MemTurbo manages system memory, the paging file, and the way in which virtual memory is treated in order to maximize performance. It recovers RAM not currently needed by the operating system and applications, and recovers memory leaked by applications. It also can temporarily flush unused DLLs and libraries out to disk to make room for your big applications and games (these come back transparently when needed). On Windows9X, it also adjusts the system caching in order to better target the way you use your particular machine. This can improve disk performance, gaming performance, and can prevent buffer under-runs that interfere with, for example, burning CDs.
Sure! Let it start from your Startup group so that it is running at all times. After exiting a memory-hungry program or before launching a new one, press the hotkey (CTRL-ALT-M) to recover and defragment your RAM. In a matter of seconds your system should have that "just booted" feel!
When a RAM recovery is in progress, as indicated by the on-screen status display, just press escape. If a background recovery (triggered by your timer or a memory alarm level) is running, clicking on the MemTurbo tray icon will abort the recovery.
If you have your "Target" level of RAM to recover set too high, MemTurbo may reclaim memory from the file cache, or flush system DLLs (such as the shell and OLE) out of memory. When you flip to an application that needs these, they must be paged back in. Try setting your Target level to a lower level. Note that for games that do not use much of the operating system, a higher Target level is better, since more memory will be available to the game. A good compromise takes a while to discover, but that's why we give you the control to adjust it!
No. If anything, because it increases the amount of memory available to applications, your system should become more stable. It installs no VxDs or drivers and does not modify your system files in any way.
Absolutely not; there is no performance-robbing compression at all. It simply causes what physical RAM you have to be used in a more efficient manner, and allows you to reclaim that memory from applications and the operating system when you need it most.
Because if you set the target too high, you've set an impossible goal! MemTurbo will recover as much RAM as possible, and can usually get up to your target level (though the higher the level, the more work MemTurbo must do, and hence the longer it will take). Note that on Windows NT, the kernel manages the memory in such a way that as soon as memory is recovered, it is used by waiting applications and the operating system, so the displayed value may never equal the target level. It's still doing its job, though, even if not apparent!
MemTurbo tries to be pragmatic about its memory recovery. It doesn't just arbitrarily toss things out of memory to meet your goal if that means dumping code and data you really should keep in memory, like parts of the kernel and so forth. While it would be possible to recover more memory at times (and early betas of MemTurbo did so), it proved detrimental to performance, so we strove to keep the heuristics on how to recover more conservative.
Your page file size is too small for proper performance. Take the system's advice, and increase your paging file size in your system properties.