Memory leaks - Windows 98

[Cheerful Dragon]

While looking into other problems on my PC I downloaded Everest Home. Using this, I found that I have a serious memory leak. The sequence of events and memory usage might go like this:

Start PC: 73% used
Play game (Civ 2): 81%
Exit game: 78%
Go on Internet: 83%
Exit Interet: Still 83%
Go on Internet: 86%
Visit resource-heavy site (zone.com): 98%
Play game online: 100%
Exit Internet: 91%

How can I fix this leak? Do I need one of those fancy utilities that keeps popping up while I'm online? If so, can anybody recommend a good, free one? I can't afford to buy one.

 

[RealBlackStuff]

Maxmem from AnalogX is one of the better (and free) ones
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/maxmem.htm

Otherwise, get a cork, and plug that hole in the bottom of your PC!

How much memory do you have? W98 runs best with 256MB, no more.

 

[Nodsu]

This is not a memory leak. It is Windows keeping shared components in memory after you exit a program in case they are needed again.

A memory leak is when a process starts using more and more memory over time. And by more and more I mean the memory used by the process goes to 100MB+