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    Cleanup Running Processes

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by CC268, Jun 22, 2011.

  1. CC268

    CC268 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have almost anywhere from 35-45% of my memory being used at all times so i am wondering if anyone could help me delete some of the running processes that aren't needed?
     
    CC268, Jun 22, 2011
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    i think 7 will make use of ~2gb ram all the time if available.. that gives fast response.. mine's 4gb at least all the time when i work.. several different browser.. office.. dreamweaver.. photoshop.. my spec is 8gb by the way..
     
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    Oh ok, I gotcha well I just wanted to make sure, thanks
     
    CC268, Jun 22, 2011
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    Someone told me to clock the non microsoft box in services tab and uncheck all the running services...should I do this or selectively choose them?
     
    CC268, Jun 23, 2011
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    I'm not so shure that this is really a bad thing. If you have memory that is free then that memory really is not useful.

    Windows caches more things in memory to make use of the memory you have, it will eventually be released when needed for other things. The downside really is the part where loading things into memory in first place that takes time.
     
    erephus, Jun 23, 2011
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    I use a memory cleaner, and everytime i run it, my computer goes from using 40 percent at idle to 22 percent, there's a memory leak somewhere. Keep in mind im using 6 gigs of ram. So thats around 2400 mb of ram on idle down to around 1300-1450
     
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    Yea this makes sense, as its the same on my android phone
     
    CC268, Jun 23, 2011
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    What memory cleaner do you use?
     
    CC268, Jun 23, 2011
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    When my warranty was almost up,about the last 45 days dell sent me coupons letters etc,and they offered me great prices after owning my m11x almost a year.Dell is in biz to make a profit there is huge profit in warranties,believe me they'll offer you a haggled down price I paid less than half the listed price.
     
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    in advanced system care suite, there's a smart ram utility, but i found ram cleaners on download.com
     
    niko2021, Jun 24, 2011
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