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    Windows 7 Skyrocketed Ram Usage

    This whole incident started today. Firstly, my computer's ram usage was perfectly fine (Less than 2GB Ram usage), I left my computer on for 3 hours, I came back and noticed that everything started to run really slow, I noticed that my ram usage skyrocketed to 5.8GB Ram usage. (My Computer has...
  2. ZippoLag

    Windows 7 Programs won't start

    Alright, I'm going to try and make this short: Bought some pieces, assembled a new PC, installed Windows 7 Ultimate, then SP1, then several programs and everything seemed to be fine. But the next day, without changing anything, some programs won't start correctly, to be more precise: their...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7/PC issues need advice

    i have searched the forum and havent found an answer to my question so this is my reason for posting HP Desktop Model # P6210Y Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS 6g ram(5.75 usable) AMD Athalon II x4 620 Processor 2.60 GHz So lately my computer just at random times decides...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 95-99% RAM Usage everyday

    Hello guys, I just registered and I need some help. My computer uses 95-99% RAM everyday even with no windows open. It's very annoying because it cause the computer to run very very slow. I currently have an Acer Aspire 7540 with 2 or 3 GB of ram. Task Manager currently says I'm using 2.69 GB...
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    Windows 7 Need urgent help, W7 will not startup.

    Hello. Recently I decided to host my own online server on Minecraft. I decided to use most of my RAM with it (6 GB). I guess I overloaded my computer and something got pretty screwed up. Windows hangs at the start up screen now. It's been like this for the past 3 days, and I have gone through...
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    Windows 7 Windows' "brain aneurysms".

    I honestly can't think of another way to describe these. What happens is that I'll be using Firefox, and then it stops responding. So then I'll type something on MSN and that stops responding. Then I drop to the desktop and try to right-click, and the desktop stops responding. I then click the...
  7. rado84

    Windows 7 Task manager doesn't display any values

    W7 Ultimate build 7600 The task manager doesn't display any values of processes. If I want to chech which process how much of RAM uses I can't do it because there are no values. See the screenshot below in order to understand what I mean. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? I tried even...
  8. PeteX

    Windows 7 system hangs 20-30 minutes after start Where to start fixing?

    some time after starting windows computer HDD will start to spin all the time (or at leasts that's what HDD LED says). This makes the system respond very slow or halt making it virtually useless - it can persist for quite a long time until the system crashes with blue screen or I reset it...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 uses WAYY too much RAM! 3gb/4gb!! (Used 1gb at idle before)

    Wierd problem here guys Quick specs Phenom II x4 3.2ghz 4gb DDR2 800 PC use to run flawless. Very fast. During idle it would use only 1gb/4gb of ram which is normal Now it uses 3gb at idle! At startup it will be at 1gb, but after I run a memory intense application (Starcraft 2 which uses 2gb...
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    Windows 7 99% RAM usage, 0% CPU -- HELP!!!

    Hello forum, sorry to have my first post be a question, but I'm at my wits end. Please forgive me, and offer ANY advice you might have. I have Win 7 - 64bit currently, and have been using it for about a year now. I have always had 4gb of RAM installed, and have done various "other" upgrades...
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    Windows 7 How-To Install MAC OS X in VirtualBox/Snow Leopard

    Source and Complete Tutorial: Install Mac OS X in VirtualBox [Snow Leopard]
  12. izaktaylor

    Windows 7 Win7 64bit Pro eats up all my memory

    Consistently when i install a new program on my OS 3.8 of my 4 GB of memory gets used. Even after the installation ends, the 3.8 Gigs of ram are still in use. I check my task manager, and i have no programs that are eating up anything close to that. My normal RAM usage is 1.2 GB. The only way to...
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    Windows 7 Long wait before user accounts come up on startup

    After upgrade to windows 7 from vista, i noticed on startup, there is a long pause (about 20secs) on the Windows 7 Professional page (where the user accounts appear for you to click and login). The user account icons do not appear until after 20secs or so. This is definitely not normal and im...
  14. Celestra

    Windows 7 Windows 7 Uses More RAM Than The Other Two Operating Systems

    February 17, 2010 Window 7 computers consume nearly all RAM; less than half of the XP PCs do, which results in performance bottlenecks. According to data from "Devil Mountain Software" Craig Barth- Chief Technical Officer. 86% of the Windows 7 computers in his XP Net Pool are regularly...
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    Windows 7 Win7 x64 high ram usage

    I was using vista x86 up untill windows 7 came out, it was then I decided to go for my first x64 operating system, win7 x64 I have an i7, 3gb ram, 2 x 4870 etc. so I thought it would be fine. Ever since I've moved over, games take up a stupid amount of memory, they'll go to 80 - 90%. I recently...
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    Windows 7 Windows running very slowly without any programs open

    I installed windows seven a month ago it worked good for a few weeks now my computer starts running 80% cpu and 80% ram constintly without any programs open. computer specs asus G51vx Intel(R) COre(TM)2 Duo CPU P7350 @ 2.00GHz 2.00GHz 4 GB ram 64 bit windows 7 home
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    Windows 7 World of Warcraft Issues

    I don't really know where to put this as it is strictly related to my games. I'm having a problem with Windows 7 that none of my friends are having. When I play WoW my system will go a couple minutes really slowly. WoW will drop to 4 fps and The rest of my programs will go really slowly. Then a...
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    Windows 7 CPU Bottoming Out

    Here's the low-down: Winows 7 Professional 64-bit Intel Core2 Duo 3.00GHz ATI Radeon 3870 512MB MSI P35 mo'bo 3GB RAM After installing the official release of Windows 7, my CPU will bottom out at 0% and the computer will lock up. I know its bottoming out because I have a Logitech G15 keyboard...
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    Windows 7 CPU at 98% from NT Kernel & System (smss.exe) and SearchFilterHost.exe

    I did a clean install of windows 7 yesterday, and before I had even started installing programs I noticed my system was sluggish. After loading up on my programs and getting my documents in place, it has been basically unusable without tweaking in ways I'd rather not stick to. I've run a...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Enterprise on Shuttle XPC G33/G31

    Hi, I installed Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit (not the beta or the RC) on my Shuttle XPC Quad Q6600 with Intel G33/G31 chipset with the Intel driver for the win7 RC (version 8.15.10.1912). There are some issues... Mainly when waking up from sleep (garbled display, incomplete graphics, windows in...
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