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by ed1005

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system resources keep droping-from 84 to about 60 in a couple of hours without doing anything

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by thechas

Even if you are not doing anything, Windows always is.

Check what programs run in the background.
I suspect that 1 or more has a memory leak, and that is why you see resources drop.

Try turning off or temporarily disableing some of the programs that run at startup.

If your OS has msconfig (98, Me, XP) you can use the selective startup option to try different configurations of the startup programs.

I would also scan your system for AdWare.
Many freeware programs install programs that collect data from your PC and send the data home from time to time.

Chas

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