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Memory usage in XP (memory leak detection)

M

Markus Moeller

Flightless Bird
Hi

How can I found out the memory usage on XP ? My XP box uses over a week all
memory and then has no resources available. It has 4GB memory (3.5 GB free)

I used typeperf with the following:

\Memory\Available Bytes
\Memory\Committed Bytes
\Memory\Pool Paged Bytes
\Memory\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
\Memory\Cache Bytes
\Memory\Cache Bytes Peak
\Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes Peak
\Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes
\Process(_total)\Working Set Peak
\Process(_total)\Working Set
\Process(_total)\Page File Bytes Peak
\Process(_total)\Page File Bytes
\Process(_total)\Private Bytes
\Process(_total)\Pool Paged Bytes
\Process(_total)\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
\Process(_total)\Working Set - Private
\Process(_total)\Page Faults/sec
\Process(_total)\Handle Count

But when I add up Pool Paged Bytes, Pool Nonpaged Bytes,
\Process(_total)\Working Set I do net reach the Committed bytes value by 1
GB or more when the machine has to be rebooted.

What is the best way to find out which process is using it ?

Thank you
Markus
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
"Markus Moeller" <huaraz@moeller.plus.com> wrote in message
news:AD63D158-331C-4CD0-94B8-09684987910A@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> How can I found out the memory usage on XP ? My XP box uses over a week
> all memory and then has no resources available. It has 4GB memory (3.5 GB
> free)
>
> I used typeperf with the following:
>
> \Memory\Available Bytes
> \Memory\Committed Bytes
> \Memory\Pool Paged Bytes
> \Memory\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
> \Memory\Cache Bytes
> \Memory\Cache Bytes Peak
> \Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes Peak
> \Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes
> \Process(_total)\Working Set Peak
> \Process(_total)\Working Set
> \Process(_total)\Page File Bytes Peak
> \Process(_total)\Page File Bytes
> \Process(_total)\Private Bytes
> \Process(_total)\Pool Paged Bytes
> \Process(_total)\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
> \Process(_total)\Working Set - Private
> \Process(_total)\Page Faults/sec
> \Process(_total)\Handle Count
>
> But when I add up Pool Paged Bytes, Pool Nonpaged Bytes,
> \Process(_total)\Working Set I do net reach the Committed bytes value by 1
> GB or more when the machine has to be rebooted.
>
> What is the best way to find out which process is using it ?
>
> Thank you
> Markus
>


The Task Manager will tell you. Just click the Processes tab, then click on
the Memory column header so that the entries are sorted by memory usage. You
also need to click the box "Show processes for all users" at the bottom.
 
M

Markus Moeller

Flightless Bird
But the result is the same. If I add all memory used by the processes it is
less than the total used. I get 1688344 Kbytes from the taskmanager and
committed are 2683666 Kbytes. Where does the rest (> 1G8) go ?

Markus


"Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:-OTAaToUNLHA.4968@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> "Markus Moeller" <huaraz@moeller.plus.com> wrote in message
> news:AD63D158-331C-4CD0-94B8-09684987910A@microsoft.com...
>> Hi
>>
>> How can I found out the memory usage on XP ? My XP box uses over a week
>> all memory and then has no resources available. It has 4GB memory (3.5
>> GB free)
>>
>> I used typeperf with the following:
>>
>> \Memory\Available Bytes
>> \Memory\Committed Bytes
>> \Memory\Pool Paged Bytes
>> \Memory\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
>> \Memory\Cache Bytes
>> \Memory\Cache Bytes Peak
>> \Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes Peak
>> \Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes
>> \Process(_total)\Working Set Peak
>> \Process(_total)\Working Set
>> \Process(_total)\Page File Bytes Peak
>> \Process(_total)\Page File Bytes
>> \Process(_total)\Private Bytes
>> \Process(_total)\Pool Paged Bytes
>> \Process(_total)\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
>> \Process(_total)\Working Set - Private
>> \Process(_total)\Page Faults/sec
>> \Process(_total)\Handle Count
>>
>> But when I add up Pool Paged Bytes, Pool Nonpaged Bytes,
>> \Process(_total)\Working Set I do net reach the Committed bytes value by
>> 1 GB or more when the machine has to be rebooted.
>>
>> What is the best way to find out which process is using it ?
>>
>> Thank you
>> Markus
>>

>
> The Task Manager will tell you. Just click the Processes tab, then click
> on the Memory column header so that the entries are sorted by memory
> usage. You also need to click the box "Show processes for all users" at
> the bottom.
 
