Out of memory

[tshad]

On XP SP2, I typically have quite a few windows open and every now and then
run out of memory.

I was opening an email from outlook and got the error message. I closed my
Sql Server Management Studio program that had just opened a table with 3000
records. I was able then to open the email fine.

But when I looked at my Windows Task Manager:

It showed:

Comment Charge(k)
Total 1461856
Threads 4553192
Peak 1674268

I thought that Peak showed what the most memory I had used at any one time
and it was fine if less than the Limit (4553192). My peak is way below
that.

Am I mistaken here?

Thanks,

Tom

 

[AJR]

Task Manager actually is not very sophisticated for troubleshooting -
consider Process Explorer (Microsoft site).
The "Out of Memory" message is generated when a program/utility does not
release resources, not correctly closed or is still running in background -
Task Manager may or may not provide information - under processes "svchost"
may indicate high CPU use but does not identify the specific
culprit.usually refers to virtual memory.

 

[tshad]

Task Manager actually is not very sophisticated for troubleshooting -
consider Process Explorer (Microsoft site).
The "Out of Memory" message is generated when a program/utility does not
release resources, not correctly closed or is still running in
background - Task Manager may or may not provide information - under
processes "svchost" may indicate high CPU use but does not identify the
specific culprit.usually refers to virtual memory.

I have that and it works well for looking at different services.

But I am trying to look at a way to see what my max memory is, what I am
using and what is the max I used, which is what those numbers were supposed
to tell me.

I think that Process explorer only shows you what you have now.

Thanks,

Tom