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

"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."

"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."

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

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

......"an incorrect cluster size on your hard"....

My wife often complains of that ;-)
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"Ron Martell" wrote in message
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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."

......"an incorrect cluster size on your hard"....

My wife often complains of that ;-)
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"Ron Martell" wrote in message
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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."

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

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

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