thats fine. but I still don't know what your talking about hence the questions
ie my primary question. the apps your doing this pm stuff with. are those the "SAME" apps I see when I open a task manager or are they "hidden" apps your closing?
if they are the same they I don't really need to worry about this PM stuff since resetting the built in memory clearance limits appears to do exactly what I want. stop the background stuff from grinding the system to a halt.
on the other hand of this PM stuff is "OTHER" apps that are NOT visible in a task manager or hidden apps taking memory then it might be of interest to me to know how to do what your doing to improve performance.
thats the only reason I asked. I don't care which way I do it manually or with an app. I am perfectly comfortable in a command line interface once I know what to type.