From Hardwarezone forums:
Make a shortcut in Windows XP, location of file, put `%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks' without the quote marks.
Clicking on this shortcut will clean up your Windows memory by clearing up the idle processes. Works for me, and it is better and I feel safer than the freeware/spyware on the net which claim to do the same. At least this one is from Microsoft.
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