Author: Stephen Ham
Date: 09:18:49 03/29/02
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On March 29, 2002 at 10:08:46, Slater Wold wrote: >On March 29, 2002 at 09:27:49, Wayne Lowrance wrote: > >>>If you have a memory leak (best way to tell is to check resources, open program, >>>use program, close program, and then check resources) your system performance is >>>of course going to degrade *very* fast. (CM used to have a pretty bad leak.) >> >> >>Would you please elaborate on this. I don"t understand what you mean, or the >>operating principle. >>Thanks >>Wayne > >When I start Fritz 6, it takes X amount of memory. When I close Fritz 6, it >should release ALL X of that memory. (If it takes 270MB of RAM to run, it >should release 270MB of RAM upon closing.) > >*SOME* programs have bugs where they don't/won't release that memory. And that >can cause your computer to run like a 486 *very* quickly. > >That's why *most* people say their computers run like crap after being up for a >week or so. Because when they originally turned on their computer, they had > >95% of their system resources available. However, because of memory leaks, >after 7 days of being up, they now have < 80%. That's like taking 20% of your >RAM out of your computer. That is going to slow you down. Dear Slater and Guys, This is truly amazing! Thanks for the valuable information. Slater, in your scanario described above, would a simple "restart" (re-boot) fix the problem of using programs for an extended period? If so, then computers can stay on for extended periods and one can then move from program to program without memory loss if a reboot (such as a restart without actually turning the computer off) is done after each extended program usage. Thanks in advance! Stephen
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