I'll back you up on that! Depending on how the program was written and how
it interacts with the operating system, you may find that you don't get
everything back that the program used. In fact, I'll suspect that just
about everyone using Windows 95 could leave their computer on for a day, run
no programs, and discover that they have less memory at the end of the day
than when they started.
Virtually every complex operating system has memory leaks. One of the goals
of the programmers is to minimize them.
Drew Dunn
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCSOFT - PC software discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Robert Fisher
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 1998 5:40 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: ram
>
>
> Subj: Ram
> I have been told by my computer expert that shutting down programs doesn't
> always free up ram.
> The only way to really free up ram is to do a RESTART .
> One example of this is if you have AOL running then shut it down and go to
> another program the ram used by the AOL program is still not free to be
> reused by some other program
> Bob,
> From Twain Harte, Calif. In the Sierra mountians
>
>
> >From:[log in to unmask]
> >Subject: RAM & Briefcase
> >
> >I have a P166-Windows95-4.00.950B-32mgRAM-IE4.04.72.2106.8. I'm
> >sure this is a stupid question, but I can't determine where 24mg of
> >RAM is being used. When I use Ctrl-Alt-Del to shut down everything
> >but Explorer & Systray I only free up prox 8mg of RAM per my
> >DigiDay clock. I don't think the clock uses 24mg but what is
> >utilizing it that wouldn't show up as running when you hit
> >Ctrl-Alt-Del?
> >---------------
> >
> >Hi.
> >
> >I sympathize with you as well, I have tried the same thing you did. I
have
> >64 MB of RAM and my system says that 61 MB are used!!! Just what the heck
> is
> >going on, eh? I have purged programs off my taskbar, ctrl-alt-del and
> >physically clicked on each program to shut them down, even used a
> commercial
> >product like WinStone's WinCheckit to keep refreshing my memory, but I
> >cannot seem to get it down.
> >>
> >Don't forget to also take advantage of the System Monitor Accessory in
Win
> >95 to check your memory limit, threads, kernal usage etc....This
accessory
> >is often a good indicator of what is happening in your system while you
are
> >in Win 95 and using applications.
> >
>
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