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October 12, 2007 5:00 AM PDT

RAMBooster: Take back your computer's RAM!

by Jessica Dolcourt

CNET Editor Tom Merritt has a goal. He needs to squeeze more usable RAM from his memory. Good thing there are RAM-releasing apps like Free Ram Optimizer XP and RAMBooster to unblock clogged space.

In this Insider Secrets video, Tom explains the ins and outs of RAM, and how RAMBooster can work its magic to relinquish trapped memory.

Dont' forget to check out other great Insider Secrets videos on CNET Download.com, as well, including iTunes tricks and tweaking search in Avant browser.

Originally posted at The Download Blog
Jessica Dolcourt reviews the latest and greatest smartphone apps, in addition to a healthy dose of Windows software. E-mail Jessica and follow her on Twitter.
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RAMBooster and Vista
by james4513 October 12, 2007 5:21 AM PDT
Does RAMBooster work on Vista?
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Great program, but too simplistic
by Ivy625 October 16, 2007 2:40 AM PDT
Great program. But I prefer another free multifunctional program to RAMBooster, that is Advanced WindowsCare. I believe it can do far more than boosting RAM. It will manage startup items, fix invalid registry entries, scan and remove Spyware and Adware, as well as keep my computer running at Peak Performance. So far, Advanced WindowsCare Personal runs very, very well on my PC!
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by MAFinOKC July 16, 2008 3:27 PM PDT
RamBooster works well for the ordinary individual user, but there is a significant drawback if you are working in an environment where some users are not Administrators: RamBooster tries to write to the file "rambooster.exe.ini" after every operation or setting change. Non-Administrators cannot write to .ini files, so the program locks up and you have to kill it with Task Manager.
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