Re: Memory Usage Rises with time
From: Ron Martell (ron.martell_at_gmail.com)
Date: 02/10/05
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:29:19 GMT
Steve F <sf@cdonsite.com> wrote:
>I have a new Widnows XP Media 5 computer with 1GB of RAM. Over time,
>the amount of memory used by the computer as reported in the Windows
>Task Manager rises. When first booting it is about 250 MB. With no
>programs running is slowly climbes to about 300. After several hours
>with programs running (Win Explorer, Inet Explorer, Word, Excel) the
>usage continues to climb until, with all programs closed, it is over
>400 MB.
>
>Any ideas why it keeps climbing? What services should I shut off to
>stop this?
>Thanks
>Steve
Memory exists to be used and Windows by design will always attempt to
find some use, anything whatever that might conceivably be of some
benefit, for every bit of the installed RAM rather than just letting
the RAM sit there idly going to rot.
And just as soon as some better use comes along for some of that RAM
then Windows will instanteously drop the more trivial usages so as to
free up the amount of RAM that is required.
Hope this explains the situation.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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