Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?
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https://i.imgur.com/ehefY2Z.png
Alright guys.
We're running a Windows 7 pro on 32 bit with 4gb of ram.
We've been noticing some errors pop on the bottom of the Desktop saying "Low on Memory"
One guy at work keeps looking at Hard Disk Space - I had to teach him the difference between memory and storage - Regardless.
We've rebooted the PC a few timesthis is what we get in system
https://i.imgur.com/i0umlK9.pngany ideas on things to check ?
I've never really messed with these before.
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@WrCombs First thoughts are either a memory leak or some applications are just using more memory now. Look at your performance monitor to see what is using the memory would be my first step.
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@jmoore said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:
@WrCombs First thoughts are either a memory leak or some applications are just using more memory now. Look at your performance monitor to see what is using the memory would be my first step.
Yeah, wow. 99% is being used
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@WrCombs Now look to see what processes are using it. Its probably just one thing that is using most of it
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@jmoore said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:
@WrCombs Now look to see what processes are using it. Its probably just one thing that is using most of it
there are almost 50 instances of
javaw.exerunning all at once -
Looking now I also seesqlservr.exerunning -
@WrCombs I could be wrong but seems strange that sqlserver would even be installed on a win7 32 bit workstation but thats just a guess. Is it supposed to be there?
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So looking at it more -
sqlservr.exeis runningMSSQL$SQLEXPRESS
Which is running our New Aloha Manager software for creating changes.@jmoore said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:
@WrCombs I could be wrong but seems strange that sqlserver would even be installed on a win7 32 bit workstation but thats just a guess. Is it supposed to be there?
Yep ! it's running the software for the Point of sale system .
according to the above link - It should reallocate ram as needed. -
The only issue I see now is
javaw.exeis running with almost 50 instances. -
@WrCombs Ok got it. Just wanted to make sure lol. When you start seeing things that arent supposed to be there its bad.
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@WrCombs When was last time the machine was updated and restarted?
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@jmoore said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:
@WrCombs When was last time the machine was updated and restarted?
Restarting right now again - I found a JavaUpdater in the start up through
msconfigand disabled it.
We dont use Java from my knowledge and My boss even said just to disable it. -
@jmoore said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:
@WrCombs When was last time the machine was updated and restarted?
as for updating I'm not exactly sure on that - I'm guessing it got the last security update that came out.
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@WrCombs Ok cool. Yeah watch the startup stuff occasionally. Many times when you update or install any particular app it will add itself back to the startup items.
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@jmoore said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:
@WrCombs Ok cool. Yeah watch the startup stuff occasionally. Many times when you update or install any particular app it will add itself back to the startup items.
I gotcha.
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The first problem is that it's 32 bit Windows 7. That means your maximum memory is going to be for gigs switch looking at your screenshot showing about 3 Gigs available for use. 3 gigs of memory to use in 2019 is absolute garbage. If SQL Server is running, you need to put a limit on the amount of memory that can be used. Otherwise it will use up every single kilobytes it possibly can.
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@WrCombs said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:
So looking at it more -
sqlservr.exeis runningMSSQL$SQLEXPRESS
Which is running our New Aloha Manager software for creating changes.@jmoore said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:
@WrCombs I could be wrong but seems strange that sqlserver would even be installed on a win7 32 bit workstation but thats just a guess. Is it supposed to be there?
Yep ! it's running the software for the Point of sale system .
according to the above link - It should reallocate ram as needed.Which POS application? Are you sure it is not java based? Before you just all out kill java
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@donaldlandru said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:
@WrCombs said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:
So looking at it more -
sqlservr.exeis runningMSSQL$SQLEXPRESS
Which is running our New Aloha Manager software for creating changes.@jmoore said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:
@WrCombs I could be wrong but seems strange that sqlserver would even be installed on a win7 32 bit workstation but thats just a guess. Is it supposed to be there?
Yep ! it's running the software for the Point of sale system .
according to the above link - It should reallocate ram as needed.Which POS application? Are you sure it is not java based? Before you just all out kill java
haha - Very true.
I havent seen anything about "Java Based" -
@WrCombs ahh OK.. The company I work for specializes in the old Oracle Retail (ORPOS) and Oracle Xstore (previously Micros Xstore, previously Store21, previously Datavantage) and those are all on Java. They also all have MSSQL on every register, so.. thought I would throw my thoughts in.
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@donaldlandru said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:
@WrCombs ahh OK.. The company I work for specializes in the old Oracle Retail (ORPOS) and Oracle Xstore (previously Micros Xstore, previously Store21, previously Datavantage) and those are all on Java. They also all have MSSQL on every register, so.. thought I would throw my thoughts in.
I appreciate it !
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@jmoore said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:
@WrCombs I could be wrong but seems strange that sqlserver would even be installed on a win7 32 bit workstation but thats just a guess. Is it supposed to be there?
Not wrong, totally crazy, lol. Three crazy things...
- Windows 7 is ancient.
- 32bit is nuts, what decade is this?
- Not a server?
