Memory problem

[upperclass]

Hi all,

I'm sorry if this post doesn't fit in this group. Any advice is
appreciated.

I'm running a program on cygwin in Windows XP and the program
sometimes crashed because it used too much memory. The problem is that
any programs that get run (by a script) after the crash becomes much
slower than they usually are.

My understanding is that somehow the memory was swapped out to disk
during the first run (that crashed) and never quite recover.

Is there a way to clean up this mess so that subsequent runs of any
program do not suffer from the memory problem of earlier runs. Of
course, I'm looking for a solution that can be automated (like a
command or sthg) with a low overhead.

Thanks!

 

[Kelly]

Have you tried MaxMem?
Start/Run/Msconfig/Boot.ini/Advanced Options

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[upperclass]

No, I have not.
what would that do? increase the amount of available memory??

My program can always consume more memory (4GB isn't enough in some
case; which is fine) than I have available.
Would this solve the problem w/ hard disk swapping?

thanks!

 

[upperclass]

Ah..I see. I found some references on this and it seems like a decent
solution.
I'll try it out. Thanks !

 

[Kelly]

Great to hear, good luck!

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
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