A much simpler solution would be to get memturbo, which will defrag and recover RAM in a single click.  I have had it on all 3 of my computers for about 2 years.  It is especially useful for people having a problem like yours, and for people who leave their computers running all the time.  You can have it run at startup or not.  I keep a shortcut on my quicklaunch bar in Win 98 SE and Win Me.  They have a 30 day download tryout, and last time I looked it was only $19.95 for a registered version.  Given the amount of time you may have to spend finding your problem, if you can, and paying yourself a minimum wage of $10 an hour, it will pay for itself in a couple of days.  Go to this URL: www.siliconprairie.com or www.memturbo.com.

>I recently had more RAM installed and now have 320MB. Ihave a Pentium 3 450 13 GBcomputer. But now the computer only has about 71% free when fresh boot is done and gradually diminsishes through out the day. Sometimes going so low that computer freezes on shutdown. Lastnight only had 33% free before shutting down. Had not run any large programs,basically only the internet.  Have taken all programs off the task bar that aren't required on startup. I hope someone can give me a clue as to what is happening. I didn't have the problem prior to getting the new RAM and it was tested as being good.
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