"low on memory" message

[franke]

Hello
I now get a "low on memory"message on my computer.
What type of files are in my "memory"?possably all of them?
Frank

[Dias de verano]

Please give following information

1. Amount of RAM installed
2. Operating system
3. Exact wording of message.

[macdad-]

frankie to clear things up, when u have an error like that it usally means ur RAM, so you may want a RAM upgrade soon. and the kind of files on there, no not ever single file, only files and programs that you are using on your computer, and when you shutdown your computer your RAM is erased(thats a good thing) cuz if it didnt erase you would never be able to run other programs, but plz tell us your OS and amount of RAM, to find this information, goto your control panel and goto the icon that says "System" click on that and you'll get a window that tells your basic computer specs, the last spec at the bottom of that window says how much RAM you have so if it says "256,000KB" that means you have 256MB of RAM, but plz give us the info so in case you do need a RAM upgrade when can direct you to the correct RAM to get and well tell you how to install it.

[franke]

macdad
I followed yyour instructions,and I have:
2.00GHz,256 MB of RAM
Frank

[patio]

Please give following information

1. Amount of RAM installed
2. Operating system
3. Exact wording of message.

[macdad-]

yes patio has a point; ever OS has to have a certain amount of RAM to operate properly, for instanse.

Vista requires 1GB of RAM to operate
XP require 256MB of RAM to operate

but plz tell us your operating system.

[Dias de verano]

XP is stated by Microsoft to run with "some features disabled" in 64 MB of RAM, although of course that is a ridiculously small amount. There would be a ridiculous amount of paging going on. 128 MB is a bit more like it, and 256 MB is quite usable provided -- and here I think we will find the cause -- you don't have too many programs running at once. Whether or not you knew they were there!!!

I fear that this line of thinking will quickly lead to Hijackthis! logs.

[macdad-]

either way i say that if you run XP you should have 512MB of RAM, 256MB of the 512 will be for the OS and the rest will be for your programs.

[Dias de verano]

Where did you get that information from?

[macdad-]

i read the RAM requirement for XP and it said 128MB minium and 256MB for optimal performance, then i said that you should get 512MB of total ram for your sys if your using XP so that 256MB would be for the OS and the rest would be used for your applications.

[patio]

I think Dias is suggesting that you quote a source when making a statement...

This isn't the first time something you have stated was somewhat questionable without a source.

Not picking...just constructive criticism...

[macdad-]

here.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx

[Broni]

This is just M$ joke...

[patio]

There's nothing on that page that states what you said...
That's a listing of the minimum requirements of XP.
Stop feeling picked on. As i stated it's constructive criticism.
It doesn't say this:

either way i say that if you run XP you should have 512MB of RAM, 256MB of the 512 will be for the OS and the rest will be for your programs.

[Dias de verano]

This is what I was wondering about...

you should have 512MB of RAM, 256MB of the 512 will be for the OS and the rest will be for your programs.

How does the OS know which half to use?