J

John John - MVP

Flightless Bird
I have a feeling that we may be chasing a non existent problem... The
Task Manager's Commit counters are Virtual Memory counters and they can
be quite misleading.

John

Markus Moeller wrote:
> But the result is the same. If I add all memory used by the processes it
> is less than the total used. I get 1688344 Kbytes from the taskmanager
> and committed are 2683666 Kbytes. Where does the rest (> 1G8) go ?
>
> Markus
>
>
> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:-OTAaToUNLHA.4968@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> "Markus Moeller" <huaraz@moeller.plus.com> wrote in message
>> news:AD63D158-331C-4CD0-94B8-09684987910A@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> How can I found out the memory usage on XP ? My XP box uses over a
>>> week all memory and then has no resources available. It has 4GB
>>> memory (3.5 GB free)
>>>
>>> I used typeperf with the following:
>>>
>>> \Memory\Available Bytes
>>> \Memory\Committed Bytes
>>> \Memory\Pool Paged Bytes
>>> \Memory\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
>>> \Memory\Cache Bytes
>>> \Memory\Cache Bytes Peak
>>> \Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes Peak
>>> \Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes
>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set Peak
>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set
>>> \Process(_total)\Page File Bytes Peak
>>> \Process(_total)\Page File Bytes
>>> \Process(_total)\Private Bytes
>>> \Process(_total)\Pool Paged Bytes
>>> \Process(_total)\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set - Private
>>> \Process(_total)\Page Faults/sec
>>> \Process(_total)\Handle Count
>>>
>>> But when I add up Pool Paged Bytes, Pool Nonpaged Bytes,
>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set I do net reach the Committed bytes value
>>> by 1 GB or more when the machine has to be rebooted.
>>>
>>> What is the best way to find out which process is using it ?
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>> Markus
>>>

>>
>> The Task Manager will tell you. Just click the Processes tab, then
>> click on the Memory column header so that the entries are sorted by
>> memory usage. You also need to click the box "Show processes for all
>> users" at the bottom.

>
 
M

Markus Moeller

Flightless Bird
Maybe it is my wording or misunderstanding. When I open the task manager I
see Total and Available memory and the difference is Committed memory and
always < Total Memory or ? But when I add up the Memory Usage( = Working
set ?) of all processes in the tasklist I get after a week or so 1GB less
then the committed memory and have to reboot. When I boot up the memory
usage sum and committed memory is about the same.

Markus

"John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:-OJqJwiVNLHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I have a feeling that we may be chasing a non existent problem... The Task
>Manager's Commit counters are Virtual Memory counters and they can be quite
>misleading.
>
> John
>
> Markus Moeller wrote:
>> But the result is the same. If I add all memory used by the processes it
>> is less than the total used. I get 1688344 Kbytes from the taskmanager
>> and committed are 2683666 Kbytes. Where does the rest (> 1G8) go ?
>>
>> Markus
>>
>>
>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:-OTAaToUNLHA.4968@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> "Markus Moeller" <huaraz@moeller.plus.com> wrote in message
>>> news:AD63D158-331C-4CD0-94B8-09684987910A@microsoft.com...
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> How can I found out the memory usage on XP ? My XP box uses over a
>>>> week all memory and then has no resources available. It has 4GB memory
>>>> (3.5 GB free)
>>>>
>>>> I used typeperf with the following:
>>>>
>>>> \Memory\Available Bytes
>>>> \Memory\Committed Bytes
>>>> \Memory\Pool Paged Bytes
>>>> \Memory\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
>>>> \Memory\Cache Bytes
>>>> \Memory\Cache Bytes Peak
>>>> \Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes Peak
>>>> \Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes
>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set Peak
>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set
>>>> \Process(_total)\Page File Bytes Peak
>>>> \Process(_total)\Page File Bytes
>>>> \Process(_total)\Private Bytes
>>>> \Process(_total)\Pool Paged Bytes
>>>> \Process(_total)\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set - Private
>>>> \Process(_total)\Page Faults/sec
>>>> \Process(_total)\Handle Count
>>>>
>>>> But when I add up Pool Paged Bytes, Pool Nonpaged Bytes,
>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set I do net reach the Committed bytes value
>>>> by 1 GB or more when the machine has to be rebooted.
>>>>
>>>> What is the best way to find out which process is using it ?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you
>>>> Markus
>>>>
>>>
>>> The Task Manager will tell you. Just click the Processes tab, then click
>>> on the Memory column header so that the entries are sorted by memory
>>> usage. You also need to click the box "Show processes for all users" at
>>> the bottom.

