On many computer sites there are sure to be links to programs that promise to improve the performance of our computer in one click and turn an old slow computer into a high-speed "spaceship". that such "one-click" optimizers are at least useless, and that the issue of optimization must be approached in a completely different way - more thoughtfully and certainly not with a "one-click" tool. There are also RAM optimizers, which are especially high in the line of useless utilities, because they not only do not bring any benefit, but also slow down the speed of your computer. And now I will explain why.
What is the popularity of memory optimizers based on?
The popularity of memory optimizers is based on our belief that having little free memory is a bad thing. Although in reality there is no tragedy in this, because it is good! It may sound strange, but it is.
What is free memory?
Indeed, there is always little free memory ... However, the concepts have changed a little over the past five to seven years. Now, free memory of a large amount does not mean more efficiency of the system, but on the contrary less. The fact is that modern operating systems leave free only that amount of memory that may be urgently required by some newly started application or a running program in the course of its activity. The system spends all the rest of the reserved memory on running programs and services.
What is cache?
Cache is data that was used by the system or programs, and that was reserved in RAM in case it is needed more. Data is backed up precisely in memory because the speed of reading from RAM is several times higher than the speed of reading from a hard disk. If necessary, the system uses this data again and without delay displays the result to the user on the screen. If this data were backed up to the hard disk every time, then the download speed would be much slower, which would greatly slow down the speed of the system as a whole and create an increased load on the hard disk.
As an analogy, we can give an example with a browser cache that is stored on a computer's hard drive (graphics, styles, scripts, flash animation, etc.). It would be too wasteful and time-consuming to download all this data from the Internet for every single page. Therefore, all modern browsers reserve this "heavy" data on the hard disk and load only the main content, which significantly speeds up the display of pages for the user. A similar principle is used in the operation of the system cache, which is stored in RAM for quick access to data.
Therefore, it is worth changing your views on memory: in new operating systems, the concept of "free memory" is synonymous with resources that are mediocrely lost. This is just a reserve so that the system can issue it to the next application for a while until the occupied memory is freed. Windows itself will free up the amount of RAM required by the application from the cache data or transfer the data of rarely used programs to the paging file.
Note that the operating system does all this on its own, without the help of any optimizers. Then why do we need such "memory cleaners" and "boosters"?
How do the free memory utilities work?
There are only two basic principles of their work:
- They use the EmptyWorkingSet function from the Windows API. This feature forces unused data to be flushed from memory to the paging file on the computer's hard drive. Visually, the amount of free memory in the task manager will increase, but will programs run faster? Definitely not. Because the speed of reading from the disk is much lower than the speed of reading from the computer's RAM.
- The second method of "clearing memory" - the optimizer application requires a lot of memory from the system for itself. The system itself forcibly releases memory from cache and unused data. But after ten minutes Windows will understand that the optimizer program does not need this memory and will give it back to the cache and data of other programs.
What can you do to really help your system with memory optimization?
The answer is trivial - just don't get in the way of Windows and follow these simple tips.
- Try not to run too many applications idle. There are users who, after editing the text, do not close the Word window. And they edit a lot of documents per day and they all hang in the background and "eat up" the memory.
- Remove unnecessary applications from your computer, especially if they "hang" at startup.
- Add memory physically if your computer allows it. The cost of RAM is now very affordable, and you will see the effect of increasing memory right away!
All third-party "optimizers" and "boosters" of memory are at least useless, and at the most they will slow down the system, showing a short-term release of a small amount of RAM.
Wise Memory Optimizer- a program for cleaning the computer's RAM. It has a fairly simple and intuitive interface, which makes it much easier to work with it. Cleaning the RAM itself is performed by closing unused processes and applications. Before that, of course, the program will definitely check this process for its importance. This product is completely free and available in many languages, including Russian. In the program, you can set the cleaning of memory from unnecessary garbage in both automatic and manual modes. In this case, there are two types of cleaning. Either the program checks a process for importance, and then closes it, or when a certain amount of occupied memory is exceeded, the program automatically performs optimization. Wise Memory Optimizer allows you to optimize memory and force it if needed. In addition, it can display the amount of used and free memory in the form of a graph. In this case, the red areas will be considered occupied, and the green ones are free areas. The program is portable, which means it can be run from any media, including a usb flash drive. And if you take into account the small size of the program (about one megabyte), then it can fit on almost any medium.
- Increase PC performance by cleaning memory from various garbage.
- Small initial size of the program.
- Ability to automatically clear memory.
- Intuitive interface.
- Ability to clear memory forcibly.
- Ability to view the amount of occupied and free memory on a schedule.
- Ability to set a threshold value at which the program will clean.
- There is support for the Russian language.
Disadvantages of the program
- Has a closed source code.- Processor with a clock frequency of 800 MHz or higher.
- RAM 64 MB or more.
- 4 Mb free hard disk space.
- 32-bit or 64-bit architecture (x86 or x64).
