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    Low Memory Warning in W7 and Vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Tinderbox (UK), Oct 29, 2009.

  1. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    I have 3GB and have been getting warnings to close some applications before i can play a song with WMP , when all i have running is 2 instances of Firefox with only 1 webpage on each, no tabs

    I thought W7 used less memory than Vista
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Oct 29, 2009
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  2. Kocane

    Kocane Notebook Deity

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    I had an issue with Win7 once where it wasnt a process or program talking up like 2 gb of ram, it was something in the very background... only solution was to format..

    and no 7 does not use less memory, why should it? It use what your computer has (obviously here, there is a problem)
     
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  3. Tinderbox (UK)

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    I thought the W7 OS required less memory to run, so there should be more left for running user software, and less chance of getting a low memory message.

     
    Tinderbox (UK), Oct 29, 2009
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    catacylsm Notebook Prophet

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    Hi

    Never actually had this message but you could always,

    Try expand your page file?

    Bye

    Cata.
     
    catacylsm, Oct 29, 2009
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  5. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    It does require less for its core needs. It sounds like you have some memory leak issue. You might want to do some forensics with Sysinternals Process Explorer.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Oct 29, 2009
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    Did you disable your pagefile or something?

    Anyway, open up task manager (shift-ctrl-esc) and go to the Processes tab and see if there's a process that's eating all your memory.

    I have only 2 gb, and Vista, and I don't run into problems like you describe, even with like 25 firefox windows and other stuff.
     
    swarmer, Oct 29, 2009
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