system resources

hi there i am installing windows seven 64 bit and i had 8 GB of ram installed the os reads them well ----> it shows 8 Gb of ram but when doing a heavy processes like rendering in 3ds max it only use 3 Gb of ram and the rest acts like free ram space --------> i know that from the...

Hello! First time poster here =) I have read in many places that people are having problems with their audiodg.exe CPU usage, sadly this is not the case with me. My Audiodg.exe process is currently using 2,786,070 kB (not just normal bytes, kilobytes) of Ram. 2.66gb+ of Ram! I have...

I've been running Windows 7 build 7100 (d/l'ed from Microsoft.com) for about three weeks now and generally I'm happy with it. However, I do have one big snag that has been bugging me since I did the upgrade from Vista; anything that uses Explorer.exe is extremely slow to render. If I click on...

I am running Windows 7 Build 7100 64 bit on an HP A6720F, Quad core AMD with 6 GB RAM. I did an upgrade from Vista SP1 and everything seemed fine. Now after 30 minutes or so, all 4 CPU's start running at 80-90%. Checking Task Manager processes only show about 3-4% usage, mainly from anti-virus...

why is it using so much ram? on vista it was max 80 000k is there some program that can fix it?

Hi, I have concern on Outlook 2007 in win7, I can't send/receive mail, Out of memory of system resources error appears. Everything is configured correctly. I have here my laptop specs: 1gb memory core duo @1.73GHz 256 graphics memory Also, I can;t make my yahoo messenger work. I already...

Hi. I've looked through the forums to find a similar problem here and on the internet, and I can't find anything. Basically, I have 64 bit windows 7 beta, and it uses over 2gb of RAM consistently. However, rarely sometimes on boot, the OS does something and it idles on 1.14gb consistently (25%...

OK, the last 2 weeks on my computer with win7 has been really slow. When i open up task manager i get over 200 processes runnign at once. 50 of them are cmd.exe and I cant remember the other 50. This makes my pc rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaalllllllllllyyyyyyyyy slow. And no its not my...

Hi guys i'm new too the forums and i joined because i just installed Windows 7. System works great, all games and programs are running without a problem. There is just something strange. Yesterday i was checking the TASK MANAGER, went under performance and discovered something quite...

Hello all, I installed Windows 7 on a new partition yesterday and everything seemed to go fine until I tried installing the Nvidia drivers for it. After searching around, I noticed the yellow exclamation mark beside the PCI standard PCI to PCI bridge in the Device Manager. Checked it out and got...

Hello Everyone, I need some help. I dont know if this is a Nivedia driver problem or a Windows 7 problem. It didnt happen until I got the driver update from Windows update. So I have windows 7 and when I am in the operating Sysytem it makes my cpu fan run up and down in speeds Fast and slow...

Hello, My little hard drive is always cranking away, and often gets up to 55 degrees celsius (which is at the top end of the Hard Drive Manufacturer's allowable operating temperature). So when I go into the Resource Monitor for Vista, it shows the Disk as running at 90%+ Highest Active time a...

I have read article after article and have been unable to answer this question: Does vista virtualize only certain resources? For instance, is virtualization limited only to Program Files, Users, and Windows folders and HKLM\Software in the registry? Can I create a limited access folder on...

Vista RC1 5600 P4 2.8C (@3.43GHz) 1GB DDR memory First of all, I know Vista doesnt take lightly on the amount of resource usage, but the way explorer.exe uses resources has shown up oddly, and I was wondering if anyone has pin-pointed it to a certain task or service yet that could be...