Re: MSN Messenger 7.5 - Huge RAM consumption

Hi Jay,
I had and still have exactly the same issue with MSN 7.5 (0.322) and XP
SP2.

One additional remark: after it gets connected (signed in), although
task manager says the msnmsgr.exe process falls back to 6K RAM usage,
the total amount of RAM used by the computer is still same big.
=> This shows it didn't correctly free the memory or there's a memory
leak !

Is there anybody that knows whether a fix is available ? Didn't find
any in Msft support website.

cheers,
C.
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From: Jay
Groups : microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger

Hi,

Thought I may as well update to this new version, I may be thinking
that I wish I never.....

So here's the problem, that maybe someone else has encountered, or
maybe its just me?

Completely removed previous version of msn, (all reg entries etc
removed also, just in case!) Installed new 7.5.

Now here's where it gets a little bit strange. Upon starting 7.5, its
took an age starting to the point where it looked like it had locked
the machine up, then actually connects (shows contacts, etc)

Had a look at monitoring the ram it is using, seemed fine, around what
it usually is/was on my system.

However, when initially starting msn, watching the RAM usage for it, it
actually climbs to no lower than 200MB, yes I typed it correctly,
200MB! (Approx, give or take a few MB or RAM).
And uses almost ALL cpu to actually log in.

It basically keeps hold of this RAM, until msn gets minimized to
taskbar, then brought back onto the desktop again, then gives the ram
back to the system.

Anyone any ideas on this strange/peculier problem?

By the way, its not an infected system, spyware free too

Jay

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