From: "doug" <deleveld AT dds DOT nl>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Win 2000 & Djgpp
Date: 19 Feb 2000 13:52:24 GMT
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> > Yeah - well, I'm running Win2000 with 64 Mb of RAM and it's a very
happy
> > bunny. What I don't understand is how when it's idle, with no
applications
> > running, the task manager reports the memory in use as 46 Mb - how can
it
> > use so much just for its kernel + explorer?
> 
> It reports how much memory was available to Windows when it booted up.
> Maybe you've installed a RAM drive or some other application which uses
up
> extended memory before it can get to Windows.

I think windows uses 'free' memory as a big resizable disk cache.  So
windows will
use all you memory to cache things from disk, and will (propably never)
only use
the memory it really needs.  I think windows actually ties to use all your
physical 
ram all the time, to keep thing as fast as possible.

Doug