- Operating system Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
System Optimization: Comparison Tables
| The name of the program | In Russian | Distributions | Installer | Popularity | The size | Index |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | 21.7 Mb | 99 | ||||
| ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | 6.1 Mb | 98 | ||||
| ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | 7.2 MB | 98 | ||||
| ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | 0.5 Mb | 97 | ||||
| ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | 16.5 Mb | 97 | ||||
| ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | 1.7 Mb | 96 | ||||
| ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | 28.4 Mb | 95 | ||||
| ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | 17 Mb | 93 | ||||
| ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | 38.4 Mb | 89 | ||||
| ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | 1.4 Mb | 84 | ||||
| There is no data | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | 40 Mb | 88 | |||
Have you noticed that Windows has become slower and wondering what could have affected the system's RAM? The answer is simple - over time, the performance of every computer, even the newest one, decreases. Many programs are to blame for this, leaving behind unnecessary data, as well as files from the Internet, clogging up RAM. There are many ways to optimize your PC and clean up Windows 7 memory. Let's take a look at the main ones.
Troubleshooting performance issues
You can start cleaning up and fixing errors that have accumulated on your computer by using the built-in Windows validation service. It checks all the factors that affect the performance of your PC, and suggests solutions to problems that arise. You can start this service as follows:
The CCleaner program will help you to clear the RAM from the accumulated "garbage". This is a free and very useful utility that will help you to deal with this process in a matter of seconds. This requires:
CCleaner will automatically optimize and save your PC from cluttering files.
Note! As soon as the computer gets rid of the slowing down elements, CCleaner can delete the cookies stored for each browser. If you do not want this to happen, just uncheck the corresponding option under the search engine.
Removing unused programs
Often, RAM is loaded due to the large number of installed programs and files that they produce during their work. Let's start by simply removing all unused software:
- go to "Start", "Control Panel" and then "Remove Programs";
- scroll through the list and select those that are not used or are not needed at all;
- we delete them manually, which will help free up some of the memory.
Autostart cleaning
During installation, many programs are written into and start their work in the background when the computer starts. They are often the reason for a sharp drop in computer performance, loading RAM with unnecessary processes. To start optimization and determine which of them are in startup, do the following:
- go to the "Start" menu, then "All Programs";
- find the "Startup" folder and view its contents;
- we leave only the most necessary in it, the rest can be deleted, freeing RAM from unnecessary load.
You can get to the cleaning menu in another way:
The CCleaner described earlier will also help you check and help:
Particular attention should be paid to all kinds of updaters designed to download updates from the Internet.
Many do not think about how the computer works, what is in the system unit, and what parameters all these components have. But almost everyone was faced with a situation when, having launched several programs, the computer began to work slower and freeze. This is exactly what the RAM is responsible for, which will be discussed in this article.
RAM is needed to handle all current processes. It also stores all the data that the processor processes, and the data of various applications that simply reserve a certain place for themselves. When there is not enough free space, the system slows down, some programs may stop responding to mouse clicks altogether and at the top they will say: "Not responding." If this happens to you often, you should think about adding RAM to your computer. Well, of course, you need to use one of the programs to clear the RAM.
Let's take a quick look at a few popular freeware programs that do an excellent job of doing this.
Mem reduce
Mem Reduct utility has a simple Russian-language interface. Takes up little disk space and is suitable for Windows Vista, XP, 7, 8 and 10. You can set up automatic cleaning or do it yourself. Minimizes to tray and runs in the background. By clicking on the button in the tray, a context menu with all the necessary buttons and settings will open.
Installation and use is described in detail in the article: Mem Reduct program. There, at the end of the text, there will be a download link.
Mz RAM Booster
Free utility to free OP in just one click. Suitable for such Windows OS: Vista, XP, 7, 8 and 10. If your computer is not your strong point, you can install and use it without changing anything in the settings. If you understand a little about the PC, then here you will find the parameters that can be adjusted. Mz RAM Booster can work in the background, while using very few resources. You can also configure the memory to be cleared automatically, add the program to the startup list, change its displayed view in the tray. The program is in English, but it is not difficult to Russify it.
This, as well as installation and use, is described in detail in the article: Mz RAM Booster program. By clicking on the link, at the very bottom of the article you will find a download button.
Wise Memory Optimizer
The program is completely free, takes up little space (3.4MB) and has a clear Russian-language interface. Suitable for Windows: Vista, XP, 7, 8, 10. Can work in the background. The tray displays information about the utilization of the RAM as a percentage. Also, by clicking on the icon in the tray, a context menu with the main items will be displayed: opening the main window, performing cleaning, exiting. You can configure the OP to be cleared automatically upon reaching the specified value for the occupied space, or do everything manually by clicking on the "Optimization" button.
You can read more detailed information on how to install and use the utility in the article: Wise Memory Optimizer program (there will also be a download link there).
FAST Defrag Freeware
FAST Defrag Freeware is another cleaning program that works for Windows XP, 2000 and 2003. It is not supported by the developers and has not been updated since 2004. It takes up a little space, supports the Russian interface language.
The "Memory" tab shows the used and free memory space, its load in percent. Slightly below the average load of the OP, the maximum and minimum values are displayed. Press the button to perform cleaning. "Trim Processes` Working Set"... To free the cache, click on the "Clean System Cache" button.
