I'm on XP SP2.
allie
Nicholas.English[Nicholas.English cdu.edu.au] wrote:
> Apologies for cross posting
>
> To clarify these memory issues are people seeing this
on Win XP and/or
> Vista?
> It would be good to know if this is consistent on both
platforms?
>
> Would be best to reply to the list rather than me as
there is
> obviously a bit  of
interest in this.
>
> regards
>
> Nicholas English
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> E.Douglas.Jensencdu.edu.au
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:09 AM
> To: Endnote-Interestedcksrhat.isinet.com
> Subject: Handles? [RE: X1 = memory]
>
> Would some folks look at the number of handles
> X1 uses? Task Manager allows you to select that as a
column to watch.
> Frequently that is at least as bad a problem by an
application.
>
> Doug
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: listmasterisiresearchsoft.com
>> [mailto:listmasterisiresearchsoft.com] On
Behalf Of
>> Alex.Weirexmf005-2.intermedia.net
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:14 PM
>> To: Endnote-Interestedcksrhat.isinet.com
>> Subject: RE: X1 = memory
>>
>> I hadn't noticed this before, but just checked it
out and find
>> exactly
>>
>
>
>> the same as John Fullerton: every operation you do
in Endnote
>> increases the Mem Usage.
>>
>> However, I discovered that minimising Endnote is
sufficient to take
>> it
>>
>
>
>> right back down to 3,500 K or thereabouts. While
minimized the mem
>> usage gradually increases, such that after 5 mins
or so it had crept
>> up to 4,800 K or so, but at least this is better
than 100 MB.
>>
>> It's useful to know this, though, since I tend to
just have Endnote
>> open all the time in case I want to look at a
reference: I'll be
>> careful to keep in closed when not using it from
now on!
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:42:52 -0500
>>> From: John.Fullerton[JFULLERTlib-gw.tamu.edu]
>>> Subject: Re: X1 = memory
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I just checked v. X1 on Windows XP and I'm
seeing an
>>>
>> ongoing increase
>>
>>> in memory as I access EndNote features.
>>>
>>> I started EndNote, they did ctrl+alt+delete to
get to Task Manager.
>>> Then I went to the Processes tab and looked at
EndNote.exe in the
>>> list.
>>>
>>> It started out using about 17,000 K. Right now,
after opening a few
>>> records and adding a citation in Word, it's at
46,912 K.
>>>
>>> Stats for a few more uses
>>>
>>> Well, without doing anything, 47,844 K
>>>
>>> Now at EndNote window 50,332 K
>>>
>>> Open an item 54,752 K
>>>
>>> Close an item after a minute 55,432 K
>>>
>>> Closed Word, 56,940 K (so less memory--hmm, I
may not have
>>>
>> recorded an
>>
>>
>>> increase before this statement)
>>>
>>> Close a record in Endnote 57,740 K
>>>
>>> It seems to increase without doing any action
and also when
>>>
>> opening or
>>
>>
>>> closing items.
>>>
>>> Now at 62,088 and I've had EndNote open
probably about 15 minutes.
>>>
>>> Will send a copy of this email to technical
support.
>>>
>>> Have a nice day
>>> John Paul Fullerton
>>> j-fullertontamu.edu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> <alliesmtp-relay.tamu.edu>
11/26/2007 11:05 AM >>>
>>>>>>
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> Apologies if this has been addressed before.
Has anyone
>>>
>> else noticed
>>
>>> what a memory hog X1 is? It's chewing up 120
Mb of my RAM - that's
>>> totally ridiculous for a relatively simple
program such as
>>>
>> endnote. I
>>
>>
>>> don't even have much open - just a few
libraries with less than 50
>>> references each. Adobe Photoshop, video
editing software, high-end
>>> games, simulators, etc - I can understand. But
endnote?
>>>
>> This is the
>>
>>> worst case of software bloat I've come across
in my decades of
>>> involvement with computers. Wow. Anyone know
if this is on ISI's
>>> radar?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Allie
>>>
>>>
>>
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