Virtual memory consumed in Windows 7 for direct viewing of software

Under Windows XP, users can use Task Manager to view system processes or the amount of memory that is being run by software. But what you see here is just physical memory, and if you want to see the virtual memory of a software or system component, there are other ways. If you are a Windwos 7 user, then you can view it directly in the task Manager.

In this article, you will learn the following:

Problem	How to view the system resources that a software occupies directly in Windows 7.
This article	In Windows 7, the default cannot be viewed directly, how can you view it directly?
Knowledge points	Windows 7 is progressive in terms of system setup relative to XP.

In Windows 7 system, press the CTRL+SHIFT+ESC key combination, pull out Task Manager, switch to the Process tab, and click view → select columns (Figure 1).

Figure 1 Selecting columns

In the Open Select Process Page Column window, locate the red circle in Figure 2 and check the memory-Submit size:

Figure 2 Check memory-Submit size

Once the modification succeeds, call Task Manager again, where the "Commit size" column is the virtual memory referred to in Windows 7, as shown in Figure 3:

Figure 3 Commit size is virtual memory

In Figure 3, through the Windows 7 Task Manager, we can clearly see that the Thunderbolt 5 in the download process (at that time the download speed of about 20kb/seconds), the physical memory of about 34MB, virtual memory of 60MB. Idle state, and mini Thunderbolt "service" related to the process, physical memory close to 13MB, virtual memory about 16MB.

Editorial Reviews:

Some of the new features of Windows 7, many of which are in the Windows XP system, are desirable, but they are not. However, the user's understanding of Windows 7 is just beginning, but also need everyone from the little bit of improvement, to realize its progress.