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This chapter describes how to use the Setup program of W Memory Info.
Having WMI successfully installed, you should spend some time with the Setup program in order to fully customize WMI.
To start Setup, please quit WMI
(if running), and then select:
Start Menu->Programs->W Memory Info->WMI Setup
What you will see is the following window:
WMI Setup main window
To group different settings, the Setup program
contains pages and/or tabs; to change among them, simply click them.
WMI Setup tabs
The following table summarizes the tab/page functions in Setup:
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WMI
startup, sensors, optimizations, and log settings.
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Sound settings.
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WMI
and sensor colors.
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| Wallpaper changer configuration | |
| Windows cache and swap file settings | |
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Copyright and registration information
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When you leave Setup, you have two choices:
The Sensors page is almost the most important, since it specifies the main
behaviors of WMI.
WMI Setup Sensors page
The Sensors tab are made up of the following settings:
The memory optimization capability of WMI is based on, what is called discardable memory blocks. In some words, it means a memory block which can be thrown away, either because it is no longer in use or because later it can be reloaded from a storage media (e.g. HDD, CD-ROM, etc.).
For instance: you have an application A, which is currently not in use; whenever your system requires more memory than it has free, Windows scans the memory, and if it finds a not recently used program (A), the memory of this program will be thrown away. It can be done, because later (when you start using the swept out application (A) again) the application's code can be reloaded from the disk again.
When WMI
optimizes, it scans the memory, and throws all the discardable
memory blocks, regardless whether they are used currently or
not. This leads to a (small) problem, if your winchester is slow, because
the application, you were working on, needs to be reloaded again.
There are some cases when you might consider not using WMI's memory optimization feature:
The optimal memory optimization settings depend on the actual configuration of your system, thus the best way should be to use WMI and discover the perfect settings for your PC. However, if you don't have time for that here are some help:
| CPU usage | set to any value bellow 50 %.
(NOTE: your system works even when you do nothing. That's why values under 15 % might never start the optimization process.) |
| Delay between optimizations | 5-25 minutes seem optimal |
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Your physical memory
size:
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Set limit to
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| under 32 MB | - [more info] |
| 32 MB | 1 - 3 MB |
| 64 MB | 3 - 6 MB |
| 128 MB | 6 - 12 MB |
| 256 MB | 12 - 25 MB |
W Memory Info has the ability to write the sensor information and other events (optimization, error, etc.) to a text/html file, called log file. This option is located on the Sensors page of Setup and called "Use log file". If you would like WMI to use a log file, tick this option and select a file by the "Change file" button. WMI offers another setting on this tab, the "Enable HTML support for log file" option. If it's clicked you will be able to use your web browser to peep into your log file. [using log files]
(NOTE: mixing plain text and html log files is not recommended.)
For those users who don't see the hard disk usage led (because their computer is under the desk, for instance) or for those who like to know when a program access a disk drive, WMI provides the disk usage sensor. The main task of this sensor is to show you when an application interacts with the file system, which interactions include read and write operations performed either on the disk cache or by physical disk access. WMI disk usage sensor uses approximately 8-12 KB of physical memory when enabled, thus if you don't need this functionality or would like to save some memory, you can turn this sensor off by uncheking the "Enable disk usage sensor" item.
(NOTE: the "Disk Usage Statistic" menu also requires an enabled disk usage sensor.)
WMI is able to play sounds whenever your virtual or physical memory go under the specified limit. The Sounds tab is the place, where you can control this conduct:
As you can see below, this page is devised for changing the colors of the WMI program. If you wish to change the color of an item, simply click on the "Change" button or click on the colored rectangle next to the button. Then a dialog appears where you can select a color. When you're ready either press "OK" to keep or press "Cancel" to discard your change(s).
WMI Setup Colors page
WMI version 3.0 introduces basic support for changing the desktop wallpaper at specified intervals. The Wallpaper page conducts this behavior:
WMI Setup Wallpaper page
In order to enable wallpaper changer the "Enable Wallpaper support"
option must be checked, then you can specify how often ("Change wallpaper
every.." line) you would like to glimpse a new image as your wallpaper.
The last step is to locate the directory, which contains the files you want
to be eligible for wallpapers. The "Change Wallpaper's Directory"
button is designed for that function. After you pressed it, you have to select
any bitmap file and you're done.
(NOTE:
current Windows settings (e.g. stretched, title, etc.) applies to selected wallpapers)
The Advanced tab groups the Windows cache and swap file configuration options for skilled users only! Any changes made on this page will not be saved until the "Update System" button is pressed.
WMI Setup Advanced page
The About tab displays version and registration information
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