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WinME - memory leak
Name: silence Date: September 14, 2001 at 15:49:54 Pacific
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hi ... i had learned months ago that WindowsME had a memory leak. does anyone know when or if Microsoft will release a patch? Thanks.
Name: Miroslav Vadovic Date: September 14, 2001 at 16:45:55 Pacific
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microsoft released that "patch" already in 1998 Regards
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Response Number 2
Name: zyx Date: September 14, 2001 at 18:34:50 Pacific
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What is a Memory leak anyway? Thanks.
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Response Number 3
Name: dan Date: September 14, 2001 at 19:24:41 Pacific
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a memory leak occurs when a program uses a certain amount of memory, but when the application is closed it does not release all of the memory allocated for that program.
example:
lets say it takes 16MB of memory to run a game. when you quit the game, in theory, you should get all of that memory back to run another application. but in actuality, the game may only release 13-14MB of that memory, keeping 2MB in case you run the game again in the same session, meaning, before you restart the computer.
this can cause problems if you run a lot of different applications in one session.
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Response Number 4
Name: www Date: September 14, 2001 at 22:18:44 Pacific
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ie6 has helped here with memory problems, have 49% free resources after 3 hours of running. used to be around 29%.
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Response Number 5
Name: suzi Date: September 14, 2001 at 22:45:07 Pacific
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does anyone know where to find that patch for the memory leak? I don't want to have to search MS. Thanks.
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Response Number 6
Name: Renaissance Man Date: September 15, 2001 at 18:29:48 Pacific
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Check here [hyphen needed]: http://www.computing.net/cgi-bin/mycomputingread.pl?128
As a result of postings I now set vcache min to 1/8 of physical memory, and max to 1/4. That did as much or more than the M$ patch.
If you ask M$ for the patch you have to explain why you want it, and go through test after test and report back to them and then beg for it. Disgusting.
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Response Number 7
Name: DocNeilyung Date: December 19, 2001 at 22:20:46 Pacific
Summary: the memory leak that is in atmuni.sys http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q278/3/68.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=memory%20leak&rnk=2&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=WINME is common for the wind...
Summary: That article is over 5 yrs old. The memory leak was supposedly present in Win98FE & Win98SE too, not just WinME. WinME has had a bad rap since day one...& it seems to me, the majority of the people wh...
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