flambe wrote:
> In a Windows operating system, 3.x to the horror that is Vista, out of
> memory warnings do not necessarily have anything to do with available
> physical or virtual memory. In fact they rarely do.
> Out of memory warnings usually refer to dwindling system resources, the
> pointers that the OS uses to keep track of things. While successive versions
> of Windows have improved on this it is still a problem for many reasons.

Usually due to Windows poor implementation of how it re-allocates
resources when programs close. Win2k is Win-NT 4.0 with some bug fixes.

The one bug that didn't get fixed is NT's notorious memory "leaks". The
OS just loses track of pointers after they've been allocated to a
program. When the program releases the pointers, the OS doesn't pick
them back up.

About the only answer when you get one of these out of memory messages
is save what you can and re-boot.

With Win-NT 4.0 and Win2k it's probably a good idea to shut it down and
re-start it every morning before trying to do anything else anyway.