Re: How can I get my resources back?

From: Bob I (birelan_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:28:08 -0500

Wild guess, is that said software has a memory leak. See if vendor will
fix the problem.

Andrew J. Rozsa wrote:

> I have 512 MB RAM, 800 MHz CPU from Dell that has worked perfectly for
> 3 years. Not ready to get rid of it, yet.
>
> Have been running into a strange problem. I have a specific piece of
> software that, because it handles a tremendous number of variables,
> sucks up the resources. The longer it stays on, the fewer resources
> remain available for the other programs. Eventually it starts to
> crawl, at which point I shut it down, usually once a day. With Win 2K
> Pro I shouldn't have to. Right?
>
> After the program is shut down, if it has been on for a long time, I
> have to re-boot. Sometimes, I just plainly cannot. I looked at the CPU
> resources and, by then, IEplorer owns 99% of them. If I shut the
> process down I am looking for trouble. So, I wait and eventually the
> system does reboot (many, many minutes later) and the hassle starts
> all over again. I re-installed 2K Pro SP4 only a month ago. Clean.
>
> Can anyone offer an insight and perhaps a fix for this?
>
>
> Best,
>
> Andrew
>
>

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