Unfortunately, it's fairly easy to write programs that ask the
system for resources, and don't properly give them back when they're
finished.  (The problem is called a "resource leak", because it looks
like the amount of available resources gets smaller and smaller.)

  There may be programs that claim to free up such orphaned
resources, but I honestly don't know how well they work.  The
simplest, cheapest, and most reliable way to make sure all unused
resources are freed is to reboot the machine.  [The second is to run
an OS such as NT or 2000 that frees all resources when a program
terminates, in case it forgets to.]

David Gillett
A+, MCSE, CCNA, unemployed


On 12 Jun 2001, at 11:34, Marv Trott wrote:

> I  have been monitoring the Resources with the MS Resource meter because
> the computer reaction time often is slow. When this happens that there is
> only 15-20% of the resources available although the only program I am
> running is Eudora Pro e-mail. How can I increase these resources?
>
> My computer is:
>
> 400 MHz Pentium III
> ASUS P2-99 Motherboard with 196 Mb Ram
> ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Graphics Card.
> Linksys 10/100 NIC
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
>
> Marv Trott
>
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