Memory Leak

I've noticed on my computer where some of my apps will keep allocating memory and never give it back.
These are apps that others can run with no problem. So I'm thinking there is something wrong with my computer.
I use Win98 SR2 and download all the updates from Microsoft.
Is it possible for the memory manager piece of windows to get corrupt? How would I check that? Better yet, how do you go about fixing something like that?

Get Windows2000 or XP ;0

It might be the programmer's fault if the program itself screws up the memory...hell I don't know what I'm talking about...lol...All I know is that Windows2K or XP [I use Win2K Professional] is well worth the upgrade from Win98...but we aren't even talking about upgrading...

Answer to your problem: h3ll if I know