Memory Use

[Guest]

I have a computer with 512mb of Ram installed. On boot up it reports this
amount so it's all there. In task manager it reports a commit charge of
160/1250. A couple of days ago it started running really slowly ( minimum of
15 secs just to open or close a window). I've run ad-aware and anti-virus
finds nothing either. I've also had a look through installed programs and I
can't see anything that should'nt be there. When I go into system info it
reports physical memory of 512mb, but available physical memory is only 79mb.
Total virtual memory is 1.7 gig, available virtual memory is only 826mb. This
is immediately after start-up. MSN loads and I close it, the only things left
running are windows and PC-Cillin. How can I find out what's using all the
memory?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Rerun the updated antivirus and adware removal programs, only this time do
it while logged on as administrator in Safe mode.

How to start in Safe mode:
http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Safe mode

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[David Candy]

Right click Taskbar and choose Task Manager and look at the Process tab (and you can add other columns on the View menu)or type MSINFO32 in Start Run and look at Software Environment - Loaded Modules. Note the MFG's name and examine all that aren't Microsoft or otherwise expected (if your video is NVidia then you'll have some NVidia files). Use clues like like the folder it's installed in and you can right click a file in explorer and view it's properties.

 

[Guest]

Thank you both very much. I did both of those things and the problem turned
out to be a file called "msbb.exe". It was installed by "180solutions".
Deleting all the msbb files gained me 232mb of physical memory and about
600mb of virtual memory.

 

[Jim Macklin]

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| Thank you both very much. I did both of those things and
the problem turned
| out to be a file called "msbb.exe". It was installed by
"180solutions".
| Deleting all the msbb files gained me 232mb of physical
memory and about
| 600mb of virtual memory.
|
| "David Candy" wrote:
|
| > Right click Taskbar and choose Task Manager and look at
the Process tab (and you can add other columns on the View
menu)or type MSINFO32 in Start Run and look at Software
Environment - Loaded Modules. Note the MFG's name and
examine all that aren't Microsoft or otherwise expected (if
your video is NVidia then you'll have some NVidia files).
Use clues like like the folder it's installed in and you can
right click a file in explorer and view it's properties.
| >
| >
| >
| > --
|

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| > http://www.uscricket.com
message
| > >I have a computer with 512mb of Ram installed. On boot
up it reports this
| > > amount so it's all there. In task manager it reports a
commit charge of
| > > 160/1250. A couple of days ago it started running
really slowly ( minimum of
| > > 15 secs just to open or close a window). I've run
ad-aware and anti-virus
| > > finds nothing either. I've also had a look through
installed programs and I
| > > can't see anything that should'nt be there. When I go
into system info it
| > > reports physical memory of 512mb, but available
physical memory is only 79mb.
| > > Total virtual memory is 1.7 gig, available virtual
memory is only 826mb. This
| > > is immediately after start-up. MSN loads and I close
it, the only things left
| > > running are windows and PC-Cillin. How can I find out
what's using all the
| > > memory?
| >

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a computer with 512mb of Ram installed. On boot up it reports this
amount so it's all there. In task manager it reports a commit charge of
160/1250. A couple of days ago it started running really slowly ( minimum of
15 secs just to open or close a window). I've run ad-aware and anti-virus
finds nothing either. I've also had a look through installed programs and I
can't see anything that should'nt be there. When I go into system info it
reports physical memory of 512mb, but available physical memory is only 79mb.
Total virtual memory is 1.7 gig, available virtual memory is only 826mb. This
is immediately after start-up. MSN loads and I close it, the only things left
running are windows and PC-Cillin. How can I find out what's using all the
memory?

A lot will be the system using spare RAM to cache every file so far
used; that should result in 'available physical' being near zero almost
anytime. Total VM and available VM are misleading, as it included the
RM, so it is saying around 300 MB of page file is committed - this will
be largely to pages that have been allocated to programs but never
brought into use.

But run Task Manager and on Processes - View menu - Select Column,
check off CPU Usage CPU Time and Memory Usage and its Delta and see if
any process is consuming unreasonable (and increasing) amounts