Solve : Cached RAM?

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Answer» Hello, I've been having an unexpected problem recently. I have 8GB of RAM and own Windows Vista x64. What happens when I start up the computer, my Physical Memory starts up with 6GB free; within 5 minutes, however, it goes down to about 6-10MBs of free memory. The memory seems to be transferred to the cache (Cached), with 6GB of cached memory and 6MBs free. This is only a recent problem! What in the world is being cached??? Something is terribly wrong and I don't know how to fix it. Is it a virus? Thanks!It's all perfectly normal. Vista handles RAM in very different way, than previous Windows versions. It'll cache almost all available RAM, making it ready to use. Cached doesn't mean used, it means "ready". Vista says: "RAM not used\cached is WASTED RAM". More info: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000688.htmlQuote from: Broni on May 21, 2009, 08:52:30 PM It's all perfectly normal. Vista handles RAM in very different way, than previous Windows versions. It'll cache almost all available RAM, making it ready to use. Cached doesn't mean used, it means "ready". Vista says: "RAM not used\cached is wasted RAM". More info: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000688.html My Adobe Photoshop has started giving me strange TROUBLES when copying and pasting images; this type of problem I've been getting is associated with low memory. Clearly there is a problem there, what am I to do? EDIT: FYI, in case you are wondering, photoshop isn't the problem. Copying and pasting images seems to be malfunctioning in any image EDITING software. The clipboard seems to be the problem?What is Adobe's exact error? I don't use Photoshop, but I recall something like Adobe creating its own memory cache. Quote Copying and pasting images seems to be malfunctioning in any image editing software Define "malfunctioning".did you mean malfunctioning .... copying and pasting images will not work regardless of the image editing software you using? So BASICALLY you can't copy and paste images to any image editing software you have tested.Quote from: 2x3i5x on May 22, 2009, 05:21:09 PM did you mean malfunctioning .... copying and pasting images will not work regardless of the image editing software you using? So basically you can't copy and paste images to any image editing software you have tested. thats right when you copy, and then try to paste, the pasted image is different: as in lacking coloursQuote from: Broni on May 22, 2009, 05:18:04 PM What is Adobe's exact error? I don't use Photoshop, but I recall something like Adobe creating its own memory cache. Define "malfunctioning". it is not a photoshop specific problem photoshop does not give any errors the pasted image is simply different and by malfunction i meant (check above post), the pasted image lacks colours, and the lacking colours cannot be added under any circumstance, again, in ANY image edting software, not just photoshop again, this is not a photoshop specific problem; reminder: photoshop does not give any errorsYou copy from where to where?

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Hello, I've been having an unexpected problem recently.
I have 8GB of RAM and own Windows Vista x64. What happens when I start up the computer, my Physical Memory starts up with 6GB free; within 5 minutes, however, it goes down to about 6-10MBs of free memory. The memory seems to be transferred to the cache (Cached), with 6GB of cached memory and 6MBs free. This is only a recent problem! What in the world is being cached??? Something is terribly wrong and I don't know how to fix it. Is it a virus?
Thanks!It's all perfectly normal. Vista handles RAM in very different way, than previous Windows versions.
It'll cache almost all available RAM, making it ready to use. Cached doesn't mean used, it means "ready".
Vista says: "RAM not used\cached is WASTED RAM".
More info: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000688.htmlQuote from: Broni on May 21, 2009, 08:52:30 PM

It's all perfectly normal. Vista handles RAM in very different way, than previous Windows versions.
It'll cache almost all available RAM, making it ready to use. Cached doesn't mean used, it means "ready".
Vista says: "RAM not used\cached is wasted RAM".
More info: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000688.html

My Adobe Photoshop has started giving me strange TROUBLES when copying and pasting images; this type of problem I've been getting is associated with low memory. Clearly there is a problem there, what am I to do?

EDIT: FYI, in case you are wondering, photoshop isn't the problem. Copying and pasting images seems to be malfunctioning in any image EDITING software. The clipboard seems to be the problem?What is Adobe's exact error?
I don't use Photoshop, but I recall something like Adobe creating its own memory cache.

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Copying and pasting images seems to be malfunctioning in any image editing software

Define "malfunctioning".did you mean malfunctioning ....

copying and pasting images will not work regardless of the image editing software you using?

So BASICALLY you can't copy and paste images to any image editing software you have tested.Quote from: 2x3i5x on May 22, 2009, 05:21:09 PM

did you mean malfunctioning ....

copying and pasting images will not work regardless of the image editing software you using?

So basically you can't copy and paste images to any image editing software you have tested.

thats right
when you copy, and then try to paste, the pasted image is different: as in lacking coloursQuote from: Broni on May 22, 2009, 05:18:04 PM

What is Adobe's exact error?
I don't use Photoshop, but I recall something like Adobe creating its own memory cache.
Define "malfunctioning".

it is not a photoshop specific problem
photoshop does not give any errors
the pasted image is simply different
and by malfunction i meant (check above post), the pasted image lacks colours, and the lacking colours cannot be added under any circumstance, again, in ANY image edting software, not just photoshop
again, this is not a photoshop specific problem; reminder: photoshop does not give any errorsYou copy from where to where?

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