>>
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
"Markus Moeller" <huaraz@moeller.plus.com> wrote in message
news:4B36629B-EDB1-4807-8297-AB985A9206DA@microsoft.com...
> But the result is the same. If I add all memory used by the processes it
> is less than the total used. I get 1688344 Kbytes from the taskmanager
> and committed are 2683666 Kbytes. Where does the rest (> 1G8) go ?
>
> Markus


If you have a memory leak then one the programs in list will consume
increasing amounts of memory. Take a snapshot in Task Manager twice a day,
then compare the figures. If they remain much the same then you do not have
a memory leak.
 
J

John John - MVP

Flightless Bird
Markus Moeller wrote:

> Maybe it is my wording or misunderstanding. When I open the task
> manager I see Total and Available memory


This is the 'physical memory' (RAM) usage.


> and the difference is Committed
> memory


This is 'virtual memory' (not RAM) usage but the figures can be
completely misleading because all virtual memory allocation, whether
used or not, 'maps' through the page file, this is sort of a trick that
Windows uses to give the illusion of nearly unlimited available memory
to applications. This (Commit Charge) is pagefile 'backed' memory but
as long as there is available physical memory (RAM) the pagefile is not
necessarily used for anything other than virtual memory mapping.

Only if the pagefile itself (not the commit charge) is actually growing
can you suspect a memory leak by an application, this is called a "Paged
Pool" leak, usually one will notice the increased pagefile usage with an
increasing sluggishness of the machine. As the application 'leaks' or
consumes more memory Windows pages out RAM pages to the Pagefile, hence
the name, a "Paged Pool" leak, the memory leaks to the pagefile. You
can monitor the pagefile with the corresponding Perfmon counter or you
can use Doug Knox's PageFileMon utility:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm

By contrast "Non Paged Pool" leaks occur in areas of memory which cannot
be paged out so these leaks consume an increasing amount of RAM without
any increase in the size of the pagefile. These leaks are quite
serious, most often they are caused by buggy drivers and they eventually
cripple the machine and cause it to hang completely, fortunately these
leaks are rather rare.


> and always < Total Memory or ? But when I add up the Memory
> Usage( = Working set ?) of all processes in the tasklist I get after a
> week or so 1GB less then the committed memory and have to reboot.


Why do you have to reboot? Does the machine become sluggish or
unresponsive? Or are you rebooting just for the sake of seeing the
Commit Charge come down?


> When I
> boot up the memory usage sum and committed memory is about the same.


You have to understand the concept of Virtual Memory and how it differs
from actual physical memory to get a grasp on these Task Manager figures.

