Slow Memory Release

[hotrod]

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I have an XP pro machine that takes forever to release memory. I have
several applications that when they need over 100 MB seem to hang the
system, when I open task manager I can literally watch the memory count
slowly back down to zero. Is there anyway to solve this problem.

 

[Guest]

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Frist, how much RAM do you have installed in your PC? XP Pro can handle 4GB
of RAM max.


"HotRod" <NOSPAM@youremail.com> wrote in message
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>I have an XP pro machine that takes forever to release memory. I have
>several applications that when they need over 100 MB seem to hang the
>system, when I open task manager I can literally watch the memory count
>slowly back down to zero. Is there anyway to solve this problem.
>

 

[Guest]

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What memory count are you watching decrement to Zero ?
Which applications ? How much physical memory does your
system have available to it ?

Your issue(s) may be more related to the applications than
the OS. XP's memory management handles almost every kind
of loading very well. As far as I know, there is only a single
tweak that modifies relinquishing memory after the program.
It's a memory management key AlwaysUnloadDLL - but I
doubt that it would resolve your issue.

"HotRod" <NOSPAM@youremail.com> wrote in message
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>I have an XP pro machine that takes forever to release memory. I have
>several applications that when they need over 100 MB seem to hang the
>system, when I open task manager I can literally watch the memory count
>slowly back down to zero. Is there anyway to solve this problem.
>

 

[hotrod]

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The memory I am seeing slowly count down is in the TASK MANAGER -
PROCESSES - Mem Usage

The two applications that have been giving me problems are visual basic 6.0
in debug mode (Hooked into MapPoint) when I stop a running debug and Adobe
Acrobat when I open large pdf files. Both seem to bring the system to a
crawl and I need to use the Task Manager to end the process tree.

My current system has 512 MB RAM but most of the applications causing the
problems are releasing 100-200 MB

 

[Guest]

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You don't actually know a tweak as it only applies to windows earlier than 2000 - NT4, Win95 and 98. And it only applied to explorer.

Unloading the DLL
The Shell automatically unloads a DLL when its usage count is zero, but only after the DLL has not been used for a period of time. This inactive period might be unacceptably long at times, especially when a Shell extension DLL is being debugged. For operating systems prior to Windows 2000, you can shorten the inactive period by adding the following information to the registry.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software
Microsoft
Windows
CurrentVersion
Explorer

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"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:eXUz55BpFHA.496@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> What memory count are you watching decrement to Zero ?
> Which applications ? How much physical memory does your
> system have available to it ?
>
> Your issue(s) may be more related to the applications than
> the OS. XP's memory management handles almost every kind
> of loading very well. As far as I know, there is only a single
> tweak that modifies relinquishing memory after the program.
> It's a memory management key AlwaysUnloadDLL - but I
> doubt that it would resolve your issue.
>
> "HotRod" <NOSPAM@youremail.com> wrote in message
> news:O9HM6yBpFHA.2904@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>I have an XP pro machine that takes forever to release memory. I have
>>several applications that when they need over 100 MB seem to hang the
>>system, when I open task manager I can literally watch the memory count
>>slowly back down to zero. Is there anyway to solve this problem.
>>
>
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