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memory losses
Lately, I'm frequently getting a message that there is not enough free
memory to run my programs. I've added no new programs lately. Is there any way to "clean-up" memory or to decipher this problem? Bob Griendling |
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"Robert Griendling" wrote:
Lately, I'm frequently getting a message that there is not enough free memory to run my programs. I've added no new programs lately. Is there any way to "clean-up" memory or to decipher this problem? Bob Griendling Where are you getting these errors from? That is an important part of diagnosing the problem. For example, if you are getting these errors from Scandisk or Defrag then the prime suspect would be an incorrect cluster size on your hard as these utilities will produce that error message when there are more than 4.1 million total clusters on a drive. Other known instances of this type of error message, with entirely different causes, are with Microsoft Office 2000, Adobe FrameMaker, and old MS-DOS based programs or games. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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memory losses
"Robert Griendling" wrote:
Lately, I'm frequently getting a message that there is not enough free memory to run my programs. I've added no new programs lately. Is there any way to "clean-up" memory or to decipher this problem? Bob Griendling Where are you getting these errors from? That is an important part of diagnosing the problem. For example, if you are getting these errors from Scandisk or Defrag then the prime suspect would be an incorrect cluster size on your hard as these utilities will produce that error message when there are more than 4.1 million total clusters on a drive. Other known instances of this type of error message, with entirely different causes, are with Microsoft Office 2000, Adobe FrameMaker, and old MS-DOS based programs or games. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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The most common reason for low memory messages is that you are running out
of space on the hard disk drive. Windows can't create a swap file for virtual memory, so it complains about not enough memory. Check the free space on your hard disk. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Robert Griendling" wrote in message ... Lately, I'm frequently getting a message that there is not enough free memory to run my programs. I've added no new programs lately. Is there any way to "clean-up" memory or to decipher this problem? Bob Griendling |
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memory losses
The most common reason for low memory messages is that you are running out
of space on the hard disk drive. Windows can't create a swap file for virtual memory, so it complains about not enough memory. Check the free space on your hard disk. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Robert Griendling" wrote in message ... Lately, I'm frequently getting a message that there is not enough free memory to run my programs. I've added no new programs lately. Is there any way to "clean-up" memory or to decipher this problem? Bob Griendling |
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......"an incorrect cluster size on your hard"....
My wife often complains of that ;-) ================================================== === "Ron Martell" wrote in message ... "Robert Griendling" wrote: Lately, I'm frequently getting a message that there is not enough free memory to run my programs. I've added no new programs lately. Is there any way to "clean-up" memory or to decipher this problem? Bob Griendling Where are you getting these errors from? That is an important part of diagnosing the problem. For example, if you are getting these errors from Scandisk or Defrag then the prime suspect would be an incorrect cluster size on your hard as these utilities will produce that error message when there are more than 4.1 million total clusters on a drive. Other known instances of this type of error message, with entirely different causes, are with Microsoft Office 2000, Adobe FrameMaker, and old MS-DOS based programs or games. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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memory losses
......"an incorrect cluster size on your hard"....
My wife often complains of that ;-) ================================================== === "Ron Martell" wrote in message ... "Robert Griendling" wrote: Lately, I'm frequently getting a message that there is not enough free memory to run my programs. I've added no new programs lately. Is there any way to "clean-up" memory or to decipher this problem? Bob Griendling Where are you getting these errors from? That is an important part of diagnosing the problem. For example, if you are getting these errors from Scandisk or Defrag then the prime suspect would be an incorrect cluster size on your hard as these utilities will produce that error message when there are more than 4.1 million total clusters on a drive. Other known instances of this type of error message, with entirely different causes, are with Microsoft Office 2000, Adobe FrameMaker, and old MS-DOS based programs or games. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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Jeff Richards wrote:
The most common reason for low memory messages is that you are running out of space on the hard disk drive. Windows can't create a swap file for virtual memory, so it complains about not enough memory. Check the free space on your hard disk. Windows used to have memory leaks, wherein some applications would not clear memory after they had terminated, or after they supposedly closed files. There was a notorious problem associated with a browser that would get slower and slower with each page becasue it had not freed up memory after closing the previous page. The memory loss that started this thread needs more careful diagnosis. It would be nice to know exactly which, and how many applications are running when this happens. Bernard W. Joseph -- "Vint Cerf is the Father of the Internet, but we're the mothers that have to make it work." - Hafner & Lyon, _Where Wizards Stay Up Late_, p265 |
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memory losses
Jeff Richards wrote:
The most common reason for low memory messages is that you are running out of space on the hard disk drive. Windows can't create a swap file for virtual memory, so it complains about not enough memory. Check the free space on your hard disk. Windows used to have memory leaks, wherein some applications would not clear memory after they had terminated, or after they supposedly closed files. There was a notorious problem associated with a browser that would get slower and slower with each page becasue it had not freed up memory after closing the previous page. The memory loss that started this thread needs more careful diagnosis. It would be nice to know exactly which, and how many applications are running when this happens. Bernard W. Joseph -- "Vint Cerf is the Father of the Internet, but we're the mothers that have to make it work." - Hafner & Lyon, _Where Wizards Stay Up Late_, p265 |
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Don't know if I can exactly pinpoint the problem or instances. Just now it
happened. I had Outlook, and two emails open and IE6. I noticed slow load times while browsing and checked My Computer/performance/systems resources and found only 3% systems resources available. When I closed the two messages and Outlook I then had about 60%. "Bernard W. Joseph" wrote in message ... Jeff Richards wrote: The most common reason for low memory messages is that you are running out of space on the hard disk drive. Windows can't create a swap file for virtual memory, so it complains about not enough memory. Check the free space on your hard disk. Windows used to have memory leaks, wherein some applications would not clear memory after they had terminated, or after they supposedly closed files. There was a notorious problem associated with a browser that would get slower and slower with each page becasue it had not freed up memory after closing the previous page. The memory loss that started this thread needs more careful diagnosis. It would be nice to know exactly which, and how many applications are running when this happens. Bernard W. Joseph -- "Vint Cerf is the Father of the Internet, but we're the mothers that have to make it work." - Hafner & Lyon, _Where Wizards Stay Up Late_, p265 |
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