After playing a game, I would reboot if I had that OS. Microsoft never resolved the issue of RESOURCES that would deplete and never come back.
You can also read OPTIMIZING WINDOWS at http://www.aumha.org/articles.htm
Bob
Hi i am currently running;
Windows ME
64mb geforce gcar
xp2400+
and 512mb sdram.
i was just wondering if after i play a game, should the memory that was being used to play it free up again?
as i am always running out of memory!

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