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Message 1461259 - Posted: 6 Jan 2014, 20:23:54 UTC - in response to Message 1461239.  

That depends on what your preference is set to for:

Leave tasks in memory while suspended?
Suspended tasks will consume swap space if 'yes'
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Message 1461302 - Posted: 6 Jan 2014, 21:50:37 UTC - in response to Message 1461264.  

You're right, tasks "Waiting to run" do not consume memory. You should be able to see all tasks and programs in memory using Windows' Task Manager.
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Message 1461335 - Posted: 7 Jan 2014, 0:09:10 UTC - in response to Message 1461309.  

Assuming there's nothing wrong with your RAM or your local storage (hard drive), SETI saves from the checkpoint to disk and always resumes correctly. I've yet to see an instance where a task "waiting to run" has not been able to validate.
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