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(Msg. 16) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:49 pm
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Xray wrote:
> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
> position where things are slowing down because of it?
No. That's no problem at all.
Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a counterproductive
desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all, of your memory, all
the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is wasted memory. You paid
for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it wasted.
Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way Windows
keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
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(Msg. 17) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:49 pm
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Xray wrote:
> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
> position where things are slowing down because of it?
No. That's no problem at all.
Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a counterproductive
desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all, of your memory, all
the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is wasted memory. You paid
for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it wasted.
Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way Windows
keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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(Msg. 18) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:49 pm
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Xray wrote:
> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
> position where things are slowing down because of it?
No. That's no problem at all.
Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a counterproductive
desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all, of your memory, all
the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is wasted memory. You paid
for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it wasted.
Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way Windows
keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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(Msg. 19) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:49 pm
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Xray wrote:
> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
> position where things are slowing down because of it?
No. That's no problem at all.
Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a counterproductive
desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all, of your memory, all
the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is wasted memory. You paid
for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it wasted.
Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way Windows
keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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(Msg. 20) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:49 pm
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Xray wrote:
> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
> position where things are slowing down because of it?
No. That's no problem at all.
Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a counterproductive
desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all, of your memory, all
the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is wasted memory. You paid
for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it wasted.
Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way Windows
keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
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(Msg. 21) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:49 pm
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Xray wrote:
> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
> position where things are slowing down because of it?
No. That's no problem at all.
Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a counterproductive
desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all, of your memory, all
the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is wasted memory. You paid
for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it wasted.
Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way Windows
keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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(Msg. 22) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:49 pm
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Xray wrote:
> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
> position where things are slowing down because of it?
No. That's no problem at all.
Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a counterproductive
desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all, of your memory, all
the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is wasted memory. You paid
for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it wasted.
Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way Windows
keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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(Msg. 23) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:49 pm
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Xray wrote:
> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
> position where things are slowing down because of it?
No. That's no problem at all.
Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a counterproductive
desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all, of your memory, all
the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is wasted memory. You paid
for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it wasted.
Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way Windows
keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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(Msg. 24) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:49 pm
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Xray wrote:
> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
> position where things are slowing down because of it?
No. That's no problem at all.
Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a counterproductive
desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all, of your memory, all
the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is wasted memory. You paid
for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it wasted.
Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way Windows
keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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(Msg. 25) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:15 pm
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Ken,
Thank you very much. Obviously I am learning as I go. I was imagining
having to upgrade to more memory. What would I expect to see reported if I
upgraded to 1 gb of memory?
Xray
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake.DeleteThis@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> Xray wrote:
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>> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
>> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
>> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
>> position where things are slowing down because of it?
>
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> No. That's no problem at all.
>
> Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a
> counterproductive desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all,
> of your memory, all the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is
> wasted memory. You paid for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it
> wasted.
>
> Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
> For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
> caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way
> Windows keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
> >> Stay informed about: Am I Memory Poor? |
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(Msg. 26) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:15 pm
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Ken,
Thank you very much. Obviously I am learning as I go. I was imagining
having to upgrade to more memory. What would I expect to see reported if I
upgraded to 1 gb of memory?
Xray
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake.DeleteThis@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> Xray wrote:
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>> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
>> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
>> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
>> position where things are slowing down because of it?
>
>
> No. That's no problem at all.
>
> Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a
> counterproductive desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all,
> of your memory, all the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is
> wasted memory. You paid for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it
> wasted.
>
> Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
> For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
> caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way
> Windows keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
> >> Stay informed about: Am I Memory Poor? |
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(Msg. 27) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:15 pm
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Ken,
Thank you very much. Obviously I am learning as I go. I was imagining
having to upgrade to more memory. What would I expect to see reported if I
upgraded to 1 gb of memory?
Xray
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake RemoveThis @this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:u$vkLWPEHHA.996@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Xray wrote:
>
>> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
>> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
>> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
>> position where things are slowing down because of it?
>
>
> No. That's no problem at all.
>
> Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a
> counterproductive desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all,
> of your memory, all the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is
> wasted memory. You paid for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it
> wasted.
>
> Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
> For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
> caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way
> Windows keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
> >> Stay informed about: Am I Memory Poor? |
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(Msg. 28) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:15 pm
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Ken,
Thank you very much. Obviously I am learning as I go. I was imagining
having to upgrade to more memory. What would I expect to see reported if I
upgraded to 1 gb of memory?
Xray
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake.TakeThisOut@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:u$vkLWPEHHA.996@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Xray wrote:
>
>> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
>> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
>> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
>> position where things are slowing down because of it?
>
>
> No. That's no problem at all.
>
> Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a
> counterproductive desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all,
> of your memory, all the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is
> wasted memory. You paid for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it
> wasted.
>
> Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
> For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
> caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way
> Windows keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
> >> Stay informed about: Am I Memory Poor? |
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(Msg. 29) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:15 pm
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Ken,
Thank you very much. Obviously I am learning as I go. I was imagining
having to upgrade to more memory. What would I expect to see reported if I
upgraded to 1 gb of memory?
Xray
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake.TakeThisOut@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:u$vkLWPEHHA.996@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Xray wrote:
>
>> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
>> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
>> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
>> position where things are slowing down because of it?
>
>
> No. That's no problem at all.
>
> Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a
> counterproductive desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all,
> of your memory, all the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is
> wasted memory. You paid for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it
> wasted.
>
> Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
> For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
> caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way
> Windows keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
> >> Stay informed about: Am I Memory Poor? |
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(Msg. 30) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:15 pm
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Ken,
Thank you very much. Obviously I am learning as I go. I was imagining
having to upgrade to more memory. What would I expect to see reported if I
upgraded to 1 gb of memory?
Xray
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake RemoveThis @this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:u$vkLWPEHHA.996@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Xray wrote:
>
>> I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
>> running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It often
>> reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am I in a
>> position where things are slowing down because of it?
>
>
> No. That's no problem at all.
>
> Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a
> counterproductive desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all,
> of your memory, all the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is
> wasted memory. You paid for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it
> wasted.
>
> Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the time.
> For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that part for
> caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In this way
> Windows keeps all your memory working for you all the time.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
> >> Stay informed about: Am I Memory Poor? |
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