Physical memory

[SAM]

Hi guys,

Physical memory of my XP Pro is always at %75 and I have 512 meg of ram.

Anybody knows WHY?

I am not running any special program and because of this problem my computer freezes or reboots whenever I use windows media or windows Paint ...

Thank you
Sam

 

[Jerry]

Because a number of programs may be starting when Windows starts. Open MSCONFIG and check the startup tab.

Hi guys,

Physical memory of my XP Pro is always at %75 and I have 512 meg of ram.

Anybody knows WHY?

I am not running any special program and because of this problem my computer freezes or reboots whenever I use windows media or windows Paint ...

Thank you
Sam

 

[Winona]

Try to follow this, it will help you from computer freezes or reboots.
1. Go to Control Panel>System and choose Advanced
2. in the Perfamance : Choose Setting
3. in the Performance option : Choose Advance
4. Look at your virtual memory : Click Change.
5. You can increase virtual memory here to Custom size. Try to add
more virtual memory that fit with your system.

By the way, if you run only a few normal programs and your computer
freezes, I suggest you to use some Spybot
- Search & Destroy, and Ad-Aware SE Personal to check that you have
those spyware and adware in your computer or not. If you use it and it
can solve your problems, you don't need to setting virtual memory by
yourself, you can choose system managed size.

Software/Methods: This 2 softwares are free.
http://www.safer-networking.org - Spybot Search & Destroy
http://www.lavasoftusa.com - Ad-aware

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

It is perfectly reasonable for Windows to acquire a large chunk of memory
for use as cache.
This will be released as needs be when other applications start requiring
more physical memory.
It is unlikely that the regular operation of Windows is causing your Media
Player or Paint issues.
If you really had insufficient memory available to start these applications
you get an error message not a freeze or reboot.
Your PC has some other root cause problem.

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Regards,

Mike
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Hi guys,

Physical memory of my XP Pro is always at %75 and I have 512 meg of ram.

Anybody knows WHY?

I am not running any special program and because of this problem my computer
freezes or reboots whenever I use windows media or windows Paint ...

Thank you
Sam

 

[Terminator]

To: Winona
I use Search & Destroy my self, and it works.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Physical memory of my XP Pro is always at %75 and I have 512 meg of ram.

Anybody knows WHY?

XP does its level best - usually successfully - to find *some* use for
all RAM at all times. Initially it is caching every file so far read.
Trivial uses will be dropped the moment something that matters comes
along. 'Available' or 'Free' memory should really be 'memory for which
there is currently no conceivable use'. Do not bother about it

 

[Ken Blake]

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Physical memory of my XP Pro is always at %75 and I have 512
meg of
ram.

Anybody knows WHY?

Are you complaining that it uses *too much* memory?

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.

I am not running any special program and because of this
problem my
computer freezes or reboots whenever I use windows media or
windows
Paint ...

This is *not* a problem, and whever the reason for its rebooting
or freezing, this is *not* it.