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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1062946" data-attributes="member: 82144">Okay.Tough question. It is somewhat instinctive, and you need to be somewhat familiar with your PC and the various processes that run on it.Go to the processes tab. Click to show processes from all users. Sort by the memory column.If overall memory usage (look at the bottom area/row - process count, CPU %, and memory %) is higher than you might normally expect and/or the processes using the most memory are using a disproportionate amount of memory for the job they do then be suspicious.I can't tell you what normal overall memory usage is for your PC, but more than 1 or 2 GB would be suspicious to me... of course completely dependent on the version of Windows and the count and nature of processes that are running.I also can't tell you exactly what each process does and its normal range of memory usage. It is normal for software like MediaPortal or Photoshop to use more memory than notepad or calculator... but I can't put specific numbers on things.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1062946, member: 82144"] Okay. Tough question. It is somewhat instinctive, and you need to be somewhat familiar with your PC and the various processes that run on it. Go to the processes tab. Click to show processes from all users. Sort by the memory column. If overall memory usage (look at the bottom area/row - process count, CPU %, and [B]memory %[/B]) is higher than you might normally expect and/or the processes using the most memory are using a disproportionate amount of memory for the job they do then be suspicious. I can't tell you what normal overall memory usage is for your PC, but more than 1 or 2 GB would be suspicious to me... of course completely dependent on the version of Windows and the count and nature of processes that are running. I also can't tell you exactly what each process does and its normal range of memory usage. It is normal for software like MediaPortal or Photoshop to use more memory than notepad or calculator... but I can't put specific numbers on things. [/QUOTE]

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