John


> Markus
>
> "John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:-OJqJwiVNLHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> I have a feeling that we may be chasing a non existent problem... The
>> Task Manager's Commit counters are Virtual Memory counters and they
>> can be quite misleading.
>>
>> John
>>
>> Markus Moeller wrote:
>>> But the result is the same. If I add all memory used by the processes
>>> it is less than the total used. I get 1688344 Kbytes from the
>>> taskmanager and committed are 2683666 Kbytes. Where does the rest (>
>>> 1G8) go ?
>>>
>>> Markus
>>>
>>>
>>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:-OTAaToUNLHA.4968@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> "Markus Moeller" <huaraz@moeller.plus.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:AD63D158-331C-4CD0-94B8-09684987910A@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I found out the memory usage on XP ? My XP box uses over a
>>>>> week all memory and then has no resources available. It has 4GB
>>>>> memory (3.5 GB free)
>>>>>
>>>>> I used typeperf with the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> \Memory\Available Bytes
>>>>> \Memory\Committed Bytes
>>>>> \Memory\Pool Paged Bytes
>>>>> \Memory\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
>>>>> \Memory\Cache Bytes
>>>>> \Memory\Cache Bytes Peak
>>>>> \Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes Peak
>>>>> \Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes
>>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set Peak
>>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set
>>>>> \Process(_total)\Page File Bytes Peak
>>>>> \Process(_total)\Page File Bytes
>>>>> \Process(_total)\Private Bytes
>>>>> \Process(_total)\Pool Paged Bytes
>>>>> \Process(_total)\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
>>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set - Private
>>>>> \Process(_total)\Page Faults/sec
>>>>> \Process(_total)\Handle Count
>>>>>
>>>>> But when I add up Pool Paged Bytes, Pool Nonpaged Bytes,
>>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set I do net reach the Committed bytes
>>>>> value by 1 GB or more when the machine has to be rebooted.
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the best way to find out which process is using it ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>> Markus
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Task Manager will tell you. Just click the Processes tab, then
>>>> click on the Memory column header so that the entries are sorted by
>>>> memory usage. You also need to click the box "Show processes for all
>>>> users" at the bottom.
>>>

>
 
M

Markus Moeller

Flightless Bird
Hi John,

Thank you for the good explanation, which I have to digest now ;-) I have
to reboot the machine as I get errors of no resource available and scheduled
jobs don't run anymore ( I have to delete the keys in
...\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-18\* as they got corrupted), application have issues and
it coincides that my available physical memory goes to zero.

Markus

"John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:%23rpr9NXNLHA.5624@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Markus Moeller wrote:
>
>> Maybe it is my wording or misunderstanding. When I open the task manager
>> I see Total and Available memory

>
> This is the 'physical memory' (RAM) usage.
>
>
>> and the difference is Committed memory

>
> This is 'virtual memory' (not RAM) usage but the figures can be completely
> misleading because all virtual memory allocation, whether used or not,
> 'maps' through the page file, this is sort of a trick that Windows uses to
> give the illusion of nearly unlimited available memory to applications.
> This (Commit Charge) is pagefile 'backed' memory but as long as there is
> available physical memory (RAM) the pagefile is not necessarily used for
> anything other than virtual memory mapping.
>
> Only if the pagefile itself (not the commit charge) is actually growing
> can you suspect a memory leak by an application, this is called a "Paged
> Pool" leak, usually one will notice the increased pagefile usage with an
> increasing sluggishness of the machine. As the application 'leaks' or
> consumes more memory Windows pages out RAM pages to the Pagefile, hence
> the name, a "Paged Pool" leak, the memory leaks to the pagefile. You can
> monitor the pagefile with the corresponding Perfmon counter or you can use
> Doug Knox's PageFileMon utility:
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm
>
> By contrast "Non Paged Pool" leaks occur in areas of memory which cannot
> be paged out so these leaks consume an increasing amount of RAM without
> any increase in the size of the pagefile. These leaks are quite serious,
> most often they are caused by buggy drivers and they eventually cripple
> the machine and cause it to hang completely, fortunately these leaks are
> rather rare.
>
>
>> and always < Total Memory or ? But when I add up the Memory Usage( =
>> Working set ?) of all processes in the tasklist I get after a week or
>> so 1GB less then the committed memory and have to reboot.

>
> Why do you have to reboot? Does the machine become sluggish or
> unresponsive? Or are you rebooting just for the sake of seeing the Commit
> Charge come down?
>
>
>> When I boot up the memory usage sum and committed memory is about the
>> same.

