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WindowsXP corporate Memory Management !!!!

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awsheat

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Hey all.. Just wondering if anyone else has run across this problem with XP final corporate and if they had any ideas

Here goes.. I'm running XP with 384mb pc133 Micron on Abit be62 with pent3 700@933.. I had no problems in win2k so i dont think its my hardware

What happens is: OS runs great and fast, after boot i'm using about 130-150mb ram (thats with a few humdrum programs running like mirc, software firewall, icq, etc. NO virus scans going) anyway, all is well and good until i go into my DIVX folder and check the status of my downloading DIVX's(I only download divx's for which i own a legal copy🙂 ) Anyhoo, if i TRY to check the properties of a DIVX file my computer will start to bog down bigtime. I checked my ram usage and it went from like 160mb to 370!!! and it takes forever for properties to show up( i was just trying to see the mb).... Anyway, I seem to have narrowed it down to Windows Media Player but I'm not sure.. For some reason, it seems windows med player tries to do SOMETHING with the file (not open it) becuase if i change the file associations to say, Music Match, I dont get the same problem..

My question is, should I just disable WMP and use something like "the playa" or is there a workaround?? Cuz I really like the WMP interface for DIVX viewing(the cool little console that appears and dissappears without having to leave full screen is nice🙂

any ideas??
 
Sorry, I forgot to add, in case someone suggested this.. I DID try making a swap file 500/500 and this did not help..


 
wat are the property tabs like when u select the properties for the divx file? i've never tried it, but just conjecturing maybe wmp is tyring to read the whole damn file into memory cos u can do some editting on the file (sorta like editting id tags in mp3s) thru the property tab?

just a suggestion *shrug*
 
Thanks for the feedback!! However, how would I turn off thumbnail previewing?? I see functions to view folders with thumbnail images(which i dont do) but i dont see any way to turn that off.
 
tools > folder options > enable web content = NO!!!!!!

he's got it, it's definitely the preview doing the work here.

and stop using WMP :|:disgust:
 
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