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JoeRasel

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May 3rd, 2007 10:00

RAM usage

When i first bought this Dimension E520 I was using 35% Ram with everything running. Now 2 months later, without adding anything I am using 57%. Can someone explain to me how I find out exactly what programs are running in the back ground and figure out why the RAM usage is climbing.
  • Notajedi

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    Posted May 3rd, 2007 11:00

    Hi Joe Press ctrl alt and delete at the same time this will bring up task manager in the process button is a memory usage for the various exe. the ones you don't recognise do a bit of a Google and you should be able to work out what programme they are from. Even without adding anything in the time you've had the pc programmes will grow with usage as they can be buffering stuff for faster loading etc.....have you cleaned your temp files in your web browser recently? May also be worth running msconfig to see what programmes are running at the start.. Regards Notajedi
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    Posted May 3rd, 2007 13:00

    What is your OS?  Also, have you defragged your hard drive lately?  Many computer slowdowns are caused because your files get fragmented, and thus resources are wasted accessing memory packets that are nowhere near each other.  This would translate to an increase in ram use.
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    Posted May 3rd, 2007 14:00

    Thank You for the suggestion, Makes a whole lot of sense to me!!!!
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    Posted May 3rd, 2007 16:00

    Do you have Google Desktop? Eats alot of ram.
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    Posted May 3rd, 2007 16:00

    If you don't use it get rid of it. It consumes alot of resources. It indexes what you do on your computer(easiest way to put it). Go to control panel, remove programs, uninstall it, then reboot. Check your ram usage then. lol
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    Posted May 3rd, 2007 16:00

    Yes, I do have Google Desktop. Should I get rid of it. Exactly what does Google desktop do. What are the features it offers. Do you have to uninstall the entire Google desktop or can you disable certain features that are not used very often. I personally dont even know if I ever used anything from Google desktop.
     
    TY
     
    Joe
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    Posted May 3rd, 2007 16:00

    Also Please give me a little heads up on where and what I should look for,  to see if I do indeed have google desktop
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    Posted May 4th, 2007 21:00

    I'm trying to get familiar with my newly acquired XP after many years with 98se.
    Re: Ram usage, how do I interpret the percentage of used memory vs free memory after bringing up task manager? It's not obvious.     retlas1
  • zyepod

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    Posted October 8th, 2007 04:00

    I'm using Vista Home Premium with Google toolbar running and using 40% RAM. Is this 40% good? I don't use the Google Toolbar but I'm hesitate to delete it because I think it's tied into my gadgets. I've also read somewhere about me determining my RAM usage. What do you think about that?