Re: Where is my memory?
- From: Husky <cbminfo@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 21:43:51 -0400
On Wed, 18 May 2005 23:15:32 GMT, "shakey" <shakey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>"Ron Martell" <ron.martell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:8ebl81p1nesd1setppkvdp0tbr4uv0p18u@xxxxxxxxxx
>> "shakey" <shakey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>According to Task manager I have:
>>>physical memory total 1046620
>>>available memory 539592
>>>cache 695820
>>>
>>>This is while I am trying to paste two paragraphs into word which is
>>>telling
>>>me "there is insufficient memory or disk space"
>>>I have 40gb of available disk space.
>>>No change (cant paste)after closing all but word. opened notebook and
>>>pasted
>>>first try.
>>>I have had similar happen a few times in last few weeks.
>>>Just yesterday I ran virus scans and spyware checks and was clean then did
>>>a
>>>disk cleanup.
>>>
>
>
>> As for your memory usage the basic fact is that Windows XP will, by
>> design, always attempt to find some use, anything whatever that might
>> potentially be of some benefit for every bit of the installed RAM,
>> rather that letting the RAM just sit there idly going to rot and doing
>> no good for anything or anybody.
>>
>> And just as soon as some better use comes along for some of that RAM
>> then Windows will instantaneously drop the more trivial usages so as
>> to free up whatever is now required.
>>
>> The basic principle is that "free RAM is useless RAM".
>>
>> Hope this explains the situation.
>>
>> Good luck
>> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>> --
>> Microsoft MVP
>> On-Line Help Computer Service
>> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>>
>> In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
>> http://aumha.org/alex.htm
>
>Thanks Ron That "free RAM is useless RAM" might just be what I am seeing.
>Maybe I am expecting to see more Available RAM than that allows.
>Sure wish someone with a gb of mem would post their Task Manager memory
>numbers.
>SG
>
I already did, and showed you that what you're seeing is perfectly normal.
If word is choking on you and nothing else is, NOTHING else. Then it's possibly
a misconfiguration of word.
I have almost the same setup and Office 2000. I've never had that problem. See
if everything is up to date with windows update on your ie tools pull down
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