Thread: free memory cache ?

Anyone know how to free up the ram memory cache in vista? Looked on the web and the only thing suggested don't work. Almost all the memory on my acer laptop is eaten up in the cache leaving next to nothing to work with.

Have you tried Tune Up Utilities?

It has a small sub-utility that keeps your REM freed up and optimised.

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Advanced System Care has a utility called Smart RAM.

Thanks very much guys Marmites suggested utility seems very good, will try smart ram later. Better get the rice on now though or the mrs will freak.

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smart ram works a treat but then the cache starts to build up again straight away so with 5 mins back to almost no usable ram, bloody vista, try Finitysoft next.

Originally Posted by crazy dog

smart ram works a treat but then the cache starts to build up again straight away so with 5 mins

That's what it is supposed to do isn't it? When the ram is full the OS will start unloading stuff onto the swap file. Why do you want all your ram empty, sitting there doing nothing while the swap file thrashes data back and forth?

In the end I only have about 5 meg and media player will not work at all. Amazingly FlintySoft does work and you can set it to free up whatever you want, thanks matsellah at least I can watch video now.

Originally Posted by crazy dog

In the end I only have about 5 meg and media player will not work at all. Amazingly FlintySoft does work and you can set it to free up whatever you want, thanks matsellah at least I can watch video now.

Welcome, it's amazingly easy and it works - small footprint as well!