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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 entVersio
n\Run

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

3.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio
n\RunOnce

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

5.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio
n\ RunServices

6.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio
n\
RunServicesOnce

7.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio
n\
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!


.
Thanks for that Ron I have all the stuff already
downloaded and installed and have also reduced the kit on
boot up....the free space is 4.3gb
I am still running out of free ram any other suggestions?
Thanks!
Pirate