ice51 Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 My page file is real low does not even read on the meter. . How much physical memory do you have,I have 2 GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice51 Posted November 19, 2006 Author CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 i have 768 MB of RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 I just check my page file ,windows set it at 2046mb initial size,maximun size 4092mb. That on the high side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 With only 768 MB of ram you will use the page file alot more then me. What is your page file set at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 I have 1024-128 shared for video = 896. Page file set to 1344. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice51 Posted November 19, 2006 Author CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 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 , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice51 Posted November 19, 2006 Author CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 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 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 sorry cant be more helpfull on the SBC yahoo Anti-virus/Anti-Spyware. never used it , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 I been using AVG antivirus & their new anti spyware program. Both seen to work good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 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 ! 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 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 That why I run three anti-spyware programs on my computer avg /spybot/spyblaster. And I also use c cleaner too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 ice51, If you want some good free programs go here. http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm Edit" Screenshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 That why I run three anti-spyware programs on my computer avg /spybot/spyblaster. And I also use c cleaner too. Buntz , looks like you got it well covered , firewall ? just curious BTW nice spec'd machine you have there , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 That my weak point. I use windows firewall on my gaming computer so the speed say up .On my every day computer has windows Vista on it now ,I am use the firewall in vista. When vista run out I will put Ubuntu Linux back on that computer. My sig is my gaming computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 guessed I was looking at a gaming machine spec, nice to have +and every day machine Linux for me is a foreign country , and my entry visa got turned down me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 The every day machine was build when the motherboard in the gaming machine crashed and I had to Rma it twice. The second time ASUS gave me a replacement board. The every day machine was build from parts I had already,plus a low price motherboard /video card/ case, total cost of new parts was 300.00 dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted November 19, 2006 CID Share Posted November 19, 2006 $300 good for a second machine about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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