How to free used memory on Windows?

Question

I'm using Windows, and i play Lineage II online. After i finished playing, there are about 300 - 500 MBs of additional "PF Usage" in the task manager. How to free those memory up without restarting the computer?

? · Accepted Answer

Try this program: http://www.download.hr/software-bysoft-freeram.html

I use it often and it works well. Just one click to free memory without restart

Chris · Answer

PF means "page file".  This isn't real memory (it's not RAM), but something called "virtual memory".  It's a file on your hard drive that holds some extra data for programs that are currently running.  Generally, you don't have to worry about it.  A page file can be several gigabytes large and it's fine as long as you have plenty of free space on your C: drive.

BISO · Answer

i feel that windows is taking so much RAM
thats a different issue, 

all you need to do then is hit ALT+CTRL+DEL
then click on the process tab

and then click on Meme Usage at the top of the list, to sort things according to ram usage

then whenever u see a program and not something , it has to be a program you know, right click on it and choose end process

that will kill it

if you want to know how to prevent windows from loading it again after restart, just ask :)

? · Answer

Hey,

Why to free it up ?... As long as your PF size is about 1 gig, you don`t need to worry about it

The PF is used when there is not enough RAM...

However, you can increase the PF size:

http://www.ehow.com/how_2226129_size-paging-file-windows-xp.html

Cheers

Mike C · Answer

If you for a short while the page file should automatically drop back to it's normal level.

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