Memory dumper

wondering if there was something that cleans out your memory while the computer is running. like if you've had your comp running for a while,and shit has built up and the computer is getting sluggish, you can dump your memory w/o rebooting... anyone know of something like that?

google knows, theres thousands of windows based shit like this.

Just fucking google memory cleaner or some shit

>>2
dont you think the reason i might ask here is because i'd like someone with experience with this sort of program to suggest a good application instead of just stabbing in the dark?

are you that dumb to think i would rather wait for an answer from you guys rather than look it up myself in a matter of seconds if i knew what to look for?

Theoretically, every question on this board can be answered with a search engine and enough patience, so dont gimme this 'google it' bullshit.

Are you suggesting that Windows's paging algorithm is flawed?

It way have helped with Win9*. Doing it with 2k or up is plain stupidity.

In fact, doing it 2k and up is bullshit and marketing lies.

>>5
so pretty much, if i have xp, and my computer is sluggish, it's more likely that i should be upgrading my ram than looking to forcably dump the ram i have now?

HAY LEARN HOW COMPUTERS WORK AND ASK THIS QUESTION AGAIN.

>>6
No, you should find apps that don't eat up all your memory.

>>8


yeah, ok, well in the mean time...

Have you tried CleanUp! it cleans like a fiend and can help immenensly. It wants you to reboot after you run it, but I run it on a weekly basis and only reboot once a month generally. Check it out.

http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/

>>1
Don't use that shit, it's stupid and will only make things slower by killing your poor system cache, and forcing Windows to swap out your applications and services.

You don't need to free memory in a real OS, free memory is wasted memory. The less free memory you have, the better you're exploiting it.

>>4
No, but "memory cleaners" are just bullshit from idiots for idiots (lol, writing this kind of tool without even understanding how a virtual memory system and a dynamic disk cache works), and >>5 is right.

>>6
If your computer is sluggish:
1. Stop using Internet Explorer
2. Get rid of all the system tray bullshit you have
3. Quit all the fancy screensavers, desktop bars, Windows XP themes, and all that non-functional pure bullshit you have
4. Don't use resident antiviruses, use common sense and manually scan all new files (new files = downloads, friends' CDs, etc., not stuff you and you alone produce; no need to scan CDs twice and no need to scan CDs you burn after today)
5. Consider K-Meleon over Firefox, or just www.opera.com
6. Set useless services to Manual, Google guide
7. Don't do stupid shit

If you follow this advice, 512 MB RAM will be far more than enough, even running Windows XP.