WinXP Task Manager : PF Usage and Available Memory

[b4u]

Hi,

I'm curious about this statistics that Task Manager gives me:



I have Windows XP with 4GB RAM, PAE enabled.

I have a definition of 2046MB of virtual memory configured (automatically set by windows).

My task manager is giving me 987MB PF Usage, and about 2.5GB Physical Memory (K) available.

Shouldn't the PF memory be used only when physical memory usage get's critical?

Thanks

 

[Nothinman]

Shouldn't the PF memory be used only when physical memory usage get's critical?

That graph is mislabeled, it should say Commit Charge like it did back in Win2K.

 

[b4u]

That graph is mislabeled, it should say Commit Charge like it did back in Win2K.

That just confuses me ... shouldn't microsoft have already addressed this with a service pack, if it has is erratic info?

Is there a free software that can display correct info about system resources usage, specially memory?

Thanks

 

[Nothinman]

That just confuses me ... shouldn't microsoft have already addressed this with a service pack, if it has is erratic info?

Is there a free software that can display correct info about system resources usage, specially memory?

Thanks

Except that they don't really care because most people never even see taskmgr. Hell, they even have tons of developer documentation that uses the terms virtual memory and pagefile interchangeably and those are intended for technical people. I'd bet money that most of their documentation is done by first year interns that have no idea about the subjects.