Software to check for memory leak ?

[Andy100]

Is there anything i can use to check for memory leak on my PC ?

The symptoms are as follows:
1. Sluggish start up, after putting in the password (WinXP) it takes about 5
minutes for the PC to settle down, i.e. the red 'busy' light flickers for 5
minutes and the mouse cursor moves very choppy until the light has gone off.
2. The welcome sound when i start up is also very choppy.
3. I cannot identify why the PC is 'busy' in Task Manager, i have also tried
other software to see if i can identify what is running at start up, i also
did a 'msconfig.exe' no clues there either.
4. Sometimes when i close a folder i find my desktop icons have disappeared
and the 'busy' light flashes, then the icons refresh and come back on after
10 seconds or so.
5. If i play an mp3 everything sounds ok until i open another program,
depending on how 'hungry' that software is, my mp3s start playing very
'choppy'

I have tried lots of spyware/adware programs with no luck. Does this sound
like a memory leak and if so, what can i do to remedy this.

Please Help !

Cheers
Andy

 

[Andy100]

Sorry, further to my last, the specs are as follows: Athlon 2200XP, 620RAM,
WinXP Pro, 80Gb HD, GeForce 4 64mb. Thanks for any help on this.

 

[Willie]

Memtest86 is good...Download, save to Floppy, and boot to floppy, and
run...Good Luck.
http://www.memtest86.com/

Willie

 

[Willie]

Run the test from floppy, and if no errors are found, switch the ram around
and run test again (Cannot test portion of ram test program is running
on)...Don't know if this will help your issue, but it gives you what you are
looking for as far as a way to test your ram...Good Luck.
http://www.memtest86.com/
Willie

 

[Feng Mao]

Hi Andy,

Thank you for posting!

In my opinion, you may try Process Explorer. Process Explorer shows you
information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window
always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names
of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom
window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle
mode you¡¯ll see the handles that the process selected in the top window
has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you¡¯ll see the DLLs and
memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has
a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes
have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.

The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking
down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way
Windows and applications work.

You can find and download it from
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml. You can also find
some other freeware to check you memory and leak by typing "memory leak"
(without quotation marks) in the search box on the left.

I hope that the above information is helpful. Have a nice day!

Thanks & Regards,

Feng Mao [MSFT], MCSE
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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