RAM Problems

[x acidreign x]

run dxdiag and see how much RAM it says you have, compare that to the readout you get when POST tests your ram on startup, if it happens in all operating systems you try it with, it may be you have some ram corrupted and unusable, which would suck.

[zaggy]

I had a similar problem with my machine, windows in some versions causes a ram leak. Perhaps that is what is happening to you. Some versions of windows don't allow programs to fully shut down even when closing them.

This gives some references and fixes to try.

rtvscan.exe I think that NISSERV.exe is a file used with Norton's firewall .

Hope this helps.

[zaggy]

I had a similar problem with my machine, windows in some versions causes a ram leak. Perhaps that is what is happening to you. Some versions of windows don't allow programs to fully shut down even when closing them.

This gives some references and fixes to try.

rtvscan.exe I think that NISSERV.exe is a file used with Norton's firewall .

Hope this helps.

[Striek]

Do you have any progs that you run under both OS's?

Poor programmers sometimes do not check thier programs for memory leaks. This happens when memory is allocated for a variable or object but is not specifically freed when it is no longer needed. The memory in question then is still markerd as 'allocated' by the OS, even though it is no longer needed. I believe W2K frees memory automatically. Some OS's do not, and therefore this is a common problem when using poorly written programs when ported to another platform.

[Striek]

Do you have any progs that you run under both OS's?

Poor programmers sometimes do not check thier programs for memory leaks. This happens when memory is allocated for a variable or object but is not specifically freed when it is no longer needed. The memory in question then is still markerd as 'allocated' by the OS, even though it is no longer needed. I believe W2K frees memory automatically. Some OS's do not, and therefore this is a common problem when using poorly written programs when ported to another platform.

[Mark Whatley]

rtvscan.exe is real time virus scan from norton. it utilizes system resources only when a file is accessed(can be set in norton configuration menu). System idle process is:
"System Idle Process - You cannot end this process from Task Manager.
This process is a single thread running on each processor, which has the sole task of accounting for processor time when the system isn't processing other threads. In Task Manager, expect this process to account for the majority of processor time."
A good resource for M$ problems is here
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;KBHOWTO
Other services i.e. svchost can be found here

[Mark Whatley]

rtvscan.exe is real time virus scan from norton. it utilizes system resources only when a file is accessed(can be set in norton configuration menu). System idle process is:
"System Idle Process - You cannot end this process from Task Manager.
This process is a single thread running on each processor, which has the sole task of accounting for processor time when the system isn't processing other threads. In Task Manager, expect this process to account for the majority of processor time."
A good resource for M$ problems is here
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;KBHOWTO
Other services i.e. svchost can be found here