Re: Virtual memory problem? - PF usage grows, not freed when apps

Gregg

The problem arises if "Read all messages is selected" is selected not the
reverse!
Apparently it is a memory leak bug which currently has no fix, except you
can either
exit from Outlook Express or not select the Plain Text option. It has been
fixed in the
but the fix has been broken by subsequent Windows XP updates. The KB 319740
fix does not fix the Outlook Express leak.

There is another ( perhaps free fix ) from a third party source doing the
same as the KB 319740 fix.
http://www.cakewalk.com/support/kb/kb2005243.asp

BTW I would not get hung up on this problem if an occasional restart of a
faulting
programme circumvents the consequences of it becoming a real problem.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"FL Guy" <FLGuy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B697B800-75F8-4317-96E3-257EE5119AC3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>
>> Another small utility to monitor pagefile usage:
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm
>
> That's the page file monitor porgram I asked baout earlier. I have't
> checked
> it out yet, but I will do so (after this weekend probably - I alerady
> have a
> full weekend of (mostly) work)
>
>> Do you use Outlook Express? If yes do you have the option to
>> "Read all messages in Plain Text" selected -Tool, Options, Read.
>
> I use the full version of Outlook. Maybe the same problem. I'd rather not
> disable HTML e-mfunctionality, but can do so to check and see if that
> (Outlook) is the (a? :-) problem.
>
>> These Knowledge Base Articles appertain to memory leaks in
>> Windows XP (we are assuming that is the problem ).
>
>> Computer Speed and Performance May Decrease
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310419
>
> Interesting - did you notice this bit?
>
> "When you quit a program, the system resources that the program uses
> should
> be returned to the operating system. However, some programs do not return
> all
> of these resources, effectively "leaking" memory, and this can create a
> low
> system-resource state."
>
> Meaning (as I read it) that, if this happens Windows does not recover the
> memory. So it could be an application problem, which Windows doesn't
> manage
> or recover from well.
>
>> MFC applications leak GDI objects on computers that are running
>> Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319740
>
> Great... (and this is production quality code?!? Never mind ...)
>
>> Intermittent Program Unresponsiveness Occurs When You Use
>> Performance Monitoring
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330259
>
> Likewise . Sigh ... (;-)
>
> Thanks a lot for the pointers. I suppose I'll start by monitoring the
> pagefile usage with the tool, and check for GDI object leakage. And
> probably
> continue to reboot periodically :-). I'll let you know what I learn.
>
> thanks again - cheers,
> Gregg


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