Im idling on a vista 64 bit home premium using 1567 ram? why ?

Question

only thing i have on in the sidebar is my Kaspersky internet security 8, i dont see how its using 1567 ram idling while others are only using 400-600

im using a http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01374052&lc=en&cc=ca&product=3686668&dlc=en#

help plz!

Answer 1

its easy to take a look and see what using resources.lt.cntrl,del pulling up task manger.

click the process tab Kaspersky uses a lot of memory so does vista just because it is not in your task bar does not mean its not running  

Answer 2

vista = memory hog.

Answer 3

1.5 gig? somethings wrong here