How can I tell how much memory/ram is being used?


  1. Posts : 889
    Windows 7 64 & Ubuntu 64
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    How can I tell how much memory/ram is being used?


    How can I tell how much ram/memory my system is using at any given point?
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  2. Posts : 2,651
    W7 RTM Ultimate x64
       #2

    Go to the taskbar, right click and go start task manager, then go performance, and the 2nd graph will show you and tell you how much is being used.
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  3. Posts : 889
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    Uber Philf said:
    Go to the taskbar, right click and go start task manager, then go performance, and the 2nd graph will show you and tell you how much is being used.
    Cool, 3.67 out of 8.

    Thats almost a full gig more than XP when I'm just running my normal set of programs.

    Is there any way to get just the memory/percentage graph to mount on the taskbar at the bottom so I can monitor it all the time?

    I'm really interested to see how much memory my computer is going to be using from time to time with all of the various programs I'm going to be running at the same time.
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  4. Posts : 2,651
    W7 RTM Ultimate x64
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    uhmm, i'm pretty sure theres a gadget that you can install to show CPU and Memory usage,
    here:

    Windows Live Gallery
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  5. Posts : 889
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    that is totally sweet, really exactly what I was looking for.

    These "gadgets" are they like widgets?

    Is that a big part of Win 7 is this new gadget/widget option which allows for a bunch of mini programs to run on your desktop?

    Seems the gadget & the task manager are off from each other by a few, any idea why?
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  6. Posts : 3,028
    Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) SP1
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    JohnnyScience said:
    that is totally sweet, really exactly what I was looking for.

    These "gadgets" are they like widgets?

    Is that a big part of Win 7 is this new gadget/widget option which allows for a bunch of mini programs to run on your desktop?

    Seems the gadget & the task manager are off from each other by a few, any idea why?
    There are a huge amount of gadgets available for Windows 7. We have a forum here for custom gadgets: Custom SevenForums Gadgets
    enjoy :)
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  7. Posts : 2,651
    W7 RTM Ultimate x64
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    not sure, maybe just an updating latency between both Task Manager and the Gadget.
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  8. Posts : 889
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    tw33k said:
    JohnnyScience said:
    that is totally sweet, really exactly what I was looking for.

    These "gadgets" are they like widgets?

    Is that a big part of Win 7 is this new gadget/widget option which allows for a bunch of mini programs to run on your desktop?

    Seems the gadget & the task manager are off from each other by a few, any idea why?
    There are a huge amount of gadgets available for Windows 7. We have a forum here for custom gadgets: Custom SevenForums Gadgets
    enjoy :)
    Thats a nice list, but anyway to cut down on the flab of all the extra posts & just get right to the gadgets?
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  9. Posts : 889
    Windows 7 64 & Ubuntu 64
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    by the way, this gadget doesnt seem to stay on top of the desktop and falls behind programs.

    Is there any way to get this to stick so its always visable? or attach it to the task bar or something?
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  10. Posts : 2,651
    W7 RTM Ultimate x64
       #10

    You can set the gadget bar to be on top of all screens, but that it i think.
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