Windows Memory Management:

[Olan]

The most robust technology since the helecopter ejector seat.

I've noticed that when I start up my comp and run System moniter, I have around 70 MB of free memory. If I open a few apps, then close them, so there is nothing open except System moniter, I notice that my free mem drops to about 20 MB. If I continue, I eventually end up with less that a MB of ram. Does anyone else get these strange memory leaks. I ran a virus scan, so it's not a virus, or is Windows just a virus in itself? Try it (Accessories -> System Tools -> System Monitor for me) and see what you get.

[Jaggy]

A while ago, I was always low on resources after a period of time. It was annoying. I had to restart. My computer doesn't do that after it got upgraded.

[Olan]

X said:

A while ago, I was always low on resources after a period of time. It was annoying. I had to restart. My computer doesn't do that after it got upgraded.

What did you upgrade to, or was it just a windows update in the same OS.

[Jaggy]

Not really.. My computer totally crashed when the DSL software was installed because of viruses, so we got a new harddrive.
12 gigs --> 60 gigs
128 MB RAM --> 256 MB RAM
56k --> DSL
CD Writer

Btw, it was the same OS as before (98).

[Olan]

I have 256 Mb of ram running Windows 98. I've even edited what opens on startup to try to free more memory. Windows insists on taking up all the memory so that even the cursor is slow.

[Jaggy]

I don't know then. Try emptying out your temporary internet files, cookies and recycling bin.