useless think again!
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To anyone who said something like: #73 Traciatim:
‘defrag’ of RAM is a myth. you don’t need to defrag it for one thing; it’s designed for random access.
Ok, you're good Googlers, but if you learn a bit more about systems, rather than being just poking around some articles you found, you may come to understand that the RAM FREEING Utilities actually DO perform some good functions. All you wrote is acknowledged, but now it's time to go beyond all that. Consider that when you boot your computer, all kinds of things load into ram. Some of these things might be background SERVICES, or Quirktime, or RealPlaguer, or MusicMatchJokeBox, or Nero CD drive utilities, or HP photo printer crap, Ipsec monitoring, Microsoft Binder, .NET, ASP, Network DDE, PDF stuff, RPC, SMartCard services, and all those other icons you've got coming up near your clock on startup.
Now ALL of these get loaded at boot time, so they load into RAM contiguously and it starts filling. But you may not even use those things, or even WANT to use those things. Then you might load your browser, or a game or something from MS-OFFICE or your email program or some program that you use a LOT. So what happens is, that wonderful QUICKTIME got a free & clear chunk of your RAM, but now your program you REALLY use is crowded out and half of it gets swapped out to disk in the virtual memory page file. Now due to disk-based access being slower, Quicktime (which you're not even using) gets to reside in RAM, but your other program gets stuck having to page in and page out all the time.
If you run one of these RAM Optimizers, SURE, it may page it ALL out to disk, but it will also page out all that Quicktime and MMJB, and kernel services that are NOT being used, too! Then you can load up your MS-word, or Browser or what have you, and it will have a chance to get as much of it as possible BACK INTO faster RAM. So these utilities can perform a good function of pushing everything out to the swap file, and sure it may need to page the programs you are using back in, but it will then allow you to focus forward the programs that you are actually using, and allow THEM to run with more actual RAM, and less swap. And from that point forward, that program you are interested in will operate faster than that dormant stuff that had taken up most of the contiguous ram.
Next, have you never heard of memory leaks? OMG, this problem has been around forever! And it continues to plague just about every piece of software you can name. A lot of you talk like you can load a program and it will take 20 megs, and then when you unload it, it will give back all 20 megs. NO way! Maybe in a dream with unicorns and pretty pretty flowers. But in real life, you can open a program, it will take 20 megs, and when you close it, it will only give back 18. Now open and close it a few times during a session of using your computer, and you've got 2,4,6,8,10,12 megs locked out of usage. Now think about how many windows and programs you might open & close over the course of a day. Or some people leave their pc's on 24/7 for weeks!
In addition, during usage, a program with a memory leak will continue to bloat, and neither will it give back everything. So over the course of a day or more of usage you may have tons of RAM tied up in unused services, utilities, background processes, or memory leaks.
These programs can *assist* somewhat (not perfect, but they HELP) in optimizing the performance of your system in this way.
OMG, have you people never rebooted and found your pc runs so much better after a fresh reboot? Even if you had closed down every possible program without rebooting and began working again, it's still not releasing those bits hooked into memory, and it's still not the same. You know your pc runs nice & fast again after a reboot. These RAM optimizer utilities perform 1 aspect of this, and allow you to slightly improve the effect of fragmented, improperly apportioned, and improperly swapped memory that occurs over time during the use of your computer.
#83 AKERS WROTE: RAM freeing utilities are for idiots.
Durrh. Tenh I are a idot. Guh.
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Comment by TJRuLeZ — February 14th, 2007 at 11:59 am ...
Wow, nice long post there... Nice.
To # 55: Domenic is correct, this program doesn’t dump the cache to my knowledge...
Actually, the TWEAKRAM program does have a couple other utilities built into it. ONE of them is that it will EMPTY the browser cache. Right click TweakRam's icon in systray, Go to TOOLS menu, Pick "Clear IE Cache" (But you're right, it's not automatic, and it's not in conjunction with the RAM auto-optimizing)
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WhiteRabbit aka Stephen WROTE:
"Freemem Pro was my first memory manager, then after trying Memokit I bought that because it was better."
