virual memory
Thursday, December 4, 2003 by frikky | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
New to this, thanks for any opinions...I've had desktopX for a week now and have changed some icons and added 2 objects (mp3 player, computer usage) and some new ones that I applied some of my folders to as shortcuts (animated icons). It's (the computer) has been fine up until this morning. Suddenly, my virtual memory is well above 45% on a continual basis and is disrupting other programs. What gives? Can I do something about this? Why did it suddenly happen? I was led to believe that desktopX took up only a small amount of "energy", yet when I go to the task manager (Win 2000 prof.), desktopX is using about 18000 kb to run. Any suggestions? Thanks.
frikky
Reply #2 Thursday, December 4, 2003 4:21 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, December 4, 2003 4:21 PM
As mentioned...I have the drive analysis and an mp3 player. Otherwise, just icons for the normal desktop shortcuts, ie, my computer, my documents, etc. 3 of them are download animated briefcases that I've applied folder shortcuts to, but other than that, nothing else. Should I be changing my memory? I like Win2000prof. because it does it for me as needed, but...
frikky
Reply #4 Thursday, December 4, 2003 4:43 PM
Reply #4 Thursday, December 4, 2003 4:43 PM
Physical memory...523,696kb
Available phys. memory...284,120kb
total virtual memory...2,038,148kb
available virtual memory...1,523,316kb
This is as per my system summary.
Cpu capacity is 18.64mb
I've got 28% free space
Available phys. memory...284,120kb
total virtual memory...2,038,148kb
available virtual memory...1,523,316kb
This is as per my system summary.
Cpu capacity is 18.64mb
I've got 28% free space
Stumpy
Reply #5 Thursday, December 4, 2003 4:49 PM
Reply #5 Thursday, December 4, 2003 4:49 PM
Shouldn'y have any problems with those stats, have you tried rebooting 
IPlural
Reply #6 Thursday, December 4, 2003 4:54 PM
Reply #6 Thursday, December 4, 2003 4:54 PM
What video card do you have installed?
also
There are a number of utilities on the net which allow you to monitor and adjust
memory settings.
TaskInfo2003 is such a utility that give you more in depth information than most that
I have come across.
I would download and install the trial version so you can see exactly what is doing what.
This application gives the best in depth analysis across the board for your resources...
http://www.iarsn.com/taskinfo.html
also
There are a number of utilities on the net which allow you to monitor and adjust
memory settings.
TaskInfo2003 is such a utility that give you more in depth information than most that
I have come across.
I would download and install the trial version so you can see exactly what is doing what.
This application gives the best in depth analysis across the board for your resources...
| www.iarsn.com |
http://www.iarsn.com/taskinfo.html
| TaskInfo 2003 shows information about all running processes and threads including ring0 VxD threads. Information about each process includes: All threads (with details) CPU usage (multiple CPU supported) Memory usage Scheduling rate Path Opened files and handles Loaded modules (DLLs etc.) Command line Environment variables Version information Connections and more! TaskInfo 2003 also shows detailed system information: Total CPU usage (multiple CPU supported) Total memory usage (physical, virtual etc.) Total number of processes and threads Thread switches and interrupts rate Read/write data rates on disks Modem connection speed (if present) All opened files All opened drivers All opened UDP, TCP/IP connections All opened RAS, VPN and Dial-Up connections Network client/server data rates OS and CPU details (see below) and more! Many types of information are presented in graphical form, like in AbpMon application. Operating system detailed information includes: OS type (Windows 98, XP etc.) and version Time from system start Computer's network name Logged-on user name Windows/system directory (folder) on disk Host name AC/Battery status (if present) and more! CPU detailed information includes: Vendor (AMD, Intel etc.) Type (Pentium III, Athlon etc.) Real (measured) clock frequency L1/L2 cache size FPU present or not MMX/SSE support 3DNow! support and more! TaskInfo 2003 also allows you to: Launch, close or terminate processes Quickly terminate hang-up processes Change process priority Launch debugging of process Free physical operating memory Flush file cache Restart, shutdown the system Force restart/shutdown Operate from command line and more! TaskInfo 2003 allows you to configure automatical alerts (shown near icon in systray) on: Low virtual memory Low GDI/USER resources Too many GDI/USER objects Too many windows created Too many opened Win32 handles |
frikky
Reply #7 Thursday, December 4, 2003 4:56 PM
Reply #7 Thursday, December 4, 2003 4:56 PM
yes...no luck. thanks for thinking about it though. i'm stumped. should desktopx be using upwards of 18000kb to run? seems high.
IPlural
Reply #8 Thursday, December 4, 2003 4:57 PM
Reply #8 Thursday, December 4, 2003 4:57 PM
THis will allow you to see exactly what is doing what and when it is doing it.
The network connections also comes in handy for finding out exactly what those
stupid svchost (generic) services that Windows loads up and never explains what
they are...
just a thought, sir stumpy will get ya figured out I am sure
hiya Sir Stumpy!
The network connections also comes in handy for finding out exactly what those
stupid svchost (generic) services that Windows loads up and never explains what
they are...
just a thought, sir stumpy will get ya figured out I am sure
hiya Sir Stumpy!
frikky
Reply #9 Thursday, December 4, 2003 5:01 PM
Reply #9 Thursday, December 4, 2003 5:01 PM
thanks for your suggestions. i'll give the download a shot to see what's going on.
frikky
Reply #10 Thursday, December 4, 2003 7:20 PM
Reply #10 Thursday, December 4, 2003 7:20 PM
thank you for all the suggestions. i downloaded the trial version of taskinfo2003 and see that it's a powerful program. oh, and to those who are wondering...i misspelled 'virtual' 
goodmorphing
Reply #13 Thursday, December 4, 2003 7:35 PM If someone hasn't suggested running AdAware yet, I'd toss that in. Along with a good online virus scan if it keeps up.
Reply #13 Thursday, December 4, 2003 7:35 PM
If someone hasn't suggested running AdAware yet, I'd toss that in. Along with a good online virus scan if it keeps up.
IPlural
Reply #14 Thursday, December 4, 2003 8:28 PM
Reply #14 Thursday, December 4, 2003 8:28 PM
depending on the systems configuration, (excluding as goodmorphing points out, virus, spyware and so on)your Video card could be playing into the issue to some extent.
Some graphics cards share slices of the CPU and Memory which can cause some really interesting things when a video cards driver ends up leaking in memory, or refuses to release memory and time slices when it is finished with them, only to grab more of those resources on top of what it already has when needed again...
That is just one possibility and it is also something which can happen with any version of Windows including NT...
It is also a real issue with Motherboards that have Integrated Video... Stay away from those, stay very far away....
fyi...
Windows NT = NT 3.5, NT 3.51, NT 4, XP, Server, Advanced Server and so on...
Some graphics cards share slices of the CPU and Memory which can cause some really interesting things when a video cards driver ends up leaking in memory, or refuses to release memory and time slices when it is finished with them, only to grab more of those resources on top of what it already has when needed again...
That is just one possibility and it is also something which can happen with any version of Windows including NT...
It is also a real issue with Motherboards that have Integrated Video... Stay away from those, stay very far away....
fyi...
Windows NT = NT 3.5, NT 3.51, NT 4, XP, Server, Advanced Server and so on...
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Reply #1 Thursday, December 4, 2003 4:19 PM