Software to check for memory leak ??

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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
 
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.
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I remember reading that a constant access to an absent network
space/drive could cause that. Perhaps you could check
relative settings regarding this. Unfortunitely I only read
this a while ago and can seems to have the link any more. But
I am sure you can google something out.


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Andy100 said:
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'
Click to expand...

Just keying in on the choppy MP3 part...I get weird symptoms...though not
the *exact* symptoms...when I need to defrag. My web pages load slowly,
my MP3s play choppy, and my clock loses time. Even when my disk is only
..3% fragmented, I can get these symptoms. I think it's worse when my
disk is near full. All the above-mentioned symptoms go away as soon as I
do a defrag. Again, my problems may have nothing to do with your own
problems (the only commonality is the choppy MP3s), but it never hurts to
do a defrag. Good luck.
 
Just keying in on the choppy MP3 part...I get weird symptoms...though not
the *exact* symptoms...when I need to defrag. My web pages load slowly,
my MP3s play choppy, and my clock loses time. Even when my disk is only
.3% fragmented, I can get these symptoms. I think it's worse when my
disk is near full. All the above-mentioned symptoms go away as soon as I
do a defrag. Again, my problems may have nothing to do with your own
problems (the only commonality is the choppy MP3s), but it never hurts to
do a defrag. Good luck.
Click to expand...

It's possible the drive is having problems. Defragging is about all
you can do to assist in the reads.

Then there is the chance that a malware, trojan, worm, or virus is
present. I got one awhile back due to a gaping hole in MS security.
The update came out a few days later, but I couldn't get to it due to
what I assume was some sort of an infinite loop running. Most programs
were very choppy, to say the least, and web pages simply timed out.
It might be worth considering at least.




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