Dan wrote:

> Ijust upgraded from Windows ME to Windows XP Home and I have 1024mb
> Ram. When I went into system information I was running about 667 mb
> ram in availble system memory. When I reloaded Norton Internet
> Security and Virus Protection with the updates I still registered 667
> mb ram. But when I did my Windows XP updates and updated my printer
> drivers now I am down to 105 mb ram. How did this happen and how do I
> fix it. I though 1024 mb of ram would be plenty to run Win XP, I did
> not know it was a memory hog. Please help. Thanks


It's not a memory hog.

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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