-You are somewhat right! actually MEMOKIT has 1 feature that I like, that neither TweakRam or FreeRamXPPro have... And that is the HISTORY GRAPH. Memokit shows you a bar graph of the ram usage of EACH process and not just at that instant, but over time. That's useful. However FreeRamXPPro has superior 'freeing' capabilities. Sometimes I'd actually open MEMOKIT to see the effects and results of opening, and closing various programs, and even run FreeRamXPPro at the same time to see its results. So you might want to take a look at both TweakRAM and FreeRam XP Pro, but hang on to your MEMOKIT for the graphs. :-)
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Ok, to ANYONE who typed: "it “only” freed up 1 MB" or that it didn't do much...
Pick this option: "TRY TO FREE __xx__ MEGS", not the AutoFree option.
And set xx all the way up to the highest amount of ram that it will go. Now Go free the Ram 2 times.
If you really haven't just freshly rebooted, or you aren't a light user, you should see more of a result.
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Anyone who missed this download can still get the program that I told all the way back up at the top in #14.
FREE RAM XP PRO - It's free - http://www.yourwaresolutions.com/software.html#framxpro
Does the same thing. In fact, it's surprising even some of the wording in the sentences in the menus are identical.
This also applies for anyone who couldn't activate or whose serial number didn't work for some reason. Go try FREERAMXPPRO.
It can free ram only whan cpu usage is below a certain %, it has graphs, it can free ram after so many minutes of time, it can free ram on demand by clicking the icon near your clock, autofree or try to free a certain amount. It's all in there. Or buy the TweakRam if you prefer.
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i dwnlded it and now it says cant register as id is not correct! BAD PPL
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Sorry, I gave this one the thumbs down. The program does not perform as well as many others and free’s such a minute amount of ram.
I will be un-installing when I post this.
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This is my first time using the site, and I wish I could see the pop up box some of you have mentionoed to see the reg & serial number to reg this. I wish I knew where it was suppost to be or how to find it.
Until then I think I will try the other free linked programs listed here.
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great program. It freed 8 mb Ram. That's good...
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I just want to thank you for the freeware program AlZip. I think it's way better than WinZip and it's free!
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Thank you very much for all the FREE programs! Is there a way I can help this website with a contribution?
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A few more observations when comparing TweakRAM graphs to those of TaskInfo (mentioned above):
I've used TaskInfo for years and trust it's readings since they "jive" with other well-known and trusted utilities (like Process Explorer, also mentioned above). TaskInfo further breaks down "Memory Usage" as reported by TweakRAM into "File Cache" and "Windows and Programs" which added together equals "Memory Usage".
(By the way, neither TaskInfo nor Process Explorer contains ALL the features I like in a process manager, but either one is truly great since they share most advanced features like setting process priority level, processor affinity, open files, DLL in use, etc.; and together are terrific and compliment each other. One is free, the other about $35, which has been well worth it to me over the years.)
Previously I mentioned the CPU usage discrepancy. I've since noted that the Swap File Usage graph disagrees with TaskInfo's. Just after booting (when you'd think nothing would have been swapped out yet), TaskInfo reported 0% in swap, and TweakRAM reported something around 15%.
I used TaskInfo's own "Free RAM Fast" function and watched that the TweakRAM "Swap File Usage" started reporting 0.00mb also.
I then used TaskInfo's "Free RAM Slow" (much more thorough than the "...Fast") which caused the swap file usage to grow (in my case) to 24% (which made sense) while TweakRAM continued to report 0.00mb.
There may be more discrepancies, but I'm stopping here for now. I'm hoping that TweakRAM will be more automatic in freeing up RAM for some of my programs to work correctly than using the manually-triggered TaskInfo as I have been prior to running such programs. Only time will tell...
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Installed and running (so far) without a hitch on Windows ME. However, I notice that the CPU usage graph is displaying around 47%, even though the actual/correct usage is around 5% per TaskInfo (www.iarsn.com) or Process Explorer (www.sysinternals.com).