>
> You have to understand the concept of Virtual Memory and how it differs
> from actual physical memory to get a grasp on these Task Manager figures.
>
> John
>
>
>> Markus
>>
>> "John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
>> news:-OJqJwiVNLHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> I have a feeling that we may be chasing a non existent problem... The
>>> Task Manager's Commit counters are Virtual Memory counters and they can
>>> be quite misleading.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> Markus Moeller wrote:
>>>> But the result is the same. If I add all memory used by the processes
>>>> it is less than the total used. I get 1688344 Kbytes from the
>>>> taskmanager and committed are 2683666 Kbytes. Where does the rest (>
>>>> 1G8) go ?
>>>>
>>>> Markus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:-OTAaToUNLHA.4968@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> "Markus Moeller" <huaraz@moeller.plus.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:AD63D158-331C-4CD0-94B8-09684987910A@microsoft.com...
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can I found out the memory usage on XP ? My XP box uses over a
>>>>>> week all memory and then has no resources available. It has 4GB
>>>>>> memory (3.5 GB free)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I used typeperf with the following:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> \Memory\Available Bytes
>>>>>> \Memory\Committed Bytes
>>>>>> \Memory\Pool Paged Bytes
>>>>>> \Memory\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
>>>>>> \Memory\Cache Bytes
>>>>>> \Memory\Cache Bytes Peak
>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes Peak
>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes
>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set Peak
>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set
>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Page File Bytes Peak
>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Page File Bytes
>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Private Bytes
>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Pool Paged Bytes
>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set - Private
>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Page Faults/sec
>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Handle Count
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But when I add up Pool Paged Bytes, Pool Nonpaged Bytes,
>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set I do net reach the Committed bytes value
>>>>>> by 1 GB or more when the machine has to be rebooted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the best way to find out which process is using it ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>> Markus
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The Task Manager will tell you. Just click the Processes tab, then
>>>>> click on the Memory column header so that the entries are sorted by
>>>>> memory usage. You also need to click the box "Show processes for all
>>>>> users" at the bottom.
>>>>

>>
 
J

John John - MVP

Flightless Bird
It might help if you post the error message verbatim. Also look in the
Event Viewer log for clues.

John

Markus Moeller wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Thank you for the good explanation, which I have to digest now ;-) I
> have to reboot the machine as I get errors of no resource available and
> scheduled jobs don't run anymore ( I have to delete the keys in
> ..\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-18\* as they got corrupted), application have issues
> and it coincides that my available physical memory goes to zero.
>
> Markus
>
> "John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:%23rpr9NXNLHA.5624@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Markus Moeller wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe it is my wording or misunderstanding. When I open the task
>>> manager I see Total and Available memory

>>
>> This is the 'physical memory' (RAM) usage.
>>
>>
>>> and the difference is Committed memory

>>
>> This is 'virtual memory' (not RAM) usage but the figures can be
>> completely misleading because all virtual memory allocation, whether
>> used or not, 'maps' through the page file, this is sort of a trick
>> that Windows uses to give the illusion of nearly unlimited available
>> memory to applications. This (Commit Charge) is pagefile 'backed'
>> memory but as long as there is available physical memory (RAM) the
>> pagefile is not necessarily used for anything other than virtual
>> memory mapping.
>>
>> Only if the pagefile itself (not the commit charge) is actually
>> growing can you suspect a memory leak by an application, this is
>> called a "Paged Pool" leak, usually one will notice the increased
>> pagefile usage with an increasing sluggishness of the machine. As the
>> application 'leaks' or consumes more memory Windows pages out RAM
>> pages to the Pagefile, hence the name, a "Paged Pool" leak, the memory
>> leaks to the pagefile. You can monitor the pagefile with the
>> corresponding Perfmon counter or you can use Doug Knox's PageFileMon
>> utility: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm
>>
>> By contrast "Non Paged Pool" leaks occur in areas of memory which
>> cannot be paged out so these leaks consume an increasing amount of RAM
>> without any increase in the size of the pagefile. These leaks are
>> quite serious, most often they are caused by buggy drivers and they
>> eventually cripple the machine and cause it to hang completely,
>> fortunately these leaks are rather rare.
>>
>>
>>> and always < Total Memory or ? But when I add up the Memory Usage( =
>>> Working set ?) of all processes in the tasklist I get after a week
>>> or so 1GB less then the committed memory and have to reboot.

>>
>> Why do you have to reboot? Does the machine become sluggish or
>> unresponsive? Or are you rebooting just for the sake of seeing the
>> Commit Charge come down?
>>
>>
>>> When I boot up the memory usage sum and committed memory is about the
>>> same.

