Actually msconfig shows you the boot and start-up programs.  Ctrl-Alt-Del opens your Windows Task Manager, which shows current program use per RAM and CPU.
 
David Thompson

--- On Tue, 4/5/11, Hal Seabolt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:


From: Hal Seabolt <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Space Hogs
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 10:09 AM


I feel sure you mean hard drive storage space, not
memory.
If you save a large quantity of pictures, videos
and/or large programs, 
it doesn't take long to deplete your hard drive
capacity.
You can save pictures etc to CDs or DVDs then
delete them. 
Go to start/run and type in msconfig, to see what
is running if the
Problem is actually lack of RAM memory. If so un
tick anything
That is not absolutely necessary to operation and
see if that helps.
Best of luck,
Hal Seabolt

-----Original Message-----
From: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software
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On Behalf Of Michael Lanspa
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 6:56 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCSOFT] Space Hogs

Is there a way to see what's running on my laptop
(Win XP) that has sucked all 
the memory out of it so that out of 33 Gigs I only
have <20 Megs free space?  
There isn't enough memory to run Defrag.  Disc
clean didn't seem to do 
anything.  We've been dumping programs and e-mail,
but nothing seems to help.  


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