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Windows 10 Low on Memory - Firefox
Hi all,
There have been "Low on Memory" error messages from Windows since about 3.1, if I remember correctly.
However, here we are in mid-2016 and Windows is still 'Low on Memory'.
I know the difference between physical memory, page file, swap file, commit, paged, non-paged, etc.
Here lately I've had the 'Low on Memory' dialog box pop up several times with that message (screenshot below). It says Firefox is the culprit. When I open Task Manager expecting to see that a memory leak has caused the message by Firefox not releasing memory, all I see is that there is no indication whatsoever that there is a memory problem of any kind.
For example, after this latest pop-up, what I see is that I have 2.3GB of my 8GB of physical memory in use, 3.5 of 13.8GB (total of physical + page file(s)) committed, 265MB paged pool, 216MB non-paged pool. (screenshot below)
Firefox is indeed the #1 memory hog at 408MB with about 6 tabs open, but nowhere remotely near anything to cause a low memory alert.
Is anyone else having this problem or have a solution for the problem? The standard advice was always the same in earlier years "Buy more memory!", but that's hardly the case these days with 8GB standard and 16GB common.
Here is technical info if that helps anyone see the problem:
-Windows 10 Version 1607 Build 14393.67
-Firefox 48
-EVGA Z87 FTW motherboard
-8GB (2x4GB) G.Skill Ripjaws memory
-Intel G3258 Pentium OC to 4.2MHz
-1913MB (Windows recommended) page file on C:
-262MB (Windows controlled) swap file on C:
-4096MB page file on E:
Total of ~6GB page file.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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