How do you know when your computer is running out of memory?

Question

i have a dell deminsions 1100 and i don't even know what memory is or how to check it LOL

Answer 1

Press Ctrl Alt Delete Simultaneously and the Windows Task Manager Box will open. In the lower left you will see the percentage of memory in use and how many processes are open. There will also be 2 tabs at the top which will tell you which applications are running and the names of any background processes.

Answer 2

ok well click ctrl shift and esc at the same time. you should see a screen open that has 4 graphs. look at the two left graphs...under them their should be numbers....look next to total (under physical memory not kernal) it should have numbers either 256, 512, 1024, 1536, or 2045, divide it by 1024 and thats how many GB of memory you have. now to see if you need more. look at the bottom left graph while doing normal tasks. and if the number it shows is reall close to the actuall amount of physical memory you have then you might need to upgrade.(ex. i have 2048MB of memory and right now im using 878MB that is pretty good) if your not very computer literate i'd recomend bringing it in to best buy and getting geek squad to upgrade it for you. good luck.

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Answer 3

to check how much is you memory start control panel click on system now to free up your memory go to my computer and right click the local disk that contain your system then click on properties there you will see a tab general click on disk clean up walk with the steps now you to do 1 more thing shutdown any software that you don't use at the time you work on your computer and remove the programs that runs each time your computer run how to do that start click on run type msconfig after that click on the start up tools tab it might be Little confusing the names you will read but look at the command and the location to make sure you know the software you will turn off P.S don't turn off you anti virus from running  

Answer 4

Well there is only one type of memory - RAM. Most people confuse it with hard drive space as well so I'm not sure which you would be refering to. To check how much RAM is being used, you can press ctrl+alt+delete and go to the performance tab and that will tell you how much is being used. To check hard drive space, go to My Computer and click once on the C drive and look to the left. That will tell you how much you have total and how much is available.