Topic awaiting preservation: Memory Leaks (Page 1 of 1)

Good evening Asylumites!

I am currently working for a company that produces a digital signage product. This system is meant to run 24/7, (WIN XP Pro operating system, etc...) I am running into what seems to be memory leaks, and was curious if there was a software that could be run to detect where these leaks are coming from. I've tried searching on Google, but only came up with those cheap memory acceleators or C++ memory checkers. (we do not develop the software, but the developers don't seem to want to help with this issue).

Thanks in advance guys!

-wilmonkey

really depends on the language the software is being written in.
Boundschecker for C/C++/Visual Basic is a name that springs to my mind - I've never used it though.

There are serveral, some extremly helpfull, but it depends on what you're writting in.

Anyhow, I don't know if I really would do any 24/7 thing with windows. I mean it has become extremly stable, but still, you need to restart
it far more often for software (and security) updates than a debian (stable). Even more so if you're not using 2003 server, where at least
MS takes some care not to reboot your system for every little update. Just my 2 cents.

So long,

->Tyberius Prime

Thanks TP, I believe it is written in C++, (As one of the errors that have come up was a C++ error).

We are not looking to spend any money on a problem program we didn't even code. Although it seems we may have too.

Thanks for your input on the stability issues, I figure it will be somthing we will have to require of our customers is to reboot every day. (As it seems to crash after 48 hours)

Once again, thanks for your knowledge and advice.

-wilmonkey

You might want to try the Task Manager built into Windows.
You can check the running processes for how much memory each one is using in the Processes tab though not all running processes show up here it can give you a good idea of how much memory applications are using.

If the application name shows up on the application tab you can right click and Go To Process to find its process easily.

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The poster has demanded we remove all his contributions, less he takes legal action.
We have done so.
Now Tyberius Prime expects him to start complaining that we removed his 'free speech' since this message will replace all of his posts, past and future.
Don't follow his example - seek real life help first.

I have done some programing but from reading your post I guess I misunderstood what he was asking.

I thought he wanted to know how to tell if that programs was the one causing the mem leak.

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