2000 advanced server memory problem

[irfan sheikh]

Hi,

I have installed "2000 advanced server" at my home
computer. But since I installed it I noticed after
running my computer for couple of hours (regular use ,
like surfing internet) I run out of memory. I get the
message sometimes "Low memory, can not perform
operation". I will try to copy and paste even that wil
not happen. Can anyone tell me what is going on. I have
512 MB memory, with my virtual memory is min 720 MB max
1440 MB. My hard drive is 80 GB and P4 processor.

Thanks
Irfan

 

[SaltPeter]

Hi,

I have installed "2000 advanced server" at my home
computer. But since I installed it I noticed after
running my computer for couple of hours (regular use ,
like surfing internet) I run out of memory. I get the
message sometimes "Low memory, can not perform
operation". I will try to copy and paste even that wil
not happen. Can anyone tell me what is going on. I have
512 MB memory, with my virtual memory is min 720 MB max
1440 MB. My hard drive is 80 GB and P4 processor.

Thanks
Irfan

This has nothing to do with the amount of physical memory installed on the
computer. A program has both a stack and a heap available to it to allocate
memory for whatever objects it needs to create. Some programs allocate
memory and fail to release it. Some programs use methods to allocate that
are not W2K compliant. Some programs rely on APIs that don't exist in W2K.
Some drivers will also exhibit this behaviour (specially when the driver
used to operate the device is not W2K compliant). The standard term for
these symptoms is a memory leak.

Install latest service packs. Ctrl+Alt+Del and observe the process time
cycles for anything unusual. Analyze the various applications you installed,
like antivirus, that might not be W2K compliant. With carefull analysis, you
should be able to pinpoint the application/process which is causing memory
leaks by using performance monitor.