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How can I see peak memory usage in Windows 7?

Using Windows Task Manager in Windows XP, I used to be able to see the peak memory usage (Commit Charge (K) Peak).  It's highly irritating to me that it appears to be gone in Windows 7 and there is no simple way to tell how much total system memory the computer has consumed since last reboot.  I used this in XP religiously to determine if the computer needed more RAM.

In any case, I was hoping there is a Windows 7 super guru out there who can tell me a simple way to do this other than using PERFMON.

Thanks in advance.

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robcambra--Perhaps this is why
http://www.windows7taskforce.com/view/1884
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In windows 7 the commit charge is broken up for each application, this is helpful in letting you know which are the resource hogs. To check the commit charge do the following: Press ctrl shift esc  at the same time, click on the performance tab, click on ther resource monitor button. Then click on the memory tab. You can then see the column that lists the comit charge and the listing of each application and what the commit charge is for each application.
a graph will also be shown on the right to show the percentage of commit charge that is been used. I feel that windows 7 has more information then does win xp, in showing you when you need to add more memory.
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I also found the Process Explorer from Sysinternals to be highly useful as well.