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tennen   07-31-2004 at 09:39:46 PM

I have currently 512MB of RAM installed. The task manager say 574 MB is in use. So a few megs must be put on my harddrive, right?
But then I start to calculate how much memory all my processes takes and thats only about 180 MB.
What is using all my memory then and how can I see the really amount used?

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Ned_Flanders   07-31-2004 at 11:00:27 PM
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rubikian   08-02-2004 at 05:23:16 AM
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You might want to click on your task manager then view->select columns, then select the virtual memory size. Then click OK. Now calculate the total memory usage plus the virtual memory usage.

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tennen   08-02-2004 at 12:41:46 PM
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Well. Now I have done so and if I add that amount it is even smaller...
Does the task manager really show all processes?

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