brauhaus
Well-Known Member
I need some input.
I am running Windows Vista and even with the simplest applications running I was at 80%-90% memory use, AutoCAD runs slow and if I have too many applications running at once my computer is like an injured horse and just drags along.
I was running 2 DDR memory cards 512mb each to give me around 1gb of memory... I thought that would be enough, but it just wasn't...
So I now upgraded my memory to 2 DDR cards at 1gb each to give me around 2gb of memory... I think this should be sufficient. I noticed that I'm at 48% memory use running simple apps where I was once at 80+% so my memory use seems to be correct with the added 1gb.
My question; is there anything I can do to make full use of the 2gb of memory and dumb-down vista to stop hogging it all? and please, no "downgrade to Windows XP" comments as my work will not let me do that, and no "if you had a MAC" comments b/c work will not purchase XP or a MAC.
I appreicate any input.
I am running Windows Vista and even with the simplest applications running I was at 80%-90% memory use, AutoCAD runs slow and if I have too many applications running at once my computer is like an injured horse and just drags along.
I was running 2 DDR memory cards 512mb each to give me around 1gb of memory... I thought that would be enough, but it just wasn't...
So I now upgraded my memory to 2 DDR cards at 1gb each to give me around 2gb of memory... I think this should be sufficient. I noticed that I'm at 48% memory use running simple apps where I was once at 80+% so my memory use seems to be correct with the added 1gb.
My question; is there anything I can do to make full use of the 2gb of memory and dumb-down vista to stop hogging it all? and please, no "downgrade to Windows XP" comments as my work will not let me do that, and no "if you had a MAC" comments b/c work will not purchase XP or a MAC.
I appreicate any input.