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When a program or application of about 4mb is loaded int RAM from the hard
drive--- how long will it reside there before being swapped back out?
 
FRANK said:
When a program or application of about 4mb is loaded int RAM from the hard
drive--- how long will it reside there before being swapped back out?
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That really depends on the quality of the programmers product - the program.
A well written program will release the RAM when you close it, but
unfortunately that is not the case. If you are having particular problems
like that you can get programs that will clean your RAM like MemTurbo at
www.memturbo.com.

Good Luck
 
Thanks Austin-- it's not really a problem, I am just curious. When I first
open my Money program it takes about 15 seconds to load, If I then close it
and re-open it it takes a fraction of a second. If , however, I cloe and do
other things and then re-open it again takes the fifteen seconds. Any idea
why? Thanks again,Frank
 
FRANK said:
Thanks Austin-- it's not really a problem, I am just curious. When I first
open my Money program it takes about 15 seconds to load, If I then close it
and re-open it it takes a fraction of a second. If , however, I cloe and do
other things and then re-open it again takes the fifteen seconds. Any idea
why? Thanks again,Frank
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Frank,

You experience that benefit of opening the program quicker because much of
the program remains in your memory or cache. As you open other programs,
they knock out that data and use the space for itself.
 
austinpctech said:
That really depends on the quality of the programmers product - the program.
A well written program will release the RAM when you close it, but
unfortunately that is not the case. If you are having particular problems
like that you can get programs that will clean your RAM like MemTurbo at
www.memturbo.com.
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Memturbo is pure unadulteratd crapware that is totally incapable of
performing any beneficial function for any computer under any
circumstances.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
"Ron Martell"
Memturbo is pure unadulteratd crapware that is totally incapable of
performing any beneficial function for any computer under any
circumstances.
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Well, that's your opinion, but oh well. It is a solution for those that
don't want to pay the expense of adding more memory. Personally, I would
rather add memory. Regardless, I have certainly seen benefits of running
the program with not much RAM and you are wrong with your statement.
 
FRANK said:
When a program or application of about 4mb is loaded int RAM from the hard
drive--- how long will it reside there before being swapped back out?
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It will remain in RAM as long as the program itself remains open
*unless* the program is not being used and there is a need to provide
additional RAM for another application. At that point Windows will
identify which items currently in RAM are being actively used and will
move these items, or as many of them as is necessary, from RAM to the
paging file so as to free up the needed RAM.

Note that it may only be part of the program that is moved to the
paging file. The decision as to which item to move is based on the
amount of activity that each specific memory page (4K block) has had,
and perhaps also on how the program's author has coded the application
program. Some programs, or parts of them, may be coded so as not to be
swapped out from RAM.

Also if there is no shortage of RAM then the program code, or part of
it, may even remain in RAM after the application is closed. Windows
will have the RAM flagged as available for other uses if needed but if
no other use comes along the code will remain there, anticipating the
possibility that you may launch that same application again. Having
the code already in RAM greatly speeds up the second program launch.

Hope this explains the situation.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
Nick Burns said:
I would not use it for any purpose, sept to screw up machines.
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So Nick, you seem to despise the program just like Ron. Why don't you just
tell us all how the program screws up a computer? And be specific other
than to say it screws it up.
 
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