Re: Word 2007 slower since Vista install

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I'm running Vista Ultimate .My machine typically runs about 89 processes taking about 2.4GB of my 4GB of ram. Then there are hardware memory requirements on top of that. I've seen the total processes taking up to 3GB of ram. Recently SearchIndexer was using almost 900MB. Windows Live Mail takes about 325MB. Right now, Windows Live Mail, Firefox, Explorer, svchost and searchindexer are taking almost 1GB total.

Tyro

"+Bob+" <nomailplease@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5tbnl41qatg9vhoumeroegdgjntihlqo20@xxxxxxxxxx
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:57:35 -0500, "Bob Campbell" <bob@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

"Tyro" <Tyro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:PcA6l.4098$jZ1.2583@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I doubt his computer can support Vista's demands. Vista needs at least 2GB
ram to function (hardware system memory requirements, running programs, not
just the OS), preferably 4GB to function at medium speed. 8GB would be a
good starting point.

Nope. He has some other problem. I just demonstrated that Word 2007 runs
fine on Vista on a T41 laptop with 1 GB RAM and 1.6 GHz Pentium M.

I have to agree... take a look at actual memory usage on a Vista
machine. It's very difficult to push past 1gb of memory use. If you
switch user you can push it a little but in normal use it's difficult.

.



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