MSN Messenger 7 at high Memory Usage?

[Alex_is_Axel]

Goodafternoon everyone,

I have got MSN Messenger 7 BETA version 0425 inwhich i have used the Unniversal Messenger 7 Patch to remove all ads and buttons and things that i dont need, and Speedy MSN 2 beta 3 to make it more compact and less images to load and yet still my msn messenger 7 BETA is 23mb's in Memory Usage on idle (no messenger windows or chats). Is this normal? What is everyone elses memory usage for MSN 7?

There is also another query when i am using a webcam, it increases my CPU to about 50% usage.. even up to 90% when i have two Webcam users. Is this normal too? I have an Athlon XP 1600+ (1.4Ghz)

I am using Windows XP Professional with 1GB SD RAM and ATI Radeon 9600 Pro

Can anyone help me out and let me know if this is normal for Messenger or is it some kind of issue with my pc that i need to resolve? I would be very greatful for all your help and time :).

Please dont advise me to use any 3rd Party Software

Alex :cool:

[Hypoxiaicon]

My 6.2 is at 18MB.

I dont think it helps with it being BETA, then all the patches on it.

[Alex_is_Axel]

but these patches are removing components, not adding them :-s

Thats why i do not wish to use MSGPlus because of all the added addons

[matthewf01]

i go up to like 20meg and maybe 15 -25 % cpu when I have my webcam active and view my girlfriend's cam at the same time...

but these ad remover add-ins you speak of sound interesting ... :)

try uninstalling and reinstalling.

if no joy, relax, ITS BETA :)

[Porp]

It's BETA. It's 'supposed' to have bugs, mine is the same.. And it takes forever to open 1 conversation window and I have 512MB RAM, 2.4Ghz Pentium 4.. So it's not system specs its just MSN for now.. They'll fix it :)

[brunok]

Where can I get those patches? Never heard of them...

[Slimy]

i'm at 6 megs of mem, 14 is the peak memory usage... i advise contacting ms, i mean it IS beta so if u have a problem why not tell them? :/

[John Veteran]

What's your current memory usage on your 1 gigabyte system? :huh: I bet it's not that full, so what's the big deal about 20 some megs? MSN Messenger obviously has some use for that memory, even though you may not know what it is.

[LonghornMadBoy]

On my computer is using 9 Mb of RAM . I have the Public Beta Version of MSN Messenger 7. I have not monitored it when I am in a Conference , but I will :D

[Hani]

weird. my msn messenger 7 runs using 9mb of ram

[LonghornMadBoy]

Maybe the patches that removes ads and tabs are adding a memory leak.

[b0m8er]

Mine runs on 8.8 megs..

[LonghornMadBoy]

I think the memory usage is machine dependent .

[John Veteran]

Maybe the patches that removes ads and tabs are adding a memory leak.

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Hex-editing a file is stupid, because you really have no idea what you're changing. You could be changing an instruction code that tells the CPU to corrupt your partition table, or you could have the app call some function on invalid data, resulting in a blue screen, or you could indeed modify a class destructor so that objects are not completely destroyed, resulting in memory leaks. The fact is, hex-editing is not a good idea, and no number of advertisements or other annoyances would get me to do that. Switch software if you don't like it.

[LonghornMadBoy]

Very true :)

[Help]

Running MSN Messenger 7 build 0425...

when I have the messenger main window(users list) minimized

When the userslist is open.

[John Veteran]

Windows automatically pages an application's data when that application is minimized. msnmsgr.exe is still probably using just as much memory (maybe slightly less), but it's shifted from RAM to virtual memory.

[mondeo]

Mine runs on 8.8 megs..

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same as mine