how to know amount of free/used RAM?

hello:

is there a tiny executable that let me know just the amount of free
and/or used RAM?
(I'm using ProcessExplorer but there is too much options).

thanks

On 1/9/2012 11:57 AM, Maurizio wrote:
> hello:
>
> is there a tiny executable that let me know just the amount of free
> and/or used RAM?
> (I'm using ProcessExplorer but there is too much options).
>
> thanks
>

Task Manager/Performance tab

In article <jef68h$rsf$>, says...
>
> hello:
>
> is there a tiny executable that let me know just the amount of free
> and/or used RAM?
> (I'm using ProcessExplorer but there is too much options).
>
> thanks

Stick with Process Explorer. I look at the Physical Memory value, and
compare that with the Commit Charge (Current and Peak). Broadly, Commit
Charge is the amount of memory the computer has allocated. In a machine
with inadequate Physical memory, CC will exceed PM, and the system will
slow down dramatically as it shifts memory "pages" to and from disk. If
CC Peak is always below the value for PM, then you don't need to add
more. If CC Current is below PM, but CC Peak is above, then the machine
will only slow down when heavily loaded, but if both are above PM then
it's gasping, and adding more memory will normally be a very cost-
effective upgrade. I understand Vista and above will do more than XP
did to make good use of available physical memory, so the raw figure for
"Available" PM isn't as useful an indicator.

--

Phil, London

Maurizio wrote:
> hello:
>
> is there a tiny executable that let me know just the amount of free
> and/or used RAM?
> (I'm using ProcessExplorer but there is too much options).
>
> thanks
>
There's a Windows 7 desktop gadget available that gives you per-core CPU
usage and physical memory statistics.

It's called AllCPU Meter from addgadget.com. Current version is 3.7.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

On 09 Jan 2012, Maurizio <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> is there a tiny executable that let me know just the amount of free
> and/or used RAM?
> (I'm using ProcessExplorer but there is too much options).

At the command line, type

SYSTEMINFO

It will give you more than you need, but near the top of the list
you'll see the fields "Total Physical Memory" and "Available Physical
Memory".

You can weed out the extra info by using the command:

systeminfo | findstr Memory

On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:57:02 +0200, Maurizio <>
wrote:

> hello:
>
> is there a tiny executable that let me know just the amount of free
> and/or used RAM?
> (I'm using ProcessExplorer but there is too much options).



See the other replies you've gotten, but let me ask why you want to do
this. If you are trying to minimize the amount of RAM in use, wanting
to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a counterproductive
desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all, of your memory,
all the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is wasted memory.
You paid for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it wasted.

Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the
time. For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that
part for caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In
this way Windows keeps almost all your memory working for you all the
time.

"Maurizio" <> wrote in message news:jef68h$rsf$...
> hello:
>
> is there a tiny executable that let me know just the amount of free
> and/or used RAM?
> (I'm using ProcessExplorer but there is too much options).
>
> thanks
>

You can use Nil's line in a batch file on your desktop:

systeminfo |findstr Memory
pause

The "pause" will keep the window open until you can read it. Press Enter and the window will then close.
--
SC Tom

Ken Blake wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:57:02 +0200, Maurizio <>
> wrote:
>
>> hello:
>>
>> is there a tiny executable that let me know just the amount of free
>> and/or used RAM?
>> (I'm using ProcessExplorer but there is too much options).
>
>
>
> See the other replies you've gotten, but let me ask why you want to do
> this. If you are trying to minimize the amount of RAM in use, wanting
> to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a counterproductive
> desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly all, of your memory,
> all the time, and that's good not bad. Free memory is wasted memory.
> You paid for it all and shouldn't want to see any of it wasted.
>
> Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the
> time. For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that
> part for caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In
> this way Windows keeps almost all your memory working for you all the
> time.

What I've noticed on my Windows 7 laptop

1) About 1GB of memory is being used by the OS, for something.
That includes perhaps 300MB it really needs, plus some more.
2) When placed under memory pressure, this memory usage can be
squeezed down, to a fraction of that value.
3) Once the memory pressure is removed, the OS memory usage
slowly "re-inflates", so the squeezing in (2) is undone.
I didn't sit around to see whether it returned to the 1GB
mark or not. It is possible to issue a second command in a
command prompt window, while the OS is in it's minimal memory
usage state.

This was observed during my "chkdsk is eating all memory" series
of experiments. I was finding the memory usage of chkdsk changing,
from one run to the next, as a function of the "squeezing" process
and the second run of chkdsk then finding more free memory available
to (ab)use.

The Resource Monitor in Windows 7 is great for watching what
is going on. It's not the whole story, but it's good anyway.

Paul

On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:51:22 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

> Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the
> time. For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that
> part for caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In
> this way Windows keeps almost all your memory working for you all the
> time.

Yes, amazing how some like to boast that their systems use 'only' a
couple of hundred MB, not realising that the system should use as
much memory as it can lay hands on.

On 10/01/2012 3:57 AM, Maurizio wrote:
> hello:
>
> is there a tiny executable that let me know just the amount of free
> and/or used RAM?
> (I'm using ProcessExplorer but there is too much options).
>
> thanks
>


If you right click on the screen a window will pop up. Down the bottom
click - Gadgets. In there is a CPU meter - drag this to your desktop.
(CPU and RAM usage)