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Windows 7 RAM usage - Rammap shows "Transition" pages constantly growing under "Process Private"
Very recently, I noticed my memory usage would slowly approach 100% with normal computer usage, until eventually the system would crash. I went hunting to see if any particular process(es) were ...
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Create a small file in RAM
I know there exists several RAM disk programs, that allow to create a whole (temporary) filesystem in RAM, but here I have a slightly different request:
How to create a single file in RAM (just a few ...
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Windows reports "Out of Memory" despite huge pagefile
How to force Windows to use the swap file to the fullest?
I use Windows 7 64-bit and I have 16 GB of RAM + 8 GB (static) pagefile.
When I open many Chrome tabs, and the physical memory is almost ...
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Half of the 8GB RAM sometimes "missing", sometimes not
I've got 8GB installed on my ASUS Windows 7 laptop. Recently, there have been times when I've noticed the computer slowing down, and when I open the task manager I see only 4GB maximum on physical ...
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Windows 7 and 10. Low on memory error
I have a laptop of about 8 years old. Recently I have changed its hard drive for a new SSD. After that, I installed Windows 7 because there is a notion that it would be faster if you have Win 7 ...
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Windows 7 - Explorer.exe constantly building up memory but not releasing it
I have been trying to figure out the best way to solve this issue with no luck. We work with a lot of video files, and they are encoded into a folder to be accessed later. I clear out this folder on ...
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Optimizing pagefile size: I'd like to clarify on the Peak Commit and my Physical RAM?
I want to optimize the pagefile size to fit my actual needs. And I want to follow the formula suggested by Mark Russinovich: The Minimum should be Peak Commit minus Physical RAM, and the Maximum ...
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Windows 7 C-Drive Low Disk Space [duplicate]
I have clean installed windows 7 ultimate 64-bit OS, on my desktop.
Configuration: 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD Gigabyte motherboard, Nvidia graphics Card.
I have installed only few applications, which do not ...
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Upgrading Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 to 16 GB RAM
Can I upgrade a Lenovo Z570 (20095) to 12 GB or 16 GB of RAM?
As per the official specifications, it supports a max of 8 GB. Few folks over the Internet are claiming to have upgraded to 16 GB. Should ...
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High hard drive usage where there shouldn't be
Not a problem per-se, more of a question as to why this could possibly be happening.
When I wake up my computer after awhile of being in sleep mode (>1 hr i'd say), it takes quite awhile to become ...
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Formula Used by Microsoft to Calculate Memory Usage % in Task Manager?
Haven't been able to find an answer for this question. Here is some background.
I am on W7 64 Pro, and I can see the breakdown in Resource Monitor, but, when I add up the totals of the columns, I ...
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RAM underperforming - Shows 333 MHz instead of 667 MHz [duplicate]
I have an old laptop Acer 6930. There are 2 RAMs in it and both of them are 667 MHz:
When I checked in CPUZ , it shows like this:
Is there anything wrong with it?
Besides it shows as 333 MHz in ...
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Why my computer is not able to use Full Ram? [duplicate]
I have Windows 7 Pro 32 bit. having 4 GB Ram and only 932 Mb is usable.
Why is that ?
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Windows 7 Professional 64bit 8gb Ram installed 2.98gb usable
I've noticed this evening that my Windows 7 (Pro 64 bit) machine is only showing 2.98GB of RAM as usable from a total of 8GB (see 1st image). I've looked at the Task Manager (see 2nd image) and it ...
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How much memory should svchost.exe(netsvcs) use normally? [duplicate]
I'm using windows 7 and when I look at the processes' memory usage I see that the process svchost.exe(netsvcs) is taking 1.2 GB of the physical memory. Is this normal?
Note: when I start windows the ...
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