>>
>> You have to understand the concept of Virtual Memory and how it
>> differs from actual physical memory to get a grasp on these Task
>> Manager figures.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>> Markus
>>>
>>> "John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:-OJqJwiVNLHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> I have a feeling that we may be chasing a non existent problem...
>>>> The Task Manager's Commit counters are Virtual Memory counters and
>>>> they can be quite misleading.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> Markus Moeller wrote:
>>>>> But the result is the same. If I add all memory used by the
>>>>> processes it is less than the total used. I get 1688344 Kbytes
>>>>> from the taskmanager and committed are 2683666 Kbytes. Where does
>>>>> the rest (> 1G8) go ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Markus
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:-OTAaToUNLHA.4968@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> "Markus Moeller" <huaraz@moeller.plus.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:AD63D158-331C-4CD0-94B8-09684987910A@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How can I found out the memory usage on XP ? My XP box uses over
>>>>>>> a week all memory and then has no resources available. It has
>>>>>>> 4GB memory (3.5 GB free)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I used typeperf with the following:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> \Memory\Available Bytes
>>>>>>> \Memory\Committed Bytes
>>>>>>> \Memory\Pool Paged Bytes
>>>>>>> \Memory\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
>>>>>>> \Memory\Cache Bytes
>>>>>>> \Memory\Cache Bytes Peak
>>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes Peak
>>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Virtual Bytes
>>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set Peak
>>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set
>>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Page File Bytes Peak
>>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Page File Bytes
>>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Private Bytes
>>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Pool Paged Bytes
>>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Pool Nonpaged Bytes
>>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set - Private
>>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Page Faults/sec
>>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Handle Count
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But when I add up Pool Paged Bytes, Pool Nonpaged Bytes,
>>>>>>> \Process(_total)\Working Set I do net reach the Committed bytes
>>>>>>> value by 1 GB or more when the machine has to be rebooted.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What is the best way to find out which process is using it ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>>> Markus
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Task Manager will tell you. Just click the Processes tab, then
>>>>>> click on the Memory column header so that the entries are sorted
>>>>>> by memory usage. You also need to click the box "Show processes
>>>>>> for all users" at the bottom.
>>>>>
>>>

>
 
M

Markus Moeller

Flightless Bird
"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:eLmTcYfNLHA.4824@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Markus Moeller wrote:
> <snip>
>> I have to delete the keys in ..\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-18\* as
>> they got corrupted

> <snip>
>
> Scheduled Tasks? What scheduled tasks do you have running?
>


I have a montoring task which runs every 5 min (It does snmp monitoring of
other hosts using cacti) and there are the usual Google and Apple Update
tasks.

> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
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Markus Moeller

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"John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
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> It might help if you post the error message verbatim. Also look in the
> Event Viewer log for clues.
>


Hi John,

I don't have right now the error message.

I see the attached behaviour until all available physical memory
is gone.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/106988766455240741085/Memory#5502683701635307794

Right now I have 500MB physical memory out of 3.5GB available.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/106988766455240741085/Memory#5502683703590903170

But a pslist shows (which I interpret that I use max physical memory of
2.2G8). Is that correct ?


Total VM: 11,774,092
Total WS: 2,168,908
Total Priv: 2,077,784
Total Priv Pk: 3,382,212
Total NonP: 1,028
Total Page: 11,376

