Right click your C: drive, properties and see how much free space is left on
your partition. Report back the amount back to this thread please.

Another possibility is that you are doing too much dual tasking or simply
have too many programs running in the background. I recommend the
following:

1. Spyware/scumware/adware are causing numerous system problems. I
recommend you download and use the following programs and consider removing
everything these programs identify. Be aware that there are frequent
updates to these programs and you need to check for them before every use.

AdAwa http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

CWShredder: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html (download
link near the bottom)

Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/

2. My personal rule of thumb is if a program is not used during every
computer session, I do not allow it to start at boot. To cut back on the
number of programs starting at boot, check the programs themselves for an
option not to load. You might have to double click an icon in the tray
(others might require a right click) and then look for preferences or
options. If you cannot find an option, look for the program in the
following start up points and remove the reference to it:

Start up folder on the start menu, the load= and run= lines in the win.ini
and these registry run keys (use regedit.exe):

1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run

2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run

3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunOnce

4. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\RunOnce

5. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ RunServices

6. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\
RunServicesOnce

7. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\
RunOnce\Setup

If poking around in the registry is not for you, there is a freeware program
that makes this process a lot easier to manage: Startup Manager,
http://home.ptd.net/~don5408/toolbox/startupcpl/

You can use msconfig.exe, startup tab, to disable programs; however, by
doing so, you may lessen its value as a troubleshooting tool. There might
be some double entries in msconfig--leave those for your AntiVirus program
and load power profile alone as they are required. If you disable an entry
in msconfig or remove it from the start up point and the program loads again
after a reboot, that is an indication that you missed an option on the
program itself. If you don't know what an entry is, check he
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm



--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"pirate" wrote in message
...
Hi
I am in need of help.......my pc is showing a window that
says "unable to open program not enough FREE RAM available
shut down other running programs and try again"
Can some one please tell me how I increase the FREE RAM on
my machine please?
Thanks!
pirate
ps email me on the above address ta!