Does surfing the internet use up computer memory? If so how do i get the memory back?
November 14th, 2007 | by computermemory |
The Muffinman asked:
When i go to my computer and put my mouse over the my harddrive icon it tells me how much memory i have left. Lately, in the last month, I’ve been watching alot of movies online, and my memory has been going down about half a gig per movie. Does watching movies online use memory when they load or something? And how do I get the memory back.
Thanks everyone! I used CCleaner and it was perfect.
BUD
When i go to my computer and put my mouse over the my harddrive icon it tells me how much memory i have left. Lately, in the last month, I’ve been watching alot of movies online, and my memory has been going down about half a gig per movie. Does watching movies online use memory when they load or something? And how do I get the memory back.
Thanks everyone! I used CCleaner and it was perfect.
BUD
8 Responses to “Does surfing the internet use up computer memory? If so how do i get the memory back?”
By Kryptonian on Nov 16, 2007 | Reply
That’s not memory, that’s drive space.
You probably haven’t cleared out your internet cache and temp files ever.
By tw0cl0n3m3 on Nov 19, 2007 | Reply
Whenever you view things, it stores it in a temporary internet file. You can recover the memory by cleaning the temp files. I recommend a program (free) called ccleaner.
By treseuropean on Nov 21, 2007 | Reply
Use CCleaner
By centslessinWI on Nov 24, 2007 | Reply
Whenever you visit a web site, or in your case, watch a video online, this information is stored in your memory as a .tmp file.
How do you get the memory back? Clear or delete your Internet history, and temp files.
By searcykid on Nov 24, 2007 | Reply
If you’re using Windows, click on start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup.
Might want to De fragment while you’re at it.
By dick_bee_bad on Nov 26, 2007 | Reply
When you go to “My Computer” what you are seeing is how much space is left on the Hard Disc Drive, not RAM. So if you are seeing half gig each time you watch a movie, that is how much is being stored on the hard drive. I would suggest that you delete some of those movie files or hire a pro for about $125.00 per hour.
By masie on Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
go to tools and click on Internet options.you can clean your history and temporary files from there,and defrag after you do that
By Charle Brown on Dec 2, 2007 | Reply
How do you get the memory back? Delete your Internet history, and temp files and Cookies..Also
go to start,my computer, local Disk C:,Right click,Scroll to properties and click on disk clean up.