Microsoft has created a fix for a glitch in its Tablet PC operating system that has been causing some laptops to lose performance over time.
On Tuesday, Microsoft posted a patch to its Web site designed to prevent the problem, known as a memory leak. The problem had cropped up in the latest version of the Tablet PC operating system. The problem was linked to the program that allowed for electronic-pen input. If left open for a long period of time, the program gradually took over the bulk of a laptop's memory, eventually forcing a user to reboot the system.
Microsoft acknowledged the memory leak issue in February and said then it was hoping a fix would be available soon.
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