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Question about reading memory usage
Howdy,
I think that I am having a memory problem but want to be sure that I am reading the info in Windows Task Manager correctly...
Lately I've been noticing a lot of system slowdowns doing multiple things (like ripping audio CD's while editing ID3 tags and browsing the web, etc)... When I first got the system it never had a problem with multitasking...
So I opened WTM and noticed that my "Free" memory on the performance tab was zero or close to zero.
Here is my 1st question: At the bottom of the WTM is a line of info that shows processes, CPU usage and Physical memory. Should that physical memory percentage correspond to the amound of "Free" memory above in the performance tab? In other words, when I have zero memory available under free, should that percentage be around 100% or are they measuring two different things?
My 2nd question: Again under the performance tab in WTM, under the physical memory section there are four measurements - Total, Cached, Available and free. I thought that available and free meant the same thing in this context but obviously it doesn't. What do each of those mean and which one(s) should I be looking at...
BTW, my system specs in my UP are current... For anti-virus I am running ESET 4...
Thanks in advance for your help with my questions...
Doug