Quote: Originally Posted by
rwphilips 
I have 2 gigs of memory and the resource monitor shows about 45%
used... I assume that includes all the background services also.
Rich,
Yes, the background services will definitely use their share of memory. The biggest use of memory is Superfetch. It preloads data it thinks you will need next to help make things run faster. You can read more about Superfetch in this tutorial. See the related links to change what you want Superfetch to preload.
Superfetch (Memory Prefetcher)
My memory hovers around the 45% used mark too.
Shawn