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Latest occurrence today: had Outlook, IE6 (one window) and Word(no docs)
open. Closed Outlook OK. Tried to close Word and I got the message of "not enough free memory" available. Closed Word using ctrl-alt-delete task manager. Couldn't get to my desktop thru use of "show desktop" icon in tool bar. Closed IE6. Still couldn't open MY Computer/performance. Re-booted. "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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Then I believe you are down to specific application issues, which might not
actually be a memory problem at all. In some cases when a procedure can't be completed for some reason the problem is assumed to be insufficient memory and is reported as such, but the actual cause might be something different. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Robert Griendling" wrote in message ... Nope. I'm letting Windows decide that. |
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Then I believe you are down to specific application issues, which might not
actually be a memory problem at all. In some cases when a procedure can't be completed for some reason the problem is assumed to be insufficient memory and is reported as such, but the actual cause might be something different. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Robert Griendling" wrote in message ... Nope. I'm letting Windows decide that. |
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See, for instance:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=224054 You receive a "There is not enough memory or disk space to complete the operation" error message when you open a file in Word 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=221581 WD2000: Error Saving Document with Subdocuments in Word 6.0/95 Format http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211326 You receive a "There is insufficient memory or disk space" error messages when you save a file with low hard disk space in Word 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291178 You receive an error message or the program stops responding when you try save a file in Word 2002 and in Word 2003 (Note the other reasons listed for the last two). -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Robert Griendling" wrote in message ... Latest occurrence today: had Outlook, IE6 (one window) and Word(no docs) open. Closed Outlook OK. Tried to close Word and I got the message of "not enough free memory" available. Closed Word using ctrl-alt-delete task manager. Couldn't get to my desktop thru use of "show desktop" icon in tool bar. Closed IE6. Still couldn't open MY Computer/performance. Re-booted. "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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memory losses
See, for instance:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=224054 You receive a "There is not enough memory or disk space to complete the operation" error message when you open a file in Word 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=221581 WD2000: Error Saving Document with Subdocuments in Word 6.0/95 Format http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211326 You receive a "There is insufficient memory or disk space" error messages when you save a file with low hard disk space in Word 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291178 You receive an error message or the program stops responding when you try save a file in Word 2002 and in Word 2003 (Note the other reasons listed for the last two). -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Robert Griendling" wrote in message ... Latest occurrence today: had Outlook, IE6 (one window) and Word(no docs) open. Closed Outlook OK. Tried to close Word and I got the message of "not enough free memory" available. Closed Word using ctrl-alt-delete task manager. Couldn't get to my desktop thru use of "show desktop" icon in tool bar. Closed IE6. Still couldn't open MY Computer/performance. Re-booted. "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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"Robert Griendling" wrote in message ... Latest occurrence today: had Outlook, IE6 (one window) and Word(no docs) open. Closed Outlook OK. Tried to close Word and I got the message of "not enough free memory" available. Closed Word using ctrl-alt-delete task manager. Couldn't get to my desktop thru use of "show desktop" icon in tool bar. Closed IE6. Still couldn't open MY Computer/performance. Re-booted. Scan for a virus with an update anti-virus. Free Online Antivirus scanners: -------------------------- http://housecall.trendmicro.com/hous...start_corp.asp http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/activescan.asp Scan for adware and spyware. Download,install,update and run: AdAware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ Spybot Search & Destroy http://security.kolla.de/ Do a ctrl-alt-del to bring up the Close Program box and see if there is something running that you don't recognize. Is there one program that is always running when this happens? If so, it may be that program that is causing the problem. Perhaps uninstall and reinstall it. |
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memory losses
"Robert Griendling" wrote in message ... Latest occurrence today: had Outlook, IE6 (one window) and Word(no docs) open. Closed Outlook OK. Tried to close Word and I got the message of "not enough free memory" available. Closed Word using ctrl-alt-delete task manager. Couldn't get to my desktop thru use of "show desktop" icon in tool bar. Closed IE6. Still couldn't open MY Computer/performance. Re-booted. Scan for a virus with an update anti-virus. Free Online Antivirus scanners: -------------------------- http://housecall.trendmicro.com/hous...start_corp.asp http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/activescan.asp Scan for adware and spyware. Download,install,update and run: AdAware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ Spybot Search & Destroy http://security.kolla.de/ Do a ctrl-alt-del to bring up the Close Program box and see if there is something running that you don't recognize. Is there one program that is always running when this happens? If so, it may be that program that is causing the problem. Perhaps uninstall and reinstall it. |
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Isn't 3 % in the range that can generate spurious out of memory messages ?
"Robert Griendling" wrote in message ... 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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Isn't 3 % in the range that can generate spurious out of memory messages ?
"Robert Griendling" wrote in message ... 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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I did recently get a notice to download a program called View Manager. I
said no but that didn't stop it apparently. It was in my start-up. I deleted it. We'll see if that works. More he http://ask-leo.com/viewmgrexe.html "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... Then I believe you are down to specific application issues, which might not actually be a memory problem at all. In some cases when a procedure can't be completed for some reason the problem is assumed to be insufficient memory and is reported as such, but the actual cause might be something different. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Robert Griendling" wrote in message ... Nope. I'm letting Windows decide that. |
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