Re: Skype - memory hog?

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Big Bill wrote:

On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 16:37:42 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Big Bill wrote:

Seems to be, anyone corroborate? I just got the pro version and it
eats my two gig.


Exactly what does "eats my two gig" mean?

Something is leaving me with 4 meg available of my 2 gig. I recently
installed Skype Pro and I'm wondering if that's what's doing it. It
doesn't seem like it is, though, now I'm running tests. It looks more
like Mailwasher pro has started hogging ram and not releasing it. It
never used to. Maybe I'll reinstall it. I'll keep more of an eye on
things.


Are you talking about 2GB of RAM?

Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a counterproductive
desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all, of your memory, all
the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is wasted memory. You paid
for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it wasted.

Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way Windows
keeps all your memory working for you all the time.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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