No, a bad memory module always causes crashing of either applications or the whole OS.
Leaking resources is a software issue. The Windows 98 resource meter can't always detect leaking resources because Windows may not be aware of it until the situation becomes critical and locks up or crashes. --- In [email protected], "Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you explain more about Windows 98 resources problem and how to > tell if this is the case ? > > > What about Windows 98 resources meter ? Also can a bad memory module > do this ? > > I have some RAM I can swap in the house to tell or use RAM test > program! > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "N. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Actually this has been around since Windows NT and 2000. (since > > Windows XP is a derivative of Windows 2000) > > > > But still, there's still a possibility that the Windows kernel can > > leak memory. Most of these issues have already been patched at this > > point in time. Applications tend to be more of a problem in Windows > > rather than the operating system itself which is very stable. > > > > --- In [email protected], "JIM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > N. Thomas, > > > > > > > Windows 9x operating systems are notorious for this problem, > > > > > > Yes, but we thought that 95 was going to solve the resources > problem. I > > > don't think that happened until XP and even then I can't be > certain. > > > > > > > After several iterations of running this program the system has > 200 MB > > > > of memory wasted and eventually the system generates and error > > > > indicating that no more memory is available with a "System > > > > Dangeriously low on resources" error. In this case only a > restart > > can fix > > > > it. > > > > > > So is this fixed in XP. I understood that XP takes back memory > when a > > > program is closed. > > > > > > > > > Jim If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
