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Hello,

 

I an application with several processes. I check task manager - and a

set process was using a certain amount of Memory and Virtual Memory.

I stopped and restarted the process - the Memory started at 0 and

incremented. The VM stay exactly at the same point it was before the

process was stopped.

 

Why didn't the VM start at 0 and work its way up? Can I force it to

do so?

 

thanks,

 

Tmuld.

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Re: Freeing up Virtual Memory for apps

 

 

"Tmuld" <tmuldoon@spliced.com> wrote in message

news:1191612355.126196.90490@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...

> Hello,

>

> I an application with several processes. I check task manager - and a

> set process was using a certain amount of Memory and Virtual Memory.

> I stopped and restarted the process - the Memory started at 0 and

> incremented. The VM stay exactly at the same point it was before the

> process was stopped.

>

> Why didn't the VM start at 0 and work its way up? Can I force it to

> do so?

>

> thanks,

>

> Tmuld.

 

What task manager is showing is the amount of virtual memory which is

available for use. The amount that the process is actually using is

something entirely different.

I would suspect that every process on your system has the same amount of

virtual memory for use.

Jim

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Re: Freeing up Virtual Memory for apps

 

Jim

 

I don't understand the basis for making this remark "I would suspect

that every process on your system has the same amount of

virtual memory for use."

 

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Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

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Stourport, England

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Jim wrote:

> "Tmuld" <tmuldoon@spliced.com> wrote in message

> news:1191612355.126196.90490@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...

>> Hello,

>>

>> I an application with several processes. I check task manager - and

>> a set process was using a certain amount of Memory and Virtual

>> Memory. I stopped and restarted the process - the Memory started at

>> 0 and incremented. The VM stay exactly at the same point it was

>> before the process was stopped.

>>

>> Why didn't the VM start at 0 and work its way up? Can I force it to

>> do so?

>>

>> thanks,

>>

>> Tmuld.

>

> What task manager is showing is the amount of virtual memory which is

> available for use. The amount that the process is actually using is

> something entirely different.

> I would suspect that every process on your system has the same amount

> of virtual memory for use.

> Jim

Posted

Re: Freeing up Virtual Memory for apps

 

Task Manager records allocations of virtual memory not usge!

http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

Tmuld wrote:

> Hello,

>

> I an application with several processes. I check task manager - and a

> set process was using a certain amount of Memory and Virtual Memory.

> I stopped and restarted the process - the Memory started at 0 and

> incremented. The VM stay exactly at the same point it was before the

> process was stopped.

>

> Why didn't the VM start at 0 and work its way up? Can I force it to

> do so?

>

> thanks,

>

> Tmuld.


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