Hi,

WinME was the last OS with the network server option. It was really to handle large hard drives more efficiently, but it did increase the cache.

On Win2000 it is:

<System Properties>
<Advanced>
<Performance Options>

And then it asks if you want to optimise for applications or background services. I guess background services is the equivalent of server.

EDIT: It sounds rather as if a memory leak could have been taking place?

With a relatively small amount of RAM you need to be sure to only start applications and services when you need them, and close them afterwards.