How to reduce memory usage per virtual server?

How can I reduce physical memory usage?

• My three year old laptop has started to decrease in performance significantly recently. When I first got the PC, it ran fast and smooth to me. I didn't have to change my Windows appearance theme to the boring standard to have it run faster, and I didn't have to change my desktop background to some plain, single color. I don't remember what the physical memory usage was when I first got it, but it certaintly wasn't 40% or higher, which is what it is at right now. Overall, I feel my computer has just slowed greatly performing tasks, running programs, surfing the web, and just booting up. I do frequently disk degragment, use disk cleaner, use CCleaner, and run virus scans. I have gone into "msconfig" through run and deleted useless programs which startup during the boot, such as iTunes or DivX, etc. I have also turned off the Windows search feature/indexing so that my computer can run even faster. And yet, I feel that computer is still really slow. Normally, when I boot up my computer, the number of processes is at 70 or more, and the CPU usage is extremely high for the first 10 minutes or so. When I play online games like MapleStory, the CPU usage sky rockets to 60% or higher. It was never like this when I first got my laptop. :/ So can someone explain to me what has happened to my laptop?! Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Basic (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100608-0458) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Inspiron 1525 BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A13 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz Memory: 3062MB RAM (basically 3 GB) Page File: 1483MB used, 4841MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode

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  I didn't see any mention of a registry cleaner, if my understanding is right any old versions of programs or games that didn't get deleted after updates are causing registry errors and your pc can be doing many, many attempts to find or run them . A free registry error cleaner is Auslogics Registry Cleaner. I won't link it , just web search it and use the company link to be sure you get a good clean up to date version.