From Sysinternals PsList
Process memory detail for HOME:
Name Pid VM WS Priv Priv Pk Faults NonP Page
iexplore 27288 798712 443588 424748 424748 44197002 37 314
iexplore 13512 466808 177688 157012 188972 1221534 45 342
iexplore 15608 598308 160476 160600 191484 2800945 39 317
iexplore 15924 324104 122144 104836 117556 958718 36 300
iexplore 108496 403956 109156 81488 92956 114594 36 416
iexplore 112484 341564 108416 85072 98992 221897 33 353
WINWORD 106832 406740 68100 38856 44188 54004 18 663
MsMpEng 1372 163688 54704 76520 174880 7911344 11 82
svchost 1488 298472 47148 33032 474752 2781993 28 208
Babylon 2176 180496 43720 28508 28960 71213 12 229
RapportService 6016 145132 36444 29620 31820 15555689 15 165
inetinfo 1448 115404 36380 32148 50668 1844473 26 99
RapportMgmtService 1412 193772 32496 28008 59756 14052146 12 96
msnmsgr 2872 161232 30988 19876 19944 10420 12 256
iexplore 15356 250740 29104 40664 41596 717933 45 286
Skype 4244 245220 28432 35792 76140 3323152 33 235
skypePM 2812 99584 26772 19492 20256 826065 14 142
vmserverdWin32 97256 67100 24492 18044 20788 580499 5 72
Syslogd_Service 1764 92688 24228 19788 33324 23522 7 72
explorer 3204 197164 21644 36768 39900 866213 27 283
WinTVTray 4776 129000 20604 18736 19440 1382377 6 170
wmpnetwk 5744 87584 19456 13208 13504 11885 8 136
SJphone 4668 110280 18924 31732 31824 3332416 21 151
KService 1968 99496 18756 11096 11140 57164 13 132
NokiaMServer 2284 87904 17848 9812 10188 5407 5 101
mysqld-nt 2204 127252 16776 88204 89076 40705 14 73
vc9play 3120 94796 15968 10924 11084 5170 7 151
iTunesHelper 3148 106916 14964 9864 9864 3959 6 174
ccsvchst 2248 346312 12884 59332 548096 17136976 59 232
wlcomm 4560 78848 12880 11092 13156 25266 5 114
led 111512 146656 12632 79012 79164 28826 10 148
MSASCui 1740 65040 12540 7760 8916 26721 6 83
php 3320 53892 11388 8864 8868 3066 3 63
DetectorApp 2492 70864 10512 6752 7644 3228 4 121
vc9tray 4176 44620 10024 5668 5668 2651 4 78
ccsvchst 4304 155500 10008 25088 26544 53970 21 244
OctoshapeClient 2332 52684 9676 7128 7136 2659 69 62
AndreaVC 616 48272 8764 4392 8824 3992 3 77
HAUPPA~1 788 152840 8528 6232 7040 2929 4 85
spoolsv 1932 54872 8268 5336 5984 7435 5 84
svchost 1784 53676 8260 3928 4876 6177 6 76
rundll32 592 43432 8172 4896 4988 5857 3 72
taskmgr 135040 40188 7816 2596 2724 2949 4 69
ezprint 1260 71444 7700 3840 3844 2066 3 82
winlogon 860 65856 7620 8588 10608 16429 7 92
svchost 1712 35352 7196 4872 6848 18105 3 54
php 2340 61020 6960 4824 7760 2519 3 62
LogiTray 1832 48604 6804 3752 3752 1884 3 76
dllhost 25164 39152 6452 2412 2540 3419 4 67
svchost 1168 66984 6416 3224 23504 8215 5 76
sshd 135320 424924 6360 4416 4416 1672 3 40
vmware-authd 97296 38360 6228 2772 2940 979849 5 54
bash 136284 420032 5860 4976 4980 1555 2 36
sshd 24868 424132 5816 4144 4148 1545 22 35
CTSysVol 528 37616 5724 3548 3548 1628 3 65
svchost 1284 39500 5600 2456 2648 2511 12 77
WLanCfgG 364 40988 5452 2836 2908 9446 3 61
vc9secs 3768 31080 5372 1632 1692 2090 3 54
svchost 2540 39172 4912 2836 2912 1820 3 69
lsass 928 46812 4860 7220 7256 1444173 7 84
services 916 22876 4832 2276 2680 8872 4 30
ctfmon 3516 33956 4812 1640 1640 1426 3 63
stsystra 2704 35232 4756 2784 2784 1313 3 62
wmpnscfg 3328 36284 4676 1736 1736 1240 3 67
snmp 2404 22504 4604 1948 2652 6151 4 34
CineTray 4712 37656 4516 1692 1692 1223 3 69
LVComS 812 37448 4464 2676 2676 1199 2 67
tfswctrl 1880 36232 4440 1644 1644 1205 3 65
PRHYPER 3720 34072 4440 2200 2200 1201 2 56
iPodService 5556 36704 4312 2596 2632 1136 3 46
CTDetect 3384 30624 4232 1676 1676 1161 2 57
mDNSResponder 372 28988 3940 1356 1368 1017 4 52
svchost 2036 36700 3924 1440 1488 1050 3 66
IntelMEM 220 30816 3784 1632 1632 1041 2 56
alg 6004 33840 3776 1328 1340 1001 4 61
MDM 2112 35056 3748 1288 1336 1489 2 59
fxssvc 2120 33684 3744 1396 1548 1029 3 54
tcpvcon 135460 27572 3724 1588 1588 1322 2 51
svchost 1356 37272 3672 1736 1760 977 3 60
cygrunsrv 24784 415392 3620 3360 3372 928 1 27
svchost 1528 32316 3548 2496 2540 961 2 56
AppleMobileDeviceService 248 22248 3524 2148 2160 973 4
33
PersTray 4296 28576 3428 1328 1328 928 2 55
imapi 1632 34124 3372 1208 1232 905 2 62
ico 1816 27928 3232 1268 1268 859 2 53
USBDeviceService 2816 27420 3184 872 892 810 2 48
clclean.0001 3128 29556 3084 1296 1464 936 2 53
jusched 3280 32188 3048 944 992 803 2 60
PsList 132032 30076 3016 1488 1488 2054 2 49
cmd 135956 30864 2904 2140 2144 790 2 58
scardsvr 1980 27808 2836 1024 1036 787 2 52
cmd 3220 28360 2784 2120 2124 755 2 53
ati2evxx 1148 20116 2632 688 688 707 1 32
csrss 832 37036 2248 2404 3672 492422 8 76
vmnat 4392 15984 2224 804 812 1067 2 23
jqs 1664 37760 1828 2392 2584 66370331 33 51
CTSVCCDA 664 16092 1560 568 568 385 1 21
davcdata 27412 11348 1524 488 488 378 1 22
issch 684 14280 1484 460 472 394 1 27
CreativeLicensing 5440 15096 1432 488 492 355 1 21
WLService 348 14608 1424 440 456 362 1 26
sprtcmd 2676 209520 848 24084 27908 176826 12 250
AluSchedulerSvc 284 36776 740 1344 1504 21169 2 64
sprtsvc 2464 99436 656 10708 13960 147862 8 128
smss 764 3808 416 176 196 211 0 5
System 4 1900 284 0 0 27704 0 0
PIFSvc 2072 48556 200 2184 3140 52706 3 72
PIFSvc 3248 29604 156 1168 1176 11094 2 53
tcpvcon 137036 34964 148 2192 2252 2002 2 61
Idle 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0



