Yeah, must be different.  As you're probably aware, 219,656K is
about 215Mb.  Sounds like the other areas are also different.
Under the "Performance" tab, Pro shows 4 "blocked" areas:
"Totals", below it "Commit charge", to the right of "Totals" is
"Physical memory", then below that I have "Kernel memory".
http://orpheuscomputing.com/images5/TaskManager.gif  (I'll
leave the image there a couple of days).  So if you *are*
reading yours correctly, and what I said still applies, then
you need more RAM.  (BTW, I show two CPU areas in that
screen shot under "CPU usage history" since I have a
HyperThreaded CPU which XP Pro sees as a dual CPU's).
-Clint

God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://OrpheusComputing.com )
http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


Clint,

> "Commit charge" should be only a number, 3 digits long with
> an
> "M" behind it, like "172M".

I am using XP home it must be different. My numbers are 6
digits with a K.
Right now my Commit 219656K total, the Physical Memory is
47336K available.

>The whole line should be something
> like "172M/1247M" where the 1st # is PageFile usage and the
> 2nd
> # is PageFile available.  These numbers are going to be
> different of course depending on how you, or XP has the
> PageFile/swapfile set.

Mine says 'paged' 38900K   Nonpaged 7112K. That is under kernel
Memory

> I'm not
> sure though what you mean by "272,388" as that figure.  Is
> that
> number after the comma, the number that's after the / slash
> mark?

  I don't have any commas or / slash marks. The 272,388K was
the total under
Commit Charge.

> I think you're reading those figures wrong since of course
> you
> can't have more memory FREE UP after starting more programs.


I've been keeping an eye on these numbers and the available
physical memory
goes down when I start a program but it goes back up as time
goes by. At one
time tonight I was down to 27,288K but it has come back up to
47232K without
closing any programs.

> Look at the "Performance" tab when you cont-alt-del for more
> details.

That's where I'm getting all  these numbers.

 Ideally, (or maybe not so ideally), XP sets the PF
> usage by default for 1.5x the amount of RAM for a minimum
> size,
> and either 2x or 3x the amount of RAM for max size (can't
> recall which and it's not shown in mine).

My Commit Charge limit is 635,276K
The Kernel Memory where it says "paged" and "non "paged" has a
total
45,984K, I don't know which of these you are referring to.

> It couldn't hurt if you went to 512mb of RAM, that would
> certainly help.

   I think this will probably be the solution for me.

Thanks
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