 | | My system is dragging; do I have a memory leak? | | Dear CNET members,
Happy Friday! Folks, I thought I'd just throw this out there since many of you are already using Facebook or Twitter. Did you know that you can keep up with all the current happenings on CNET by liking CNET on Facebook or following CNET on Twitter? If you haven't done so already, please check us out and join us. Now let's jump in to our topic of the week to see if we can figure out if Trey's Windows 7 system has a memory leak that may be dragging his system down.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, "memory leak," according to Wikipedia, it "occurs when a computer program consumes memory, but is unable to release it back to the operating system," which often leads to poor system performance because it reduces the amount of available memory. Memory leaks are difficult to pinpoint, especially when our systems have processed multiple applications--any random number of programs can be the cause. As members mentioned, memory leaks can be caused by a range of culprits from the antivirus utility to the browser you use. So is it solvable? There's really no one way to solve it, but a quick solution suggested by many of our members is to reboot the system daily to clear the system memory. Or if you're up to the task, you can meticulously document each application opened and closed to see what eventually causes the system to start bogging down--but that's a big job. Unfortunately, no one in our audience has really mentioned a specific memory detection app, but if any of you out there has one, please come join us in the discussion and post it. I have selected a few recommendations from our members in the Q&A section to get you started, but for the whole picture, please check out the entire discussion to see what our members have shared with us on this topic. Thanks, everyone, for your time and contributions! Have a great weekend.
Cheers!
- Lee
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Lee Koo
CNET Community manager |  | | Last week's question | | | My system is dragging; do I have a memory leak?
 I am looking for some good and relatively simple software I can use to detect a memory leak. I'm running Windows 7 and I have to reboot every other day or my physical memory gets too high and significantly slows down the PC. I have used Process Explorer but can't find programs with exceptionally high usage. Everything looks normal.
In fact, it almost seems like Windows is using up memory somehow, but doesn't know it, because it doesn't seem like all the running processes add up to the total amount of physical memory in use. Do I have a memory leak somewhere? How can I tell? Any advice or tips to help me solve this mystery would be appreciated.
-- Submitted by: Trey A. | | | |  |
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