High memory usage

[Bob Hansen]

Hi Group
I'm having a problem with a Dell Inspiron 1500 laptop with Vista home basic.
.. It has only 1 gig of Memory. Memory use runs about 850-900 all the
time with no programs open. I've trimmed "services" and unchecked all but
vital stuff in system configuration. Task manager-processes shows just the
very basic stuff running. I'm at a loss to understand what this machine is
doing with 90% if it's ram with little or nothing running.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Bob Hansen

 

[PvdG42]

Hi Group
I'm having a problem with a Dell Inspiron 1500 laptop with Vista home
basic.
. It has only 1 gig of Memory. Memory use runs about 850-900 all the
time with no programs open. I've trimmed "services" and unchecked all but
vital stuff in system configuration. Task manager-processes shows just the
very basic stuff running. I'm at a loss to understand what this machine is
doing with 90% if it's ram with little or nothing running.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Bob Hansen

Unlike predecessor versions, Vista will use any available memory, then
release some to applications as they need it. That said, 1 gig is really not
enough for optimum performance. 2 or 3 gig would work much better for you.

 

[db]

yes I agree.

mine uses an average
of 1.5 gig's of mem.

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