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Resource leaking in Win 98

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by pete

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Hi There
How do I see what apps are hogging resources in Win 98 SE. I have 320Mb of RAM but often get an "out of resources" message even with only a few programs open ?

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Pete

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by mmccread

Unfortunately with Windows 9X/Me, it doesn't matter how much RAM you have, you could have 64, or 512 MB, your resources are limited by Windows, not memory. You can install the System Resource Monitor, and that will give you a basic idea of how manyresources are available, but it won't give you a measure of each app. I don't know of any specific Third party app that would do this, but I'm sure there are some.

Hope that helps.

by rcom

A trick that sometimes works to correct this problem.

If you have a large swap file, boot to DOS and delete win386.swp file.

Press F8 just before the Windows splash screen appears. The start menu will come up. Choose "Command Prompt"

Type the following commands

Dir win386.swp /s

After the file is found delete it.

del win386.swp

Reboot and a new swap file will be created.

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