MemInfo

[smaragdus]

Synopsis

MemInfo Displays the current memory (RAM or Page File) usage of Windows in the system tray.

With a small gauge graphic and the value updated in real time, MemInfo gives a fast feedback to current memory usage in Windows.

Highly customizable; Choose when MemInfo should warn you about high memory usage, show physical memory or Windows page file, show free or used memory, choose the font that looks better.

MemInfo features a built-in memory defragmenter to allow speed up your computer by maximizing the available free memory.

To help find memory hogs, the top memory usage processes can be optionally displayed in the tray menu, sorted by memory usage, with the possibility to free process memory or terminate it

Links
http://www.carthagosoft.net/MemInfo.php - home page
http://www.carthagosoft.net/Downloads.php - download page
http://www.carthagosoft.net/MemInfoH.php- history
http://www.carthagosoft.net/Products.php - software page
http://www.carthagosoft.net/forums/ - forum
http://www.carthagosoft.net/ - publisher
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Sys ... info.shtml - MemInfo at Softpedia
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-S ... able.shtml - MemInfo Portable at Softpedia
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/meminfo.html - MemInfo at MajorGeeks
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Me ... 92699575/1 - MemInfo at BetaNews
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/meminfo.html - MemInfo at SnapFiles
http://www.freewarefiles.com/MemInfo_program_13550.html - MemInfo at Freeware Files
http://www.downloadcrew.com/article/29161-meminfo - MemInfo at DownloadCrew
https://alternativeto.net/software/meminfo/ - MemInfo at AlternativeTo
http://www.softwarecrew.com/2012/12/tra ... h-meminfo/ - Addictive Tips Review

Downloads
direct download link for MemInfo (MemInfo.zip)

Images

Tray Menu:



Settings Window:



Requirements

Microsoft Windows 10 / 8.x / 7 / Vista / XP / 2000 / NT
Compatible with Windows 32 and 64 bit editions
Some features are not available on Windows 2000 / NT

License

MemInfo is freeware. It can be freely used and distributed in commercial and private environments but is subject to the terms and conditions of the license agreement.

Portability
MemInfo is portable and stealth. Download the archive (MemInfo.zip), extract it to a folder of your choice, run the installer (Setup.exe) and during installation choose Portable installation:



Install MemInfo to a folder of your choice and run the executable (meminfo.exe)- settings are saved in MemInfo.Settings file inside program folder.

Note
MemInfo is an alternative to Mem Reduct, which is in the database and has been discussed in the forum.
To clean up memory right-click MemInfo tray icon and click Memory Defragmenter.

File Information
MemInfo version 3.40:
Name: MemInfo.zip
File Size: 479994 Byte(s) (468.74 KB)
MD5: ee991cc374fd2b8b7140345e5dfeca5c
SHA1: 6055b17645f21cc73e77a2b3850c175fa343d181
SHA256: 8eaf2eb157c1d79b32fd26d7f3374f1a67215deadea30b890529a2984e4c833c
CRC32: 725e4fec
VirusTotal analysis - Detection ratio: 1 / 56

[webfork]

A very welcome addition. Having an available item to warn you when the system runs out of RAM seems like something Windows should have since as far back as I can remember. The situation is in some ways better and worse with the increasing use of SSD drives: better because running out of RAM isn't quite the bottleneck it once was but writing to the drive decreases drive lifespan.

More to the point, I wish I'd had this just a few weeks ago when I was working on a remarkably low-RAM system with several specialized RAM-hogging programs. I even had to stop using Adobe Acrobat in favor of SumatraPDF because it kept running out of RAM.

Thanks for posting about that.

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Edit: Also wanted to note that I like lightweight status of the program; it's keeping under 3 megs I haven't seen it go above 0% CPU usage.

[__philippe]

Lest we forget,
Win(XP/7/...) built-in Task Manager already provides such a serviceable, (if basic), memory usage gauge service.

Disclaimer:
Alternative fact™ provided solely in the public interest, not to rain on anyone's parade...

[SYSTEM]

Lest we forget,
Win(XP/7/...) built-in Task Manager already provides such a serviceable, (if basic), memory usage gauge service.

Disclaimer:
Alternative fact™ provided solely in the public interest, not to rain on anyone's parade...

Task Manager memory usage reporting was also greatly improved in Windows 8.

[webfork]

Win(XP/7/...) built-in Task Manager already provides such a serviceable, (if basic), memory usage gauge service.

It's kind of a different case ...

1. While open -- taskmgr.exe taskbar icon will only show CPU rather than memory.
2. The Task Manager program generally uses between 1 and 2% of the processor while running. It's better to have MemInfo running all the time.
3. There's no warning before you fall off into relying on the disk cache. A colored icon in the taskbar (like what MemInfo provides) can help you prep for that.

I'm on Win7 so someone correct me if there's a new feature to show memory usage in the taskbar.

[__philippe]

@webfork

Considering the specific capabilities enumerated above, a standalone MemInfo is definitely the better fit for your taskbar-oriented monitoring requirements.

All the same, Win integral TaskManager can provide quite a decent dashboard for monitoring XP system performances,
and even more so for Win7, given the extended graphical reporting capabilities of Win7 built-in Resource Monitor.

Win7 RM Overview tab
Win7 RM Overview tab-2

Win7 RM CPU tab
Win7 RM CPU tab-2

Win7 RM Memory tab

Win7 RM Disk tab

Win7 Network tab
Win7 Network tab-2

[webfork]

given the extended graphical reporting capabilities of Win7 built-in Resource Monitor

Very cool -- I had no idea that was available in Win7. Thanks.

[__philippe]

A few more pointers to Win7 Resource Monitor performances instrumentation, from entry level to more advanced.

DigitalCitizen:
How to use the Resource Monitor in Windows

TechRepublic:
Learn how to use the Windows 7 Resource Monitor for effective troubleshooting

ZDNet: (sreenshots links broken - see next reference for alternative shots)
Windows 7 memory usage: What's the best way to measure?

Virtual Red Dot: (include alternative screenshots to ZDNet ref)
How to measure Windows 7 Memory Usage

MS press:
Monitoring and Performance in Windows 7

MS Technet:
Make Sense of Memory Management and Key Memory Measurements

MS Technet:
How to pull the information that Resource Monitor (ResMon.exe) provides?

Mark Friedman:
Measuring Processor Utilization in Windows and Windows applications

[webfork]

A few more pointers to Win7 Resource Monitor performances instrumentation, from entry level to more advanced.

So not only does this exist but it's extremely mature. Wow.