Since I set the "Don't autorun if CPU use above" setting to 10% (chosen based on my normal load; original default was 25%), I suspect it will never autorun if using the figure of 47% as reported in the graph with my computer basically "idling along".
(Perhaps if the developers correct this I could get another free updated copy ;-) )
It will be hard to judge just how well it will help performance until after several days of experience. Of course by then this "blog" will be probably closed out to future reporting by me and others. I think extending such report-backs on bugs and suggestions would be more useful to the developers than the "I was here first" and other kinds of comments I've been reading since discovering GOTD about a month ago.
Oh, and a great big "Thanks!" to the GOTD (& GGOTD) team for this wonderful service.
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activation key will not work,bummer
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#107 Anonymous
ROFTL! That was back in 2002! This is 2007! TweakRAM isn't like those early RAM utilities. This is from the help file:
"TweakRAM’s main feature is memory defragmentation (it solves the problem of scattered program’s code, so that your CPU doesn’t have to waste time on code lookup). Many programs, including Windows, accumulate huge amount of libraries, but not all of them are necessary. TweakRAM finds such blocks and unloads them to swap. When some of this data becomes necessary it is loaded back to RAM again. Sometimes it happens that when program exits not the whole memory it allocated is released. Thus the program is not running any more, but some memory can’t be used by other programs. TweakRAM finds such memory leaks and flushes them to swap file, thus increasing size of free RAM."
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Bedankt voor de laatste 2 softwears hartelijk bedankt Ron
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#101 y0himba
It isn't swapping my RAM to disk here. But it is unloading memory leaks and things I haven't used, which is exactly what you want (something that Windows XP doesn't do correctly). And I can't read that article since I don't subscribe to Windows IT Pro.
PLUS! I played with it on a Windows 98 laptop I have and using the W9x ME extra settings it appears that it helps unload memory leaks for the Windows Resources as well.
And I challenge any guru, IT, or expert on the effectiveness of this program. As you can configure this to work just the way you want Windows VM to work. I think most who question this software hasn't spent anytime playing with it.
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This is a "FANTASTIC" Program !!!!!!!!
I went from having ONLY 9mb of RAM to having 52mb !!!!!!!
PLUS its "FREE" " How can ANYBODY go wrong using this Program ???"
Thanks to GOTD for GIVING AWAY this program !!!!!
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The program freed up 54 MB for my system, I like that. Thanks GOTD!
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I was looking up something else (unrelated) this morning - and came across the following.
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=82665
The final point being "This type of software provides, at best, a placebo effect. If they provide some beneficial result, most likely there's some other problem it's covering up."
Personally, I would avoid running software like this on my system.
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Great program. I watch video on puter while running other tasks. Tweaked and went from 81 megs free RAM to 214 free! Thanks GOTD!
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INVALID LICENSE
For those of you who "think" that you have an invalid license/serial #, be sure to exit the program then start it up again. That will solve the problem, at least it did for me.
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Program works well, but refuses to accept the registration code and name. and I entered them exactly and checked for any extra spaces.
unistalled it...reinstalled it, still will not accept the registration key.,
T'
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This is a nice little program. I especially like that it does not seem to use a lot of memory itself--a problem I had with another similar program. It's fast and simple. Thank you very much!
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All ram optimizers, tweakers, cleaners and so forth are a scam. They work by swapping processes out of RAM to your MUCH slower swap file on your hard drive, therefore giving you the illusion that you have more memory while actually degrading system performance. Read the full article(one of many) here:
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/41095/41095.html?Ad=1
The author of the program knows this, and continues to try and make money off of it. As always, research something that sounds too good to be true.
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#96
Do you have a link or source to back up that statement??
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I was going through the list of comments, bursting bubbles left and right and confirming or simply correcting other things, when I finally came across #77.
And that one basically said everything that I wanted to say, in a much shorter way.
As for the giveaway, I know the software, used it in the past but haven't got it anymore because I bumped into another piece of software that simply suited my particular situation better... but based on my past experiences, I'd give this software an 8/10 score.
