Freeware to monitor PC resources usage

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Dodn't I have to keep bringing it up I am am interested in knowing how
much RAM is in use at any given time.
 
Don't I have to keep bringing up the Taskmanager? I am am interested
in knowing how much RAM is in use at any given time.
 
po-po said:
Don't I have to keep bringing up the Taskmanager? I am am interested
in knowing how much RAM is in use at any given time.
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Why? What are you hoping to accomplish? Normally most of your RAM will be in
use all the time. If your purpose is to try to minimize the amount of RAM in
use, be aware that 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.
 
po-po said:
Don't I have to keep bringing up the Taskmanager? I am am interested
in knowing how much RAM is in use at any given time.
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It seems a bit pointless- Windows moves things in and out of memory as
needed- you'd be looking at an overview of a fixed resource affected by
changing use of that resource. What do you feel you'd gain?
 
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