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« on: November 18, 2006, 06:04:52 PM »
My computer has been in high PF Usage This is normal? Also everytime i open a lot of programs it tells me that me virtual memory is low. What are the the sizes i should put them in?

Here is a pic of what my PF usage is after i start it up
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« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2006, 06:14:39 PM »
 My page file is real low does not even read on the meter. . How much physical memory do you have,I have 2 GB.
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« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2006, 06:17:32 PM »
i have 768 MB of RAM
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« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2006, 06:25:50 PM »
I just check my page file ,windows set it at 2046mb initial size,maximun size 4092mb. That on the high side.
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« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2006, 06:29:12 PM »
With only 768 MB of ram you will use the page file alot more then me.  What is your page file set at?
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« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2006, 06:39:28 PM »
I have 1024-128 shared for video = 896. Page file set to 1344.

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« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2006, 06:41:20 PM »
Quote from: ice51 on November 18, 2006, 06:04:52 PM
My computer has been in high PF Usage This is normal? Also everytime i open a lot of programs it tells me that me virtual memory is low. What are the the sizes i should put them in?

Here is a pic of what my PF usage is after i start it up

Hi ice51, How long had the computer been running since last reboot/startup ?
try rebooting then go straight to task mamager , and check again , I never seen a pf useage  of 1 .87 GB, before , its normaly around 250-300Mb ,
I see you have 35 processes runing which is about right , The page file is normaly around 3x Ram, in your case 1.5GB should be ample ,
I think you have a memory leak in a program you are running ,
next time it happens check mem. usage in task manager >processes ,> look down the list and try to find the one using bucket full's of memory



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« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2006, 06:46:46 PM »
Ok after i rebooted my PF usage is at 850
i changed it to 768 minimum and max is 4082
It is starting to run a lot smoother
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« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2006, 06:58:09 PM »
Quote from: ice51 on November 18, 2006, 06:46:46 PM
Ok after i rebooted my PF usage is at 850
i changed it to 768 minimum and max is 4082
It is starting to run a lot smoother
Ok , I take it you  rebooted and went straight to task manager  without starting any programs ?  if so that that 850 is still way high , , have you recently added a firewall/antivirus , or a new program that runs at start up ?
for Xp  you have enough memory , just adding more pf space is masking the problem ,
when did you first notice this problem ,  I have seen high use on those levels with Sygate firewall 6 and zone alarm before ,
sure slows the computer almost to a standstill ,
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« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2006, 07:06:08 PM »
ok i found the problem it was me SBC yahoo Anti-virus/Anti-Spyware it wasnt my Zone Alarm
When i closed it i saw a big drop from 800 to 250
So should i remove it and install it again?
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« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2006, 07:12:40 PM »
I would use AVG free. http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

Spybot search & deatroy. http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html


Microsoft windows Defender. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

All these peograms are free and work really well.
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« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2006, 07:13:13 PM »
Quote from: ice51 on November 18, 2006, 07:06:08 PM
ok i found the problem it was me SBC yahoo Anti-virus/Anti-Spyware it wasnt my Zone Alarm
When i closed it i saw a big drop from 800 to 250
So should i remove it and install it again?

Great news , looks like you found the culprit  thumbsup
well you could do that , as you must have an  antivirus on , but my feeling is that it will do it again , but hope not ,  but at least you will know the cause ,
BTW Grisoft AVG free is a good antivirus  Wink
sorry cant be more helpfull on the SBC yahoo Anti-virus/Anti-Spyware. never used it ,
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« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2006, 07:15:58 PM »
I been using AVG antivirus & their new anti spyware program. Both seen to work good.
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« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2006, 07:16:36 PM »
Wow - 550 MB for the process?
I would check for newer versions of the software first.
If you have no luck there, I use AVG free and Windows Defender, also free, for a total of 30MB or so memory usage.

Also, post a screen shot of the processes page (my example is below), I am curious.

Be sure not to post your full name (like I just did b4 I realized it, fixed now).

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« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2006, 07:33:36 PM »
Quote from: Buntz on November 18, 2006, 07:15:58 PM
I been using AVG antivirus & their new anti spyware program. Both seen to work good.
avg anti-spyware(ewido)  missed Zbot , spybot search and destroy didn't ! thumbsup on a puter I was sorting out ,
My list of anti-malware progs
AVG antivirus
sygate 5.5 firewall (not ver.6 known to be bugy )
ad-aware
spybot s&d
spywareblaster
c-cleaner to tidy up ,
and thanks to coknuck ,an   Hi-Jack this check up  ,
well, all free , and have kept me out of trouble (so far  angel)
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