Memory keeps getting filled up

[Schicklgruber]

Hi all,

I have a Dell Dimension B110 with 1.256GB Memory installed. The computer has an 80GB HDD with only 20 or so GB used. If I leave the computer on for a certain amount of time, the memory gets filled up automatically to a point where the computer runs slowly and I cannot run programs such as Microsoft Word (2003). I don't have that much stuff at all on this computer, I only use it for printing and file storage. In case it matters, for my antivirus software I have McAfee Internet Security with IObit Security 360 Pro installed. I have another identical computer with the same amount of memory and hard disk space, but this does not happen to my other computer, which has 40GB used of an 80GB HDD.

Anybody have any ideas?

-Schicklgruber

[cluberti]

Not really enough info - what's filling the memory? What does task manager show? What does perfmon show you, specifically the process memory counters?

[Schicklgruber]

"What's filling the memory?" - This is why I posted here. I don't know why the memory keeps filling up on its own when the computer is not doing anything.

"What does task manager show?" Task Manager shows 4030mb or so memory free.

"What does perfmon show?" Perfmon shows Pages/sec at 1.000

I hope this helps.

Let me know if you need any more info,

-Schicklgruber

[cluberti]

Yes, actually, because those weren't the answers I was looking for .

You might want to run perfwiz, let it gather logs, and then stop it and zip/upload it once you run into a low-memory situation:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

1. Save and run PerfWiz.

a. Extract the 2 files in PerfWiz.zip

b. Double click on PerfWiz.exe, and click "Next"

c. For "Monitoring Computer:" enter the machine name that you are monitoring from, then click "Next"

d. Select "Create New Log" and click "Next"

e. Choose the "Standard Perfmon log" radio button and click "Next"

f. For the "Target Computer" enter the machine name that is experiencing the problem (in this case, likely the same computer name as c)

g. For the "Log Name:", please name it using the name of the computer being monitored. Set "Log file size" to 250MB, then click "Next"

h. Under "What is the average elapsed time for the issue to occur?" set the "Average Time to issue" to 1 hour and click "Next".

NOTE: "Sample Interval" does not need to be set when the "Average Time to issue" is set.

- Click the "Start" button on the "Start, Stop or Delete Performance Log" window. Once the log is listed as "Running" or "Started", click "Next". On the next screen, click the "Finish" button.

2. Steps to view or modify the performance log(s) just created:

a. Click, Start > Run, and type perfmon.exe and click "OK"

b. Open up "Performance Logs and Alerts" by clicking the plus sign

c. Highlight "Counter Logs".

Note: A green icon indicates the performance log is running - right-click the counter log and select "stop" to stop the logging

[Schicklgruber]

Okay cluberti, I'll try it tomorrow!

[Schicklgruber]

Hi cluberti,

So I tried what you suggested and when the program started making the log file, the message box just stayed at "Starting" and never went to "Started" or "Running". I followed all the directions correctly and even tried it twice. Any ideas?

Thanks,

-Schicklgruber

[cluberti]

Follow the steps in #2 to look at the log and try and start it from there rather than relying on the tool. Sometimes it doesn't work from the tool (for a myriad of reasons), but will from perfmon itself.

[Schicklgruber]

I got the program to work! Turns out my Performance Logs service was disabled for some reason. I created the log, but I don't know what file to attach. What should I attach?

Thanks!

-Schicklgruber

[cluberti]

There should be a .blg file created by the log (look at it's properties for the location - usually C:\perflogs, I believe, is the default location). If you stop the log after the problem occurs and then zip / upload the .blg file, we'll have a look.

[Schicklgruber]

There should be a .blg file created by the log (look at it's properties for the location - usually C:\perflogs, I believe, is the default location). If you stop the log after the problem occurs and then zip / upload the .blg file, we'll have a look.

Okay, I'll try it when I can!

Thanks,

-Schicklgruber

[Schicklgruber]

here it is

First_000001.zip

[cluberti]

All this captured was CPU data - there's no memory, process, or any other counters. I've never seen perfwiz do that, ever..... Can you try again? Assuming you follow the instructions to the letter (and perfwiz doesn't screw up), you should get A LOT more data than this.