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Windows 2000 - Defragment the working memory to speed up the process

November 29, 2013
Updated: December 6, 2021
Quick overview:

The constant opening and closing of applications leaves gaps in the Working memorywhich are associated with the fragmentation of a Hard disk is to be compared. The data in the working memory gets so mixed up that access to it becomes somewhat slower and more sluggish.

You should prevent this annoying fragmentation after a few hours of work by creating the following small script, which you can start immediately by double-clicking. It is a so-called VBS script, which is why you need VBS support, which is already integrated in Internet Explorer 6.0. This script restores the working memory to its former order and defragments it.

1. Right-click on the desktop and select New/text file. You now baptize this with the name Defragmenting the working memorywhere the name does not matter, and open.

2. Now write the simple line "Mystring = (16000000)" if you have more than 128 megabytes of RAM. If you have 128 megabytes or less of RAM, the line for you is Mystring=(8000000).

3. Click on File/Save as and select under File type now All files. Now call the script Defragment memory.vbs.

Now it is stored on your desktop and ready for use at any time: Simply double-click! Don't be surprised if your computer (seemingly) does nothing after you double-click. Since memory access times are lightning fast, defragmentation is completed within a second!

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in 2001, his helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write for international publications such as PC-Praxis, Computerbild, PCWorld in the USA, IMTEST.de and Hifi.de. Sandro's main job is as Global Product Marketing Lead and Consultant for various global tech companies, including Microsoft, AVG, Avast, Nero, TeamViewer, Swiss IT Security Group and now currently in the fintech sector for Gendigital. But he can't get rid of his passion and shares his tweaks here again. Privately, he enjoys traveling the world and loves Asia, especially Japan, Singapore and Korea, but also natural places like Iceland and the Nordics. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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