This may be a dumb question but........

[surferpop]

I've got 192 megs of ram.Whenever an application shows the total physical amount of memory,it shows 192+ but as far as available physical memory it normally shows
about 80 to 120megs.
Where is the rest of my ram?

[mragsdale]

Don't sweat it this is normal. Windows sets things up in your physical memory to make your system operate more quickly.
Matt

[Markus Selchow]

... fragmented ...

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Cheers,
Maggi

Asus P2B-S @ 112MHz FSB * Celeron300A @ 504MHz
Heavily boosted by the Millenium G400 32MB SGRAM DualHead

[SteveC]

Matt - very funny! It's like during the IE4 install you get the 'Setup is optimizing your system for better performance' Like yeah!

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Cheers,
Steve
It's Only A Graphics Card!
(But a damn good 'un!)

[surferpop]

Ok guys..now I'm confused.Does windows
use ram in proportion to the amount of ram available?My last computer had 40 megs
and it ran w95 and most applications just fine.

[mragsdale]

Maggi and Steve: I know, I know Their definition of optimization is different from the rest of the world's.

Surfer Dude: Yes, the more memory you add, the more memory windows decides it will use.
Matt


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Yes, I am serious and don't call me Shirley