Mark said:
I get notifications that windows is increasing the size of my virtual
memory,
after it has been on for a while(a few hours). This happens even if just
turn it on and let it sit.
===> That could be background tasks running causing that. Do you know how
to use Task Manager or any other method to determine what is running and
what may have been started later? Event Viewer is one plac you might get
such info - along with the time/date when things started. There are many
things that go on behind the scenes which are perfectly normal depending on
the application. It doesn't even had to be an MS application.
This could also be caused by malware or spyware. Are you protected for
them, and have you recently updated them? Of course, you've already scanned
for a virus?
I feel I have a memory leak.
===> Possible, but that cannot be determined with the data provided. XP is
pretty good at memory management, so an application would have to be the
cause if the machine is otherwise "clean".
I loaded POSTGRES,
MySQL, and JAVA, and noticed the problems after that. I have since
uninstalled POSTGRES and MySQL (I never used them anyway). My system
still
runs out of virtual memory. Do you think I need some kind of registry
cleaner? If so, which one? Any other suggestions?
===> That's also possible, but ... you didn't say you removed Java to see
if that was the cause. Did you? Did removal change anything?
What else have you done so far in troubleshooting this? Sometimes it's
as important as knowing the actual cause in troubleshooting this sort of
thing.
===> I really don't think it's a Registry issue, but again, that's a
possibility if it were corrupted. What makes you think it's a Registry
issue?
Have you tried using the Restore feature? Try restoring to a time previous
to when you put those three apps on your machine. If that doesn't have any
effect, you can always re-restore it back to what it was before the changes.
More details are needed.
Good luck,
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