Re: Win10 low RAM

On 11/5/21 6:22 PM, Paul wrote:
> On 11/5/2021 4:13 PM, philo wrote:
>> I have a friend with an almost unusable laptop running Win10 64 bit. 
>> The machine cannot accept more than 4 gigs of RAM.
>>
>>
>>  From my experimenting  with other low end machines, I've found that 3 
>> megs of RAM and Win10 32 bit gives much better performance than 
>> Win10_64 and 4 gigs of RAM>
>>
>> I've been thinking of reloading the OS, but wonder if I'd be better 
>> off just cloning to a SSD?
>>
>>
>> Yes, they will get a new machine one of these days bit for now, their 
>> smartphone is sufficient.
>>
> 
> Reload the OS.
> 
> That's not normal.
> 
> It is Windows 11 that needs the RAM. And a ton of other things.
> 
> Windows 10, the kernel needs 256-350MB of RAM, as rough numbers.
> When operated with 1GB of RAM, the "hard faults" should stop
> happening in the performance monitor. There's no need to
> do memory compression, when 1GB is installed.
> 
> There must be something else loaded, to upset it like that.
> 
> The next thing to check, is Windows Update. Like most modern Windows
> OSes, the two Windows Update services are a pig, and can drive
> RAM usage into the stratosphere. If the Windows Update is broken
> and behind, the machine can be working up a big sweat for nothing.
> 
> That's why I suggest a reload, with whatever you want, 32 or 64.
> Just be careful that you match the user apps properly. For example,
> a renter of Adobe software needs 64-bit, because Adobe only
> supports 64-bit. Someone running 16-bit games, might need the
> 32-bit OS version for that.
> 
> And check the Crucial.com page for max RAM, and see what they
> recommend.
> 
> Any time an OS and programs have a problem, if the thing is
> running out of RAM, ordering more RAM won't fix it. Like,
> for a "leak". If you put 256GB of RAM in it, that just
> increases the time before it crashes on low memory.
> 
> If a machine is properly behaved, adding RAM allows more
> programs to be open. And the amount of RAM you have,
> should support quite a number of programs. Right now,
> Firefox and Seamonkey are not well behaved, but an update
> to Firefox may change that (the tab-unloader is back as
> a concept, something they've been working on for two years).
> 
>     Paul



The machine is used for Facebook, Gmail and backing up/viewing photos 
taken on her phone.


Nothing else really. For the most part it's simply that I need a project.