OS: Windows XP Professional
Special boot options: 3 GB memory switch set in boot.ini
Memory: 4x 1GB 667MHz
HD: 5x 74GB 10,000 SATA RAID
CPU: Intel Pent D 830
Photoshop & Illustrator swap file directory: C:\
Hello,
I am experiencing memory problems with Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Illustrator CS2. Both programs consume more and more memory but never free any memory until the program is exited.
After rebooting the computer, I opened Task Manager. I then opened Adobe Photoshop CS2 and watched Task manager, looking for the amount of memory used by the Photoshop process. With out any files open, Photoshop is consuming 60-80 MB of memory. I can then open a 600 KB JPG file and the Photoshop process will consume about 100 MB of memory. If I close the 600 KB JPG file, and watch the Photoshop process, the amount of memory used by the process never drops back off. With no files open, the Photoshop process is consuming roughly 100 MB of memory.
When ever I open another image, the amount of memory that the Photoshop process uses, increases. The process does not relinquish any memory, it just keeps consuming more. It will do this until there is nothing left to consume and then the program throws a memory error.
When Adobe Photoshop is closed, the Photoshop process quits. The process does not hang. There is never more than one Photoshop process listed in Task Manager. When Photoshop is reopened, the process is repeated. Memory is consumed but never freed. This happens regardless of rebooting the system.
Adobe Photoshop CS2 is not the only program that does this. Adobe Illustrator CS2 does this as well. Illustrator was even reinstalled recently and this problem is still occurring. If I repeat the same process with Adobe Illustrator CS2, which I did with Photoshop CS2, the same consumption of memory is observed. Never is the memory freed until the program is exited.
If you have any thoughts on this, I would appreciate your input. Thank you for your time. |