In the settings - "Options" can be set so that the cleaning occurs automatically when the OP and the cache are loaded by more than 80%. Slightly lower for them, you can set automatic cleaning every 5 minutes. The last two items are launching together with the system and disabling the program in the background.
Choose one of the free programs for cleaning RAM and then it will become easier to work on your computer, at least there will be no problems with freezing programs.
If you do not clear the RAM on the computer, its speed will slow down significantly (it starts to "glitch" and "slow down"). The RAM cache is full of unnecessary processes, fragments of applications that the user regularly launches, does not allow the operating system to work at full capacity.
Let's take a closer look at the example of Windows 7, how you can clear the RAM of your computer with built-in Windows functions and using special utilities.
Using standard OS functions
Diagnostics
Before clearing the RAM memory, check its operation (diagnose). Perhaps the malfunctions are caused by a violation of the integrity of its design (for example, damage to memory cells).
1. Press the key combination "Win + R".
2. In the Run window, enter - mdsched (built-in test program). Click OK.
4. After restarting the system (laptop or PC), the default memory test will automatically start.
5. To select and configure a different scan method (basic, normal, wide), press the "F1" key. In the setting panel, the transition from option to option is carried out by pressing the "Tab" key, and the activation of the setting - "F10". Press Esc to close the panel.
6. Wait until the operation is completed, read the test results. If the utility did not detect any damages or malfunctions, it remains only to clear the "RAM" programmatically (remove the reserved information from it by third-party applications).
Unloading RAM manually
1. Press the "CTRL" + "SHIFT" + "ESC" keys at the same time.
2. Click on the "Processes" tab. Note which of the active processes consume the most central processing unit (CPU) and memory resources. Useless and suspicious applications (these can be elements of viruses trying to pull out data and system resources), disable:
- right-click on the name in the list;
- click the "End process" function in the menu.
Advice! In the manager window, you can see the memory and CPU load in an expanded form. To open the dashboard, go to the Performance tab and then click the Resource Monitor → Memory button. An additional window will display which part of the RAM is reserved and which is in use.
3. Close Task Manager. Press the Win and R keys together.
4. In the "Open" line, type - msconfig. Click "OK".
5. Click the mouse to activate the "Startup" tab. Uncheck the box next to programs that you do not use or use, but extremely rarely (they can be launched manually from the desktop or the Start panel).
6. Click "Apply" and "OK". Reboot your OS.
Cleaning RAM with special utilities
Free distribution (Freeware license). Compatible with Windows 8. Takes up scanty disk space. Automatically effectively cleans up RAM, optimizes CPU performance. Monitors PC resources. Unloads unused DLLs from memory. Supports fine tuning of cleaning.
The main functions of RAM Booster are located in the "Tasks" panel:
- Smart Optimize - optimization;
- Recover RAM - cleaning;
- CPU Boost - acceleration of the processor.
Powerful RAM cleaner. According to the developers, KCleaner will not lose sight of anything: it will delicately remove everything unnecessary from the cache and at the same time will not disrupt the operation of the OS. Plus, the utility is able to efficiently "clean up" the directories of the system partition (drive C).
Run the utility and select the cleaning mode (automatic or manual). If necessary, in manual mode, you can select the command configuration: Clean & Shutdown - clean and shut down; ... Reboot - clear and reboot; … Close -… close.
Mem reduce
Nimble cleaner. It is activated with one click. Easy to use, no complicated settings.
1. When starting Mem Reduct for the first time, enable the display of the interface in Russian:
- open File → Settings → General;
- in the "Select language" option, set "Russian".
2. Go to the "Memory Cleanup" section and, if necessary, change the cleaning settings (you can leave the default values). Click "Apply".
3. On the main panel of the application, click the "Clear memory ..." button to clean up the RAM.
At the end of the operation, Mem Reduct will display in the tray information about the work performed.
Creating a script to clear RAM
If you do not have any RAM cleaning utilities at hand, you can create a software tool (VBS script) that performs cleaning by yourself and, accordingly, use it:
1. Open the system program "Notepad" (Start → Accessories).
2. In the "Notepad" window, enter the code:
MsgBox "Do you want to clear your RAM?", 0, "Exclusive RAM cleaning"
FreeMem = Space (307200000)
Msgbox "RAM cleaning completed successfully ..", 0, "Exclusive RAM cleaning"
Note. The FreeMem parameter specifies a value for 3GB RAM. To set a different value, use the formula: x 1024 + 00000 = ... For example, for 2GB RAM you need to set 204800000.
3. Save the generated script with the .vbs extension (for example, cleaner.vbs):
- open in Notepad: File → Save As ...;
- specify in which folder you want to save the script;
- in the "File name:" column, enter the name and extension of the script;
- click "Save".
4. Double-click the left button on the created script.
5. In the window asking "Do you want to ..." click "OK".
6. When the RAM cleaning is complete, the message "RAM cleaning completed successfully" appears on the display. Also click "OK" in it.
Successful cleaning!
