looking for two freeware programs

[Beck]

Is it possible to get a program that will dump memory after a memory hog
program is used?

Also looking for a recommendation on a freeware download manager that has no
spyware.

Thankyou

 

[Al Klein]

Is it possible to get a program that will dump memory after a memory hog
program is used?

When the program closes, unless it's written wrong, it'll release the
memory it had. If it doesn't you have to reboot. A program can't
really tell Windows to release another program's memory - Windows
protects against things like that.

Also looking for a recommendation on a freeware download manager that has no
spyware.

Free Download Manager <http://freedownloadmanager.org>.

 

[mindykoch]

I believe Star Downloader is. http://www.stardownloader.com/

Also, Fresh Download is a good one. http://www.freshdevices.com/

Mindy Koch

 

[John Jay Smith]

You want to see what caused the crash? Perhaps the event viewer in control
panel > administrator tools
gives some information for some applications.

www.freedownloadmanager.org as mentioned is the best free one

 

[rich]

Is it possible to get a program that will dump memory after a memory hog
program is used?

Do you mean a memory defragmenter? Try:

MaxRAMFree
http://www.max2k.com/programs.php?id=12
or
FreeRam
http://www.bysoft.com/

 

[Beck]

When the program closes, unless it's written wrong, it'll release the
memory it had. If it doesn't you have to reboot. A program can't
really tell Windows to release another program's memory - Windows
protects against things like that.

Hmm maybe something else is wrong then. If I use a memory intensive
program, the machine is very sluggish until reboot.

 

[Beck]

Do you mean a memory defragmenter? Try:

MaxRAMFree
http://www.max2k.com/programs.php?id=12
or
FreeRam
http://www.bysoft.com/

Thanks I shall take a look.

 

[Beck]

You want to see what caused the crash? Perhaps the event viewer in
control panel > administrator tools
gives some information for some applications.

www.freedownloadmanager.org as mentioned is the best free one

Thankyou John Jay for the link

 

[Beck]

I believe Star Downloader is. http://www.stardownloader.com/

Also, Fresh Download is a good one. http://www.freshdevices.com/

Mindy Koch

Thanks, thats a couple more to try

 

[rmaniacnyc]

try window washer it delete history, temp files etc
www.webroot.com

 

[Vegard Krog Petersen]

Is it possible to get a program that will dump memory after a memory hog
program is used?

I don't know how it's it done in Windows XP, but I do remember I used a
simple Visual Basic script to free memory in Windows 98:

1. Launch Notepad and type in FreeMem = Space(24000000)
2. Save on Desktop, as Free Memory.vbs (save as type: Text)
3. Doubleclick to the FreeMemory icon on the Desktop to relase memory

The Number refers to the amount of of memory (24 mb) it attempts to
regain. You can try to increase this upwards...

regards from vegard


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[mike]

Thanks I shall take a look.

I use Rampage

http://www.jfitz.com/software/RAMpage/

It's tiny, and can put an icon in the systray to show current memory state.

It will autorelease memory, or can be instructed to.

It doesn't defrag memory. Actually I thought RAM was so volatile you didn't
need to; p'raps someone can help on this subject?

mike

 

[Al Klein]

Hmm maybe something else is wrong then. If I use a memory intensive
program, the machine is very sluggish until reboot.

Does the program load a huge .dll? If it stays in memory after you
close the program it still uses memory. If it uses enough you're
swapping a lot, causing sluggishness.