Memory is not being utilised

[Guest]

Dear All,

I've like to post few stats here ---

C:\Documents and Settings\Alok.kumar> systeminfo | findstr -i memory
Total Physical Memory: 446 MB
Available Physical Memory: 24 MB
Virtual Memory: Max Size: 2,048 MB
Virtual Memory: Available: 2,008 MB
Virtual Memory: In Use: 40 MB

C:\Documents and Settings\Alok.kumar> tasklist

Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage
========================= ====== ================ ======== ============
System Idle Process 0 Console 0 28 K
System 4 Console 0 56 K
smss.exe 312 Console 0 68 K
csrss.exe 440 Console 0 2,084 K
winlogon.exe 464 Console 0 2,396 K
services.exe 508 Console 0 2,160 K
lsass.exe 520 Console 0 3,056 K
ati2evxx.exe 704 Console 0 528 K
svchost.exe 724 Console 0 2,012 K
svchost.exe 792 Console 0 1,916 K
svchost.exe 856 Console 0 14,568 K
svchost.exe 936 Console 0 872 K
svchost.exe 1024 Console 0 964 K
spoolsv.exe 1152 Console 0 3,260 K
NTRtScan.exe 1320 Console 0 3,736 K
TNSLSNR.EXE 1384 Console 0 2,648 K
TmListen.exe 1612 Console 0 4,252 K
OfcPfwSvc.exe 1732 Console 0 2,272 K
alg.exe 196 Console 0 400 K
YP46A5.EXE 412 Console 0 556 K
ati2evxx.exe 2108 Console 0 860 K
explorer.exe 2296 Console 0 23,996 K
PccNTMon.exe 2484 Console 0 2,576 K
OUTLOOK.EXE 552 Console 0 10,492 K
iexplore.exe 2204 Console 0 37,592 K
cmd.exe 2280 Console 0 984 K
oracle.exe 2028 Console 0 117,784 K
ctfmon.exe 1964 Console 0 3,980 K
wmiprvse.exe 3436 Console 0 8,096 K
wmiprvse.exe 344 Console 0 4,840 K
tasklist.exe 2764 Console 0 4,572 K
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Total 257.42 MB

As you can clearly see the total physcial memory is 446 MB and when I do
task list
it shows the memory being used by all the process and the total memory is
being used by them are 257 MB, now the point is when I substract it from
446Mb, it would be around 187 MB and which is not the case, when I fire
systeminfo command it display only 24 MB is left. Now, I need to know why is
desprency is there?

hare krishna
Alok

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I've like to post few stats here ---

C:\Documents and Settings\Alok.kumar> systeminfo | findstr -i memory
Total Physical Memory: 446 MB

There are either 448MB of RAM installed (eg. 3x128MB + 1x64MB) or more
likely, there are 512MB of RAM installed and the rest is stolen by a
cheap graphics chip onboard.

Available Physical Memory: 24 MB

Yes, that's it.

Virtual Memory: Max Size: 2,048 MB
Virtual Memory: Available: 2,008 MB
Virtual Memory: In Use: 40 MB

C:\Documents and Settings\Alok.kumar> tasklist
[...] ______________
Total 257.42 MB

As you can clearly see the total physcial memory is 446 MB and when I
do task list

The list of tasks is *not* the whole story.

it shows the memory being used by all the process and the total memory is
being used by them are 257 MB, now the point is when I substract it from
446Mb, it would be around 187 MB and which is not the case, when I fire
systeminfo command it display only 24 MB is left. Now, I need to know why
is desprency is there?

Start > Run: taskmgr.exe > Performance tab. See the memory allocated by
the system cache and the kernel stack in addition. You may want to read

%systemroot%\hh.exe Ms-its:%systemroot%\help\taskmgr.chm::/taskman_monitor_perf_fields_overview.htm

 

[John John]

The memory being used by the operating system and drivers is not all
accounted for in the Task Manager. Use Perfmon and look at the Memory
counters. The following are being used by the system and drivers:

Pool Nonpaged Bytes
System Code Resident Bytes
System Driver Resident Bytes

The Available Bytes counter will give you a better estimate of available
RAM.

John

 

[Guest]

Thanks Detlev for offering me this valueable help, So this mean I need to
add system cache and kernal stack memory to it in order to calculate the
actual
memory consumed by the system,right ? Tell me one thig, Can I alter the
system cache limit or is it defined by the system.


hare krishna
Alok

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Thanks Detlev for offering me this valueable help, So this mean I need to
add system cache and kernal stack memory to it in order to calculate the
actual memory consumed by the system,right ?

Well, you'll never wind up with the *exact* amount of RAM installed,
however, you'll come pretty close.

Tell me one thig, Can I alter the system cache limit

Not really unless adding more RAM, for instance. However, you can modify
the usage of the system cache size. "Optimize the System Cache Size"
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/931/

 

[Guest]

Thanks detlev and John for opffering me your suggestions.

hare krtishna
Alok

 

[FeMaster]

YP46A5.EXE 412 Console 0 556 K

hare krishna
Alok

Unless you know what this is, I'd start checking for virus / Trojan
infections...