[THIN] Re: Application Memory Usage

This is normal windows behaviour.  Windows by default uses as much memory as
it needs when available.  when you minimize an app, it pages out a bunch of
stuff that isn't needed.

Jeff

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Brian Foreman <Brian_Foreman@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  *Running Presentation Server 4.5* with feature pack 1 on Windows 2003.
> Applications consume a lot of RAM when launched, when minimized returns to
> normal levels, and still normal when maximized again.  A couple examples:
>
>
>
> Word 38MB (when first launched), 2MB (when minimized), 9MB (when maximized)
>
> Internet Explorer 31MB (when first launched), 4MB (when minimized), 9MB
> (when maximized)
>
>
>
> Any idea’s what is causing this excessive memory usage when apps are
> launched before being minimized?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
>

Other related posts: