I run Norton System Works, which monitors a bunch of stuff and gives me various alarms if I want...

when I got this new machine, I got 128 mgs of RAM, thinking "NOW I can run lots of programs"...but, Windows98 itself EATS a lot of that before I open anything else!...

and here is a direct quote from the 'help' section in Norton:

.."This sensor reports computer memory usage by monitoring how much of the memory has been committed to running applications. When the sensor reports a 50% memory load, all physical memory (RAM) has been committed. Further memory committment requires swapping data between RAM and virtual memory, which can slow computer operations."

It seems it is really hard to win...right now, with Win 98 open and Norton monitoring and a couple of other small things sitting in the background, the monitor shows 74% of my memory is taken...so even without MS Word or other large application open, I am having to be a bit careful...I'm looking into settings that will help this situation