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How much memory am I using
Name: PaulPaul Date: January 23, 2006 at 08:02:41 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home CPU/Ram: P4/512
Comment:
How can I check how much memory I have left at any given time when I am on the computor. Plain english please. Computor running slow guess I need more memory??
Name: Tufenuf Date: January 23, 2006 at 08:06:38 Pacific
Reply:
PaulPaul, Open your Task Manager (Alt/Ctrl/Del) and under the Performance tab--Physical Memory subtract the Available from the Total.
Tufenuf
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Response Number 2
Name: Chuck 2 Date: January 23, 2006 at 08:18:01 Pacific
Reply:
Search the web for a program called "Ram Idle". Many places to download free. I displays current free RAM in the System Tray. Also you can right click the icon to free up any amount of RAM. I use a Beta version I got some years ago. Mine only uses up 3MB.
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Response Number 3
Name: per Date: January 23, 2006 at 08:20:01 Pacific
Name: wanderer Date: January 23, 2006 at 10:27:32 Pacific
Reply:
you have 1/2gig of ram. Physical ram isn't your issue and adding more is better but won't solve your problem.
Start with a spyware check and remove programs you aren't using anymore with add/remove programs. Move stuff out of your startup folder to see if this is what is slowing you down.
Other troubleshooting methods available via google.
Golly gee wilerkers everyone. Learn to Internet Search
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Response Number 5
Name: Chuck 2 Date: January 23, 2006 at 10:41:33 Pacific
Name: mcamax Date: January 23, 2006 at 17:47:31 Pacific
Reply:
I use a free program called FreeRam XP Pro v1.51. It not only monitors memory usage, but also tells you CPU usage and can be minimized to your system tray. It's really nice; I have it on all my Win9x and later boxes. See here.
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