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    Limiting RAM usage of a program

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by fred2028, Jul 19, 2009.

  1. fred2028

    fred2028 Sexy member

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    Is this possible? I have a program I leave on overnight (it's not for torrents or whatever) and its RAM usage grows steadily until it reaches like 95% (4 GB total RAM).
     
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    the_flying_shoe Notebook Evangelist

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    Could it be leaking very badly?
     
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    Most likely so ...
     
    fred2028, Jul 20, 2009
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    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Setup a virtual machine, limit the alloted ram, then run the program inside the virtual machine.
     
    jackluo923, Jul 20, 2009
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    fred2028 Sexy member

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    That would require me installing a whole new OS though ... Is there a more space-effective way?
     
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    Doesn't windows 7 have a feature called XP virtualization? It doesn't require that much space and the performance isn't that bad.
     
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    How does 1 use said feature?
     
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    Its windows xp mode, and from what I remember of using it, its basically the same as any other VM.
     
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    How does 1 enter this mode though?
     
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    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    I know how to do this with a UNIX-like OS, but, I believe, this is only possible with a recent server version of Windows. Regardless, it sounds like your program is broken. Any program that routinely uses large amounts of memory usually has a configuration setting that will allow you to cap the amount of memory it can use.
     
    BinkNR, Jul 20, 2009
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