memory help: My RAM resources diminish the longer I use programs (especially Internet Explorer) in Windows 98SE. - Help.com

My RAM resources diminish the longer I use programs (especially Internet Explorer) in Windows 98SE.

I have been running the resource meter. I close IE and other program windows, and, gradually, over the course of the day, the max system resources available diminishes.

Is there some way to clear out program remnants in memory without doing a reboot?

This open post was written 11 months ago | V/U/S: 274, 2, 2 | Edit Post | Leave a reply | Report Post


Reciprocity (0) Reciprocation Failure -- The poster has NOT helped anyone else yet!

Since writing this post RedNed may have helped people, but has not within the last 4 days. RedNed is a verified member, has been around for 11 months and has 1 posts and 0 replies to their name.

Post Tags (3)

windows 98, System Resource Management, memory (How Tags Affect Reciprocity)

Replies (2)

Where were you?

Click and drag to move the map around. FAQ: How we place people on this map »
You can also watch events on Help.com as they happen
Mouse over the map for 2 seconds to see an expanded, interactive view

The Clue offline Verified User (4 years) Long Term User Shouts: 19 #
Minot, ND, US | 11 months ago (16 minutes after post)

To start with make sure that you dont have a lot of programs that start up automaticly. The next thing is to try and max out your memory not sure how much you have. Then make more of the Virtual memory available set it to the max allowed. Now these steps should help with making your pc a little faster. You also need to clean it out. try these programs.

If your PC seems like its slowing down and having a hard time surfing the web or just doesn’t seem right. If you think that you have a virus or bug. You need to clean it out first to find out what’s causing the problems. Here’s a few programs that I use regularly and they take very little time and skill to run.
You should go to http://download.com and get these programs.
AD WARE AND SPY WARE REMOVERS:
AD-Aware: http://www.download.com/3120-20_4.htm…
Spybot search and destroy: http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search…
CCleaner: http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000…
If you don’t have an Antivirus program you can use.
Avast: http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Ed…
or AVG: http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Viru…
and for your firewall a good program is
Zone Alarm: http://www.download.com/ZoneAlarm-Fir…
Install these programs and run them regularly. This will keep your system clean and running properly. These programs are free and Download.com is a part of CNET (the site that your posting on right now). Hope this helps :-)

Quote this reply Report this reply to moderators
Help me with: Question for the 360 gamers
tjwoods offline Verified User (12 months) Long Term User Shouts: 26 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (30 minutes after post)

Memory leaks are common. They occur when a program uses memory but then never frees it once it is done. If it does this repeatedly, it will slowly use up more and more of your memory until it is terminated. The best thing you can do is try to identify the source of the leak and then restart that program to free up the leaked memory. Unfortunately, there is not a simple way to do this, and if it is a driver or OS component that is leaking memory you will need to reboot anyway.

The programs suggested by The Clue above are all good but not all of them work on Win98SE, and the ones that do take up a lot of memory.

Quote this reply Report this reply to moderators

Invite Others to Help

A logged in and verified Help.com member has the ability to setup a Friends List and invite others to help with posts.