Re: 3GB RAM and it's always telling me to close apps
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:37:31 -0400, "AJR" <ajrjdr@comcast.net> wrote:
>Based upon the symptoms - it looks as if a memory leak is the culprit - one,
>or more, of the applications is not releasing resources to the Memory
>Manager. Task Manager may be of assistance in diagnosis - Process Explorer
>would be more adequate.
>
>Regarding:
>> I do have my swap file set to 512MB because letting Windows manage it was
>> causing too much swapping and my system was extremely slow while it's >
>> constantly grinding the hard drive (lowering it 512MB showed a huge >
>> performance boost).
>
>Results "...showed a huge performance boost...." ???
>
>Ringmaster - the major problem is not with Vista - but is usually found
>between the chair and keyboard.
There isn't a single word from any of my comments on this topic here,
you do know that, right? I guess not.
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>"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:ekYT3L0IJHA.1968@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Set your pagefile back to system managed and be done with it. Vista is
>> very smart in managing memory. It is when we humble users try to outfox
>> the system that we begin having problems.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Desktop Experience
>>
>>
>> "Greg" <greg_68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:38E069D4-3048-4052-AD5D-5741B04D4663@microsoft.com...
>>> Ok, so I have Vista Ultimate 64-bit with 3GB of memory. I'm constantly
>>> having to reboot every few days because Vista will start telling me to
>>> close windows, all of which I need open so I can use them. When I look
>>> at how much of the Page File (according to Task Manager) is in use (when
>>> it pops that up), it's usually around 3.2GB out of 3.4GB. Even when I
>>> close all open windows it's still over 2GB, so re-opening everything
>>> again just gives me the same popup. The only way around it is to reboot
>>> and then it slowly goes back up to the popup and I'm forced to reboot all
>>> over again. Never had a memory problem using the exact same applications
>>> until I upgraded to Vista.
>>>
>>> The apps I normally have open are: E-Mail (the app that came with Vista),
>>> Firefox, FlashFXP, Visual Studio 2008, a few explorer windows, and Excel
>>> 2008. Every 2 or 3 days I'm forced to reboot. It's annoying as hell. I
>>> have 3GB of physical RAM, I shouldn't be having memory problems.
>>>
>>> I do have my swap file set to 512MB because letting Windows manage it was
>>> causing too much swapping and my system was extremely slow while it's
>>> constantly grinding the hard drive (lowering it 512MB showed a huge
>>> performance boost). Either way, I have 3GB of physical memory, it
>>> shouldn't be consuming more than that. When I reboot and load everything
>>> back up and start using it, Page File shows just over 1GB of memory.
>>> Apparently it goes up 1GB every day until I'm forced to reboot.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any suggestions? Any services I can turn off or am I screwed
>>> and have to hope they fix this in Windows 7?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Greg
>>
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