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Ok I'm here again, gave this program a continued usage with system uptime displaying the effects. Well my computer froze in the middle of everything, no response from anything, not sure whether it was this or something else, a hard reboot, was the only response from my pc.
Anyways I thought I'd mention a great little memory optimizer I came across that is well just 74kb to download. It costs the same as this program but I believe it is much more productive. TweakRam performs well too, but I think this is one of the best I've seen, worth the price. The best part it does everything for you.
http://www.myportal.pl/en/
Have a play with the program, the name of it is Speed-X 1.1.3
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This sort of software is typically snake oil.
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I think you people bashing freeing RAM utilities are missing a number of points, including this one. As it doesn't clear free out all of the RAM unless you tell it too. It doesn't do this automatically. Nor is this the main job of this utility.
Secondly, yes Windows does manage RAM vs. swapfile through what they call VM (virtual memory). Problem is that VM doesn't care if you right in the middle of watching a DVD movie, burning a CD, or whatever. Like if it feels like it should be doing some housekeeping at the worst possible time, it doesn't care. You lose!
What this utility does (and I assume others do as well), as it manages this task far smarter. For example, if the CPU is very busy time shifting (TiVo like) from your TV card. This utility can be set to butt out and just play dead for awhile and leave your TV frame rate alone. While Windows VM, could careless if you have something important going on.
Another thing Windows VM is bad at, is memory leakage. Browsers like FireFox leak like a sieve. Especially on some poorly written websites which a browser uses auto-refresh. This utility sounds like it can handle such things too. And I will be testing it out for sure to see how well it does.
So why are we idiots again Aker (#83)
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I've read where these programs really don't do anything useful.
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All the discussion is interesting about memory managers and their results. What I would REALLY like to see is a comparison of tasks done before and after TweakRAM is installed. You know, time to open Word or Firefox while running a couple of other programs at the same time and show me improvements in performance that way. The amount of free RAM is inconsequential when compared to how long I have to sit waiting for my computer to grind through its tasks. I don't really want programs messing with my system settings unless it is genuinely beneficial.
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works also fine with windows 98, just like primium booster from yesterday
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#55, alot you and Domenic know. What do you consider modern day ?
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Works great for me! Really cleaned up my RAM. Thanks GotD!
For those of you having issues with registration, the little registration box pop-up specifically says to use the name 'giveaway'. I know... reading... is... hard....
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http://www.yourwaresolutions.com/software.html#framxpro
this one does the same,and better/freeware
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I downloaded it and got a reg key - but no install program!
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Hello
I don't understand what's wrong.
I've downloaded the file (zip file). I've extracted the 2 files; I've launched setup.exe
I have a window with the name and activation code to enter.
If I click on "OK", setup.exe shuts down.
But TweakRam is not installed.
I must download it from the editor's site and then register with the registration info given by setup.exe
The software is registered, but I don't understand why I must download the sofware from the editor's site ; I thought that setup.exe would install TweakRAM. Am I wrong ?
Thank you for your answers;
Sincerely.
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RE: #81
using the name
giveaway
allowed me to get it to work
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You know what guys, you're all nuffin but sad ungratfull freaks!!
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nice app indeed ;-)
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if you guys want the best software in this category then Google this..
o&c clever cache
thats the best one... been using it for quite sometime... try it and u`ll look nowhere else...
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Hey niceee...
I think I can use this! ^_^
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RAM freeing utilities are for idiots. Sorry to be blunt. They will make your applications slower, because your operating system uses RAM to cache data and load files faster. When your OS needs to access more RAM, it frees that RAM on an as-needed basis. Clearing it out with a utility will only slow things down. GotD has really gone downhill, what happened to the "brand-name" apps? It's all junk now.
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Okay all, I have updated my 15-Minute Review. I've had the chance to test it myself on a system with 2GB RAM, 1GB RAM and a relative on 3 systems with 512MB RAM and added some quick comments on the results.
http://www.bladedthoth.com/news/2007/02/14/15mr-tweakram/
Hope this helps some of you.
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