Re: Virtual memory problem? - PF usage grows, not freed when apps

This is a leading Article on Virtual Memory:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"FL Guy" <FLGuy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've filled in the answers after the questions below.
>
>> What particular McAfee, Zone Alarm and Firefox programmes and precise
>> versions do you have installed? I ask these because these programmes have
>> been known to problematic at times in the past.
>
> Zone Alarm Security Suite 5.1.001
> McAfee AntiSpyware 1.10.0163.0
> Firefox 1.5
>
>> How does Roboforms feature as a user of virtual memory? Large or small? I
>> am
>> not familiar with how it works in practice. When does accumulated
>> information get released?
>
> Roboform 's VM use should be small. It stores short text strings to be
> filled into forms in small files on disk - 1 per each site for which info
> is
> saved, plus a general user file. As far as I know, it doesn't accumulate
> additional info, esp of any significant size.
>
>> Is there any pattern to the problem? Does the problem correspond to any
>> Scheduled Task?
>
> I typically run serval apps at once. It appeats that once the amount of PF
> memory needed exceeds the available physical memory, the problem occurs.
>
> I have not been able to connect the problem with any particular
> interactive
> or scheduled task.
>
>> How much RAM memory and what are your virtual memory settings?
>
> 512 MB RAM.
>
> Ah ... virtual memory paging file size is set to only 753 MB. This seems
> WAY
> too small to me... (I've seen PF usage #s reported by TM of 900 MB - 1
> GB.)
>
> Do you agree? Do you recall off hand a better size/ratio, or shall I
> track
> this down.
>
> thanks,
> Gregg
>


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