Out of Memory or System Resource

[Poppy64]

Hi there.

I have a user, using Outlook 2000 on NT 4.0 platform.
<Outlook is set up for corporate use.>

Recently the user changed from a laptop user to a desktop user and her profile & Outlook account were adjusted accordingly. She is using a Fujitsu Scenic Xs with plenty of virtual memory, hard disk space and a decent sized processor etc. At this point in time I am loathe to think there is anything wrong with the machine.

The problem started today and is as follows - when the user tries to attach a file to an Outlook message, she gets a note to say &quot;Out of memory or system resource. Please close some applications and try again&quot;.

She only has Outlook open at the time. The virtual memory is set to 1000 (I increased just in case, from 700mb).

The attachments are not deep within a directory structure - I know this can cause problems sometimes.

Any advice would be appreciated! She has been a desktop user now for several days and the problem has only just started.

Poppy64

 

[Marcs41]

Is it ANY attachment, or just from a certain size?

BTW, lower that 1 Gig swapfile, that is not needed at all.
If you have 256 MB Ram, then a 256 Virtual memory will do, unless you are running some memory hungry apps, like video editing, which si something you should not on a laptop anyway.
You can put it safely to 'Let Windows handle it&quot; ...

Another thing to look for is what is already running on that laptop? Too many (background)apps, too many services, spyware, virus, ...???

Marc
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[