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Whitebread
07-04-2006, 08:44 PM
I'm running WinXp Home SP2 and my current mem usage tops out at 1.65gigs. The problem is that I only have Firefox( with 8 tabs open, no pics), thurderbird, an e-mail, memusage program, trillian, Windows explorer, Foobar and a downlaod manager(downloading a WoW trial). What the hell is going on? When I was running Win2kPro, my mem usage was NEVER this high(considering what I'm doing). When I first turn the comptuer on, mem usage is always around 450 megs. Anything I can do?
Tutelary
07-04-2006, 08:46 PM
trojan/virus scan? run hijackthis. you definitely shouldnt be using 1.65gig. heh.
Whitebread
07-04-2006, 09:06 PM
Ok, I will try that.
Whitebread
07-04-2006, 09:25 PM
Here's my scan list, can anyone point out the spyware/trojans?
https://home.comcast.net/~RB26DETT03//list.jpg
Tutelary
07-04-2006, 10:12 PM
not seeing anything. Trojan/virus? Anyone else have an idea?
IceDigger
07-04-2006, 10:29 PM
Try running NOD32.
Whitebread
07-04-2006, 10:32 PM
Ok, I'll try that too.
Whitebread
07-04-2006, 11:09 PM
I closed Firefox and restarted it. Ram usage dropped from 1.3 gigs to 600megs. :mad:
People attack anyone who says the memory glitch isn't fixed. I still don't think it is.
jordan172005
07-04-2006, 11:38 PM
Where do you see the mem usage?
mwarps
07-04-2006, 11:40 PM
Firefox leaks like a SEIVE.

1.75GB on my 2GB machine.

Love the damn software, but they need to fix it.
Whitebread
07-05-2006, 03:02 AM
Where do you see the mem usage?
I us a program called memusage. it reports the physical and virtual mem usage.
Gatticus
07-05-2006, 05:15 AM
http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/memusage.html

Hmm, after reading that I may start using Opera instead.
Tutelary
07-05-2006, 06:17 AM
http://gomeler.com/2006/04/10/firefox-tweaks-extensions-and-optimizations/
IceDigger
07-05-2006, 08:22 AM
Yea, they still have not fixed it. You think they would have by now.
Gatticus
07-05-2006, 10:25 AM
I'm not going through all that crap to fix it. I've just switched to Opera instead. It's definitely faster than FF.
Taffy Apple
07-05-2006, 01:48 PM
Yay Opera!
Whitebread
07-05-2006, 11:58 PM
Yea, they still have not fixed it. You think they would have by now.
Its especially ironic because in an interview, the creater harped about how Microsoft left IE6 without ANY revisions for years and nothing was fixed. Mozilla Firefox has had a mem usage problem for as long as I can remember.

Hypocrit. I wish I had a roll eyes smilie.