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Free Memory Optimizers for Windows

When your computer freezes occasionally, webpages refuse to load and some programs just fail to startup, chances are your system is losing out on memory. Under such situations, Memory Optimizers may help. Now let clear initially itself, that most consider role of [...]

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Do Memory Optimizers Work?

Do Memory Optimizers work? Memory Optimizers or RAM Optimizers were very popular in the pre Windows XP days. Their use however dwindled after Windows Vista as the recent versions came with fine built-in memory management features. Nevertheless, some folks continue [...]

MemInfo – A Real-time Memory & Page file Usage Monitor

I’m one of those people who like to know what is going on in the background on my Windows computer. I used to manage them with the Task Manager, Widgets and freeware to find out which program is running, what is my [...]

NEW: Automatic Memory Dump Settings on Windows 8

In Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, Microsoft has introduced a new Memory dump option called “Automatic Memory Dump”. This is the default option set in the operating system. For those you don’t know, on Windows 7 we have Minidump, [...]

Fix: Outlook.exe remains in Memory and Task Manager after closing Outlook

I came across this situation a couple of times, where the client was complaining about Outlook.exe process continuing to remain in the Task Manager, even after closing the program. Each scenario was different, but I managed fix ita couple of [...]

Convert your Windows 7 taskbar into a dynamic RAM CPU meter

Here is an interesting freeware app which converts your transparent Windows 7 taskbar into a dynamically changing colored RAM meter.

Physical Memory Limits in Crash Dump files for Windows 7 and using RamMap to find out

This post has a quick look at Physical Memory Limits in Crash Dump files for Windows 7 and using the Sysinternals tool RamMap, which can be used to determine the number of physical memory ranges on a system.

Physical memory allocation and memory status in Windows 7

Windows 7 reports how much physical memory is currently installed on your computer along with how much memory is available to the operating system and the hardware reserved memory.

Advanced Memory Diagnostic on Windows 7, with Memtest86+

Windows 7 has an inbuilt Memory Diagnostic Tool. Most of the time Memory Diagnostic won’t detect a bad RAM. To be honest if you wanted to check the stability of RAM, Windows 7 Memory Diagnostic is not recommend.

Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool in Windows 7

Window has a Memory Diagnostic Tool which you can use to check for possible memory problems, including testing of the Random Access Memory (RAM) on your computer.

How to increase Paging File size or virtual memory in Windows 7

If you get a message : Your system is low on virtual memory, when you try to start any memory intensive application, like Microsoft Office, Corel, etc, then this article may interest you.

RAMMap, a new memory usage analysis utility from Sysinternals released

Microsoft has released a new ‘Sysinternals tool’ RAMMap – an advanced physical memory usage analysis utility.

The Machine Memory Dump Collector in Windows 7 | 8

The Machine Memory Dump Collector in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is designed to collect machine memory dumps from a machine. This diagnostic collects both full/kernel memory dumps (memory.dmp), last five machine mini dumps from the past 30 [...]

Why does Windows 7 show less RAM when 4 GB is installed?

You may have noticed that your Windows 7 may show that the usable memory may be less than the installed memory (RAM)!

Misconceptions: Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks

Does Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks really clear memory? Not really! There is a clear misconception on the net that Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks clears the memory and makes the PC run faster!

Fix Message: Your system is running low on virtual memory

If while working on your Windows 7 or Vista PC, you often get the message Your system is running low on virtual memory, then you may want to try this.

Physical Memory Limits for Windows 7

Limits on memory and address space vary by platform, operating system, and by whether the IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE value of the LOADED_IMAGE structure and 4-gigabyte tuning (4GT) are in use.

What is the maximum memory (RAM) limit for 64-bit Windows 7 ?

Different Windows editions have had different upper maximum RAM limits. 64-bit Windows support different amounts of memory as a SKU-differentiating feature, with the low end being 512MB for Windows XP Starter to 128GB for Vista Ultimate and 192GB for Windows [...]

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