Ste Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 Refer to title Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 When a program is not well written it can leave bits and pieces of itself in memory after it is finished running or a process within the program is done. As time goes by, these pieces can start to eat up a large chunk of available memory. That's known as a memory leak. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 i believe it's when an application uses memory and then when it's supposed to free up the memory after it's done with it, it doesn't... so it just uses up memory and locks it up for itself and then you could close the app and the memory wouldn't be accessible... Â pretty sure it's that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 haha - beat you hardnrg. Anyway - two right answers for you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahnya Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 is there an app available that will clean this out after you close a leaky program? seriously, if i could make one i'd share it with ya. most of my games are memory hogs and leakers, and i have to reboot after playing one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 TweakXP does a good job of it... Â i used to use a simpler app to recover memory but can't remember the name of it now... google ram recovery Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimonicka Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 (edited) I use cachemanXP, and install on all pc's I work on. Or regular cacheman on retro units Edited October 23, 2004 by Dimonicka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darreljaeger83 Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 Doesn't the RAM clear itself when you shut down your computer anyway? Or does Windows feel that certain blocks of memory are designated to a program until the program frees it up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 Yes- the memory is cleared on reboot or shutdown. The memory leaks become disruptive on machines that aren't rebooted frequently, especially servers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchuwato Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 ^^ memory needs power to store info. no power, and every little bit gets set to 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darreljaeger83 Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 Gotcha. Thanks for the info, I've been wanting to get a little house-server going, and I am starting to accumulate info on servers, so that was useful. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyBalrog Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 cachemanXP is what i use, very simple program that says "hey give me all yor memory" and pushes everythign else down to VM then when it finishes everythign reloads, take abtou 10 seconds on a 512+256 system. Run if every morning if i left my computer off overnight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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