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System tools

Check your RAM for defective sticks, with Memtest86 memory checker

Memtest86 checks 32 and 64 bit system memory to find problems with installed modules. It is common knowledge that Memtest86 is a free and one of the best if not the very best application of this kind. Memtest86 works really fast, you won’t have to spend a lot of time to test your RAM, and […]

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System tools

Create a RAM drive easily to work faster with large files, using ERAM

ERAM is a free and powerful utility that will transform a part of your RAM to create a super fast virtual drive you can use to save and load very large files. The program is particularly useful in case you edit video, audio, images or any really large file. You may like to know that […]

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Audio

Download Real Alternative to Real Player for ra, rm, ram, even streaming and embedded content

If you hate the intrusive installation of Real Player, try Real Alternative; it will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer. All RealMedia formats are supported (.ra .rm .rmvb .ram .rpm .rv .rp .rt .rnx .smi .smil etc.), including streaming content and RealMedia content that is embedded in webpages. Features at a […]

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AntiVirus Troubleshooter

Stop and disable AVGIDSagent service to reduce CPU activity

I use the Black Glass CPU RAM monitors to watch on my desktop the use of RAM and CPU. For several days my (Quad Core) CPU worked even at 60% although I was only typing! Opening the Task Manager I saw that all this activity was coming from the Identity Protection service of AVG. I […]

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System tools

Create a drive in RAM and speed up audio and video conversions, with RAMDisk

RAMDisk is a freeware (for up to 4GB disk size) that creates a virtual drive in RAM. For RAM disks larger than 4GB you need a license. RAMDisk can be used to speed up Internet page load times * Control what files and programs are stored into memory (loaded at boot time) * Create temporary […]

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System tools

Understand RAM usage, even save and load snapshots, with RAMMap

RAMMap is a small, portable and free program that will let you know exactly how Windows is assigning physical memory, how much file data is cached in RAM, or how much RAM is used by the kernel and device drivers. RAMMap is an advanced physical memory usage analysis utility, presenting usage information in various ways […]

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Troubleshooter

Ganged vs Unganged RAM mode: which is faster and stable?

First of all it should be emphasized that Ganged does not mean dual channel and Unganged single channel, or the opposite: both modes support dual channel, if you use pairs of similar RAM sticks in the proper slots of the motherboard. Ganged means you will have a large 128bit pipe, and unganged means you will […]

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File tools System tools

Mount easily any image, even in RAM, as a virtual disk, with OSFMount

OSFMount is a free, powerful and convenient utility you can use to create virtual disks from image files, even in RAM. The program also lets you define drive type and size, image offset, partition, read only attribute. There is no limit to how many disks you can mount and you can “eject” all of them […]

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