Vista - RAM Usage

Windows caches a lot of the core OS. It makes Windows seem a little faster
and more responsive. When you open a program that needs that memory, it
unloads things from the cache and uses that RAM. So, it's not actually
unavailable.

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Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

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"Rat_uk" <ratty@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> in home premium....
>
> i have 1gb of ddr2 ram. my system is showing a constant usage of at least
> 50% of this simply when i am logged into windows and running windows mail
> and ie7.
>
> as i type this message my system is using 72% of 1gb of ram. why is this?
>
> ie7 seems to be using most, followed by several instances of svchost and
> then windows mail. is this normal? does it have something to do with aero
> and its demands?
>
> i am using on board graphics card. the cpu usage is very low (dual core
> amd)
>
>

in home premium....

i have 1gb of ddr2 ram. my system is showing a constant usage of at least
50% of this simply when i am logged into windows and running windows mail
and ie7.

as i type this message my system is using 72% of 1gb of ram. why is this?

ie7 seems to be using most, followed by several instances of svchost and
then windows mail. is this normal? does it have something to do with aero
and its demands?

i am using on board graphics card. the cpu usage is very low (dual core amd)

"Rat_uk" <ratty@nowhere.com> wrote
> in home premium....
>
> i have 1gb of ddr2 ram. my system is showing a constant usage of at least
> 50% of this simply when i am logged into windows and running windows mail
> and ie7.
>
> as i type this message my system is using 72% of 1gb of ram. why is this?
>
> ie7 seems to be using most, followed by several instances of svchost and
> then windows mail. is this normal? does it have something to do with aero
> and its demands?
>
> i am using on board graphics card. the cpu usage is very low (dual core
> amd)


This has been discussed many times in these Vista newsgroups. Vista does a
much better job of managing and using memory. Unused memory is wasted
memory.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

LOL -- reminds me of the Slowskys in the Comcast commercials. "Darn, I wish
it wouldn't use so much RAM so everything would run really slow" ;-)

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"Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:ujrqkv3WHHA.4384@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> "Rat_uk" <ratty@nowhere.com> wrote
>> in home premium....
>>
>> i have 1gb of ddr2 ram. my system is showing a constant usage of at least
>> 50% of this simply when i am logged into windows and running windows mail
>> and ie7.
>>
>> as i type this message my system is using 72% of 1gb of ram. why is this?
>>
>> ie7 seems to be using most, followed by several instances of svchost and
>> then windows mail. is this normal? does it have something to do with aero
>> and its demands?
>>
>> i am using on board graphics card. the cpu usage is very low (dual core
>> amd)
>
>
> This has been discussed many times in these Vista newsgroups. Vista does
> a much better job of managing and using memory. Unused memory is wasted
> memory.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

what happens when i start editing videos etc?????


i'll be at 100% and into the page???



"Nita Klew" <NoSpam@NoThanks.com> wrote in message
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> LOL -- reminds me of the Slowskys in the Comcast commercials. "Darn, I
> wish it wouldn't use so much RAM so everything would run really slow" ;-)
>
> --
> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:ujrqkv3WHHA.4384@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> "Rat_uk" <ratty@nowhere.com> wrote
>>> in home premium....
>>>
>>> i have 1gb of ddr2 ram. my system is showing a constant usage of at
>>> least 50% of this simply when i am logged into windows and running
>>> windows mail and ie7.
>>>
>>> as i type this message my system is using 72% of 1gb of ram. why is
>>> this?
>>>
>>> ie7 seems to be using most, followed by several instances of svchost and
>>> then windows mail. is this normal? does it have something to do with
>>> aero and its demands?
>>>
>>> i am using on board graphics card. the cpu usage is very low (dual core
>>> amd)
>>
>>
>> This has been discussed many times in these Vista newsgroups. Vista does
>> a much better job of managing and using memory. Unused memory is wasted
>> memory.
>>
>> --
>> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>

Nothing, it automatically kicks out cached programs from memory (and it
doesn't page the ram cache, it just drops it) when you need that memory for
active applications. The idea is to not waste resources when they are idle
but to always give priority to active usage of those resources when they are
needed by an active application or process.
"Rat_uk" <ratty@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:0260B105-3DD7-41A2-8795-3396BF97EFBD@microsoft.com...
> what happens when i start editing videos etc?????
>
>
> i'll be at 100% and into the page???
>
>
>
> "Nita Klew" <NoSpam@NoThanks.com> wrote in message
> news:61E3ECD6-5938-48FB-8AB7-DB2FCC0BF3F0@microsoft.com...
>> LOL -- reminds me of the Slowskys in the Comcast commercials. "Darn, I
>> wish it wouldn't use so much RAM so everything would run really slow" ;-)
>>
>> --
>> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
>> news:ujrqkv3WHHA.4384@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> "Rat_uk" <ratty@nowhere.com> wrote
>>>> in home premium....
>>>>
>>>> i have 1gb of ddr2 ram. my system is showing a constant usage of at
>>>> least 50% of this simply when i am logged into windows and running
>>>> windows mail and ie7.
>>>>
>>>> as i type this message my system is using 72% of 1gb of ram. why is
>>>> this?
>>>>
>>>> ie7 seems to be using most, followed by several instances of svchost
>>>> and then windows mail. is this normal? does it have something to do
>>>> with aero and its demands?
>>>>
>>>> i am using on board graphics card. the cpu usage is very low (dual core
>>>> amd)
>>>
>>>
>>> This has been discussed many times in these Vista newsgroups. Vista
>>> does a much better job of managing and using memory. Unused memory is
>>> wasted memory.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>>
>

I understand this is how vista handles RAM, yet when i got to install or
uninstall anything from software or windows update, CPU is fine yet RAM maxes
out, my system hangs and takes nearly an hour to complete, if it doesnt fail.
I have a vista ready MB with Athlon dual core 3800and onboard nvidea 6100
video, 1gb single channel RAM, buggered on where to look as to issues,

Please help

"Rat_uk" wrote:

> in home premium....
>
> i have 1gb of ddr2 ram. my system is showing a constant usage of at least
> 50% of this simply when i am logged into windows and running windows mail
> and ie7.
>
> as i type this message my system is using 72% of 1gb of ram. why is this?
>
> ie7 seems to be using most, followed by several instances of svchost and
> then windows mail. is this normal? does it have something to do with aero
> and its demands?
>
> i am using on board graphics card. the cpu usage is very low (dual core amd)
>
>