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I keep getting pop-up messages that I have low memory and windows needs to shut down the program I am using. When I open up the task manager to view what is eating up the memory, it is typically internet explorer. I have reset the program to factory specs, I have scanned for viruses, deleted temporary files, cookies, etc. I ran disk clean up and defrag. All of this clean up has had little effect on memory usage.

The current state:
32 bit system
iexplorer 11
4.00 GB of ram (2.92GB usable) - I don't quite understand this one... OS?
Task manager:
128 process - seems high to me. When researching the files, most of them fall in my system32 file.
CPU usage 4%
Physical memory 78%


 
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geofelt
In the bios, there should be a setting for the integrated video adapter.
The default size is usually modest, but it could be as large as 1gb.
The smaller you set it, like 128mb, the more ram you will have available, but at the expense of integrated video performance.
I might guess 250mb would be about right.
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2.92gb is small for windows.
Look at your installed programs and uninstall anything you don't need.
Run malwarebytes to look for malware.
Open msconfig and look at startup tasks. Research anything suspicious and disable it if it is not needed.
Are you running extra browsers? One is enough.
 
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I have IExplorer and Google Chrome on my system. Between work and school I've found that some things run better on one or the other. Any idea to why I'm loosing almost 1 full GB of memory from my full memory? I figured this has something to do with the OS itself and how the hard drive might be partitioned. I'll research the other things you mentioned as well. I get nervous deleting things that I do not know what they are. Although that begs the question, "if I do not know what it is, why is it there?"

Thanks for the reply.
 
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In the bios, there should be a setting for the integrated video adapter.
The default size is usually modest, but it could be as large as 1gb.
The smaller you set it, like 128mb, the more ram you will have available, but at the expense of integrated video performance.
I might guess 250mb would be about right.
 
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