Windows 2000, and RAM

[Carlos]

I installed 1 GB of ram on my windows 2000 server; it had
about 300mb before. I have noticed that when I am using
several applications and the memory use reaches 577mb the
system starts running slow, and some applications that I
try to run after that do not start. I get a message from
office that saying the system is low on memory, but when I
check the task manager, it shows that I am only using 500
out of the 1000 MB that I have. The computer reports that
it does see all 1 GB of ram, and also the task manager
shows 1gb of ram, but the applications don't think the
same thing. What can I change on the registry to make sure
that the applications see, and use all the available
memory?
Thanks.

 

[Leonard Severt [MSFT]]

I installed 1 GB of ram on my windows 2000 server; it had
about 300mb before. I have noticed that when I am using
several applications and the memory use reaches 577mb the
system starts running slow, and some applications that I
try to run after that do not start. I get a message from
office that saying the system is low on memory, but when I
check the task manager, it shows that I am only using 500
out of the 1000 MB that I have. The computer reports that
it does see all 1 GB of ram, and also the task manager
shows 1gb of ram, but the applications don't think the
same thing. What can I change on the registry to make sure
that the applications see, and use all the available
memory?
Thanks.

Check your free space for paging file and make sure it has reasonable
size. It should be 1.5 gig.

Leonard Severt

Windows 2000 Server Setup Team

 

[nut cracker]

remember the good old days when MS recommended a pagefile equal to the
physical memory, plus 12M ?


what are the applications that you are running ?

NuTs

 

[Leonard Severt [MSFT]]

remember the good old days when MS recommended a pagefile equal to the
physical memory, plus 12M ?


what are the applications that you are running ?

NuTs

Check your free space for paging file and make sure it has reasonable
size. It should be 1.5 gig.

Leonard Severt

Windows 2000 Server Setup Team

Actually the physical memory + 12meg is to get a kernel dump. The most
common rule of thumb since NT4 has been physical memory times 1.5. There
is not a perfect number though and with some applicaions you don't need
as much.

Leonard Severt

Windows 2000 Server Setup Team