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http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-7-memory-usage-whats-the-best-way-to-measure/

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Windows memory management is rocket science. And don't believe anyone who tells you otherwise. Since Windows 7 was released last October I've read lots of articles about the best way to measure and manage the physical memory on your system. Much of it ...

Category:RAM
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http://superuser.com/questions/674649/windows-using-too-much-ram-how-to-diagnose-resource-hog

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I have 16GB of system RAM. On startup with no applications open except the task-manager Windows is using about 3gb of RAM. I looked in the processes tab, but nothing seems to be out of the ordinary. How can I find out why my Windows is using so much RA ...

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http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2012/12/19/where-has-all-my-physical-ram-gone.aspx

blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2012/12/19/where-has-all...

One of our highest call generators here in support surrounds low Available Memory shown in Windows Task Manager. Today we are going to take a brief look at this value and where this “Missing Memory” may be hiding.

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http://superuser.com/questions/437918/how-do-i-find-whats-eating-up-all-of-my-systems-memory-not-superfetch

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How does one diagnose/discover memory-related problems, if Task Manager appears to not be reporting correctly?

I must have a memory leak or something -- I'm at 75% usage of my 12 GB of memory, but Task Managers listings of processes' memory usa ...

Category:RAM
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http://serverfault.com/questions/12278/how-to-find-memory-usage-of-individual-windows-services

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Task Manager shows the overall memory usage of svchost.exe. Is there a way to view the memory usage of individual services?

Category:RAM
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http://superuser.com/questions/437428/in-windows-7-is-there-a-way-to-know-how-much-memory-a-service-is-using

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In windows 7, is there a way (by using common interface or a custom utility) to know how much memory a specific windows service is using ?

It seems most services are hosted by svchost.exe processes ( some svchosts.exe processes seems to host to ...

Category:RAM
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http://superuser.com/questions/583737/why-how-is-svchost-exe-using-6-5gb-of-memory

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What is going on here? I have almost nothing running (but High RAM usage)

By almost nothing, I mean Firefox, and some background network applications that are entirely passive and would never use this much memory.

Category:RAM
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http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_find_out_whos_using_all_my_memory.html

ask-leo.com/how_do_i_find_out_whos_using_all_my_memory.html

When your system starts to slow down a frequent culprit are programs using excessive memory. It's fairly easy to find out which programs they are.

Category:RAM
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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/optimize-windows-better-performance

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Learn how to make Windows run faster and smoother, with tips on improving your hardware and tweaking your software.

No matter how fast or shiny computers might be when they're new, they all seem to get slower over time. That state- ...

Category:Performance
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/svcdisclsr/

sourceforge.net/projects/svcdisclsr/

Windows service memory/CPU/IO consumption investigation tool

Almost all Windows services run inside svchost.exe process. Sometimes this process consumes 100% of CPU or uses too much memory and it is hard to determine which service affects your ...

Category:Diagnostics
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http://techietalkz.com/2010/03/08/solve-svchost-exe-high-cpu-usage-in-windows-7-how-to/

techietalkz.com/2010/03/08/solve-svchost-exe-high-cpu-usage-...

If you are using Windows 7 64-bit (Professional), and you are having the same problem as I have, you are in the right place. Occasionally I found that my Windows svchost.exe using high CPU usage, and it doesn’t seems to reduce/stop even after som ...

Category:svchost
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http://serverfault.com/questions/2786/finegrained-performance-reporting-on-svchost-exe

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This is something that's always bothered me, so I'll ask the Server Fault community.

I love Process Explorer for keeping track of more than just the high-level tasks you get in the Task Manager. But I constantly want to know which of those doze ...

Category:svchost
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWAzKiDXvb8

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWAzKiDXvb8

PC Repair: 100% CPU Usage for svchost exe by Britec

Category:svchost
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http://www.howtogeek.com/80082/svchost-viewer-shows-exactly-what-each-svchost-exe-instance-is-doing/

www.howtogeek.com/80082/svchost-viewer-shows-exactly-what-ea...

One of the most popular articles on this site over the last year has been our must-read feature explaining svchost.exe and why it’s running, and now there’s an even easier way to see what’s going on behind all of those svchost process ...

Category:svchost
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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-performance/high-memory-usage-by-svchostexe/e8bac050-93d3-48b1-a7b4-7fedeb1a9ccf

answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-perf...

I am having problems with svchost.exe on my laptop as it uses, at times, half my RAM (my RAM is quite small at 1G) and completely bogs down my computer making it sluggishly slow and likely to freeze if any programs are attempted to be opened. The highe ...

Category:svchost
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http://www.shadowexplorer.com/

www.shadowexplorer.com

ShadowExplorer allows you to browse the Shadow Copies created by the Windows Vista / 7 / 8 Volume Shadow Copy Service. It's especially thought for users of the home editions, who don't have access to the shadow copies by default, but it's also use ...

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http://nicbedford.co.uk/software/systemrestoreexplorer/

nicbedford.co.uk/software/systemrestoreexplorer/

System Restore Explorer is a tool which allows you to browse system restore points on your computer and select individual ones for deletion should you wish to free up some disk space. It also allows you to mount the contents of a restore point into a f ...

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http://www.howtogeek.com/76212/how-to-mount-a-system-restore-point-to-restore-a-single-file/

www.howtogeek.com/76212/how-to-mount-a-system-restore-point-...

Ever wanted to restore a file from the past, but don’t have a good way to do it? With System Restore Explore you can mount a System Restore snapshot, and browse a past copy of your entire drive.

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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-files/my-pictures-folder-missing-form-documents-folder/9d04118a-a2c7-4cc8-8e8f-42e6917975c0?auth=1

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my pictures folder is missing.  Cannot seem to replace as if I create folder and try to rename, will not take My Pictures name.

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http://www.eightforums.com/general-support/23810-i-deleted-my-pictures-folder-my-library.html

www.eightforums.com/general-support/23810-i-deleted-my-pictu...

I accidentally deleted the entire My Pictures folder from my library. How do I get it back? I was trying to delete an album and it deleted the entire library of pictures. My photos are still in the Windows 8 library just not the My folders library. Any ...

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