High memory opening my user account

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Ashanta

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Hi,

When opening my user account and checking with the Task Manager, I have 60 % used memory. This is high as I didn't launch any program.

If I launch Firefox with a quick url (no image, only text), Memory is peaked, more than 80% (look at the screenshots)

How to know exactely which processe(s) is/are the culprit ??

How can I reduce this memory ?

Thanks in advance !
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Amilo Pro v3505
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 T5300 1.73 Ghz
    Memory
    1 Gb
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile
    Sound Card
    Realteck
You only have 1 GB of RAM on the machine - Vista has a fairly high memory requirement, and it's not likely to get much better.
Have you installed both Service Packs? - they do tend to optimise requirements, and are required for security as well.
What else is being started at boot? - Click on Start, in the Serch box, type MSCONFIG, and look in the Startup
tab - do you need all the items shown?
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 8930G
Hi NoelDP,

I know that 1 GB of ram is poor for Vista Business but I don't plan to buy any memory chip at this moment.

Yes, I have SP2 installed

Look at my capture screen for my Startup programs.


NoelDP said:
You only have 1 GB of RAM on the machine - Vista has a fairly high memory requirement, and it's not likely to get much better.
Have you installed both Service Packs? - they do tend to optimise requirements, and are required for security as well.
What else is being started at boot? - Click on Start, in the Serch box, type MSCONFIG, and look in the Startup
tab - do you need all the items shown?
Click to expand...
 

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    Amilo Pro v3505
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    Intel Core 2 T5300 1.73 Ghz
    Memory
    1 Gb
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile
    Sound Card
    Realteck
Very rarely do I see such a bare startup!
However, 4 of the 5 items are security software - the chances are pretty high that there is a conflict there somewhere.
I'm not familiar with any of them except Windows Defender, however I do at least know of both Emsisoft and Webroot. ShadowDefender on the other hand appears to me to be largely defunct, and it's likely that this reflects either poor performance, or a poor product.
I suggest that you start by uninstalling (or at least disabling) ShadowDefender, and see if that makes a difference. You may need also to disable ShadowDefender services if you go that route.
 

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    Acer Aspire 8930G
Vista is usually using at least half of my memory and I have 2 gb so your biggest problem is lack of ram. I wouldn't have vista on anything less than 2 gb.
 

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    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
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    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
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Ok townsbg, that seems to be normal according to you.

I have another question about the Task Manager:

If I add all the memory process I don't have the amount of physical memory used and appeared on "Performance" tab.

Adding all the memory process I will have about 330 Mb used memory and on the "performance tab", I see about 675 Mb. What so big difference ?? Is that normal ?

Question about memory stick:

Is it better to have 2X1 sticks of 1 Gb ram or 1 stick of 2 Gb ram ?? My Cpu is a dual core.

Thanks in advance
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Amilo Pro v3505
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    Intel Core 2 T5300 1.73 Ghz
    Memory
    1 Gb
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile
    Sound Card
    Realteck
2x2GB is better :)
there's not much difference between 2x1GB and 1x2GB - providing the two 1GB sticks are properly matched.

Don't worry about what you see in teh Performance tab in terms or RAM usage - there are a number of things you may not be seeing, including the Commit Memory, which is not usually visible, and which takes up RAM (use the View > Select Columns).
 

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1x2 is better because you will get dual channel. I've found that Windows isn't very good at reporting the actual amount of memory used by a process. Try process exmplorer instead.
 

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System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
    CPU
    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
    Memory
    8 gb
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 &1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
  • Operating System
    Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Poweredge T140
    CPU
    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
    Memory
    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB & 360 GB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
1 stick of 2Gb will be the best, thanks townsbg. :)

I will try it with Process Explorer.

Thanks NoelDP for the explanation of Ram usage ;)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Amilo Pro v3505
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 T5300 1.73 Ghz
    Memory
    1 Gb
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile
    Sound Card
    Realteck
Dual Channel often isn't available in the sort of motherboards that were initially loaded with 1GB sticks.
Either way, you should check that the machine can actually take 2GB sticks - you may find it doesn't
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 8930G
In my case, I have a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro v3505 with a Intel Duo core cpu. I will buy one 2G of ram.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Amilo Pro v3505
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 T5300 1.73 Ghz
    Memory
    1 Gb
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile
    Sound Card
    Realteck
According to
Memory Search | Kingston
The system will only take modules up to 1GB - so you would need a second 1GB stick (assuming you a single 1GB stick at present - otherwise a matched pair)
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 8930G
Thanks NoelDP
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Amilo Pro v3505
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 T5300 1.73 Ghz
    Memory
    1 Gb
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile
    Sound Card
    Realteck
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