Memory or System Resources 1

[RichardMcJunkin]

When I click on MAIL in the CONTROL PANEL, the following message pops up, "You need more memory or system resources. Close some windows and try again". There are no other windows open. Some information: Gateway EV700,Windows 98, Memory Bank 1 32mb, Memory Bank 2 128mb, 1.75gb open on hard drive. Do you have any suggestions what I can do, where I should look or click? The machine runs SLOOOWWW.
Thank you.

 

[Mulga]

Are you sure all your RAM is functioning, if only the 32 MB was working it would produce what you describe. Go to Control Panel > System and under the General tab it will tell you how much RAM the system has. All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.

 

[RichardMcJunkin]

There is 192 RAM running when I check at Control Panel/System under the General Tab. Do you have any other ideas? Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[dinosnake]

It sounds like there are too many TSR programs running in the System Tray (the icons by the clock). You must turn off all the non-essential programs to free system resources (RealPlayer, CD notifications, AOL, etc.) Start these programs manually only when you need them, then shut them down.

Go to

\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Information\Tools (menu)\System Configuration Utility\Startup (tab)

to see what Windows loads when it starts up. I am sure you will find a lot. Turn off items which you do not need - leave hardware configurators (like WinModem stubs), the SystemTray, LoadPowerProfile, TaskMonitor, ScanRegistry. SchedulingAgent (if you need it), any video card TSRs, HIDSERV (if, and only if, you have a Human Device Interface object that you still want to work (like push buttons on USB speakers)) and anything else that looks necessary. Turn off everything else. Reboot and check your System Resources.

If you still are having problems one of your programs may have a memory leak. Watch for a pattern of memory loss then go to the program's website and look for a patch.

Your mileage may vary...

 

[cdogg]

In addition to what dinosnake suggested, make sure you have at least 200 MB free space (so that the swap file has breathing room).

When you say "SLOOO

http://WWW",

give us an example. Did it just start happening recently? If so, consider doing a format & clean install (I couldn't imagine it taking too long to reinstall everything since you only have a 1.75GB drive). Perhaps it is limited to the speed of your processor, RAM, and hard drive.

ck_blk@yahoo.com

 

[RiverGuy]

Also, right-click My Computer, Properties, Performance, Virtual Memory, and make sure it is set on Let Windows Manage my Virtual Memory. In case you have a tiny swap file set up or something.

 

[MiklK]

Do you get that message off a fresh boot? Or does that problem get worse after it's been running awhile (which would be further support for Dinosnake's suggestion...)

luck Mikl
bigpygme@earthlink.net

 

[waltet]

I had this when opening MS Word and the problem was a corrupt normal.dot file. Once the corrupt file was deleted and replaced the error message went away. Maybe there is a corrupt template or form file in your mail program.

 

[RichardMcJunkin]

I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions. The problem is in our dauthters computer and I've copied the suggestions and will attack the problem this week-end.
An update will be posted next Monday. Thanks again.

 

[RichardMcJunkin]

I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions. I have tried all of them but still receive the same message when Clicking on MAIL. Waltet, how do I check for a corrupt template or forum in my mail program? Thanks