> John
>

Regards
Markus
 
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Markus Moeller

Flightless Bird
"John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:-OPjoAAYNLHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> It might help if you post the error message verbatim. Also look in the
> Event Viewer log for clues.
>


Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10000
Date: 22/08/2010
Time: 05:17:55
User: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
Computer: HOME
Description:
Unable to start a DCOM Server: {1F87137D-0E7C-44D5-8C73-4EFFB68962F2}. The
error:
"Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:/WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe -secured -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


> John
>
>


Markus
 
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Markus Moeller

Flightless Bird
"John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:-OPjoAAYNLHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> It might help if you post the error message verbatim. Also look in the
> Event Viewer log for clues.
>


And also

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Server
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2510
Date: 22/08/2010
Time: 04:33:59
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
The server service was unable to map error code 1453.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


which is:

System error code 1453 means "Insufficient quota to complete the requested
service." This error code may also display as "ERROR_WORKING_SET_QUOTA" or
as the value 0x5AD.


> John
>


Markus
 
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if I may, my gobbler is IE, since the last MS Update tornado.


"Markus Moeller" <huaraz@moeller.plus.com> wrote in message
news:e7qHARvQLHA.4212@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
:
: "John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
: news:-OPjoAAYNLHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
: > It might help if you post the error message verbatim. Also look in the
: > Event Viewer log for clues.
: >
:
: Event Type: Error
: Event Source: DCOM
: Event Category: None
: Event ID: 10000
: Date: 22/08/2010
: Time: 05:17:55
: User: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
: Computer: HOME
: Description:
: Unable to start a DCOM Server: {1F87137D-0E7C-44D5-8C73-4EFFB68962F2}. The
: error:
: "Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service. "
: Happened while starting this command:
: C:/WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe -secured -Embedding
:
: For more information, see Help and Support Center at
: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
:
:
: > John
: >
: >
:
: Markus
:
 
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