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VISTA MEMORY MANAGEMENT???/
I UPGRADED MY RAM TO 1 GIG OR MORE, YET WINDOWS XP DOESNT MAKE MAXIMUM USE OF MY RAM. IT IS STILL ONE HALF FULL. HOW DO I KNOW??? WELL, ALL U NEED TO DO IS PRESS CTRL, ALT, DEL . A WINDOW WILL POP UP . CLICK ON PERFORMANCE TAB. YOU WILL SEE PHYSICAL MEMORY (k). YOU WILL SEE TOTAL, AVAILABLE, SYSTEM CACHE. TOTAL IS YOUR RAM TOTAL IN KILOBYTES. AVAILABLE IS PERCENT OF YOUR RAM DOING NOTHING. SYSTEM CACHE IS HOW MUCH KILOBYTES YOUR HARDDRIVE IS CARRYING FOR YOUR RAM. I SUSPECT THAT MICROSOFT IS SMARTING UP AFTER SO MANY GUYS ARE UPGRADING RAM TO ONE GIG AND ABOVE. DID MICROSOFT QUIETLY UPLOAD UPDATES TO US TO IMPROVE OUR MEMORY MANAGEMENT TO MAKE MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE OF OUR AVAILABLE RAM? MINE USED TO BE USING 400MB AND SUDDENLY IT IS DOING 600MB WHICH MEAN I HAVE LESS IDLE RAM LATELY. I HAD NT CHANGED MY OPERATIONS MUCH LIKE OPENING MORE PROGRAMS OR SUCH. I WAS DOING THE USUAL. I WANT TO SEE MY RAM USAGE UP TO CLOSE TO 900MB . I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT I SHOULD KEEP MY IDLE RAM ABOVE 100MB TO PROTECT FROM SYSTEM CRASHES. AM I RIGHT??? C'MON BILLY GATE, BEAM ME UP, RAM!!
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Then don't use it  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/17/06
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Par for the course for you  itanalyst | 05/18/06
Kudos to Ax  yyuko@... | 05/18/06
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Way to go,!  stanj.miranda@... | 05/18/06
Haha....  darreno1 | 05/17/06
There is one reason...  Zeppo9191 | 05/18/06
Use Apple Iron  gtdworak | 05/18/06
stop crying  stanj.miranda@... | 05/18/06
Great - can't wait  314 | 05/17/06
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Don't worry  Edward Meyers | 05/18/06
You said you don't care.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/18/06
your fiance's imac  Arm A. Geddon | 05/17/06
OS X Tiger (Version 10.4.x) runs just fine...  gtdworak | 05/18/06
Dude, load Linux!  Linux Geek | 05/18/06
Linux on a ppc has never been very appealing  zmud | 05/18/06
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re: Any time a new version of  bl00dphume$ | 05/17/06
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Gimmeee a BEEEEEEEEE!  Cardinal_Bill | 05/17/06
Vista value 1-5  jogiba@... | 05/17/06
Vista value 1-5 part 2  jogiba@... | 05/17/06
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Excellent and exciting high end requirements!  Prognosticator | 05/17/06
re: Excellent and exciting high end requirements!  bl00dphume$ | 05/17/06
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surprised?  Arm A. Geddon | 05/17/06
Premium requirements are BELOW minimum!  anthony_hunt | 05/18/06
Video of Bill Gates praising the Mac...  314 | 05/18/06
Microsoft's best beta tester.  Anton Philidor | 05/18/06
The Gap  Harry Bardal | 05/18/06
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I'm sure the rah-rah show is pending  Zeppo9191 | 05/18/06
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I see no point  Shelendrea | 05/18/06
OK... but...  redtrain65 | 05/18/06
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Fighting...urge.........to......say it.......gaaahhh!!  itanalyst | 05/18/06
I can not Believe you missed it  not of this world | 05/18/06
Think About It This Way Folks  itanalyst | 05/18/06
...and then in 2013...  Zeppo9191 | 05/18/06
Went right down the toilet  itanalyst | 05/18/06
VISTA MEMORY MANAGEMENT???/  brettze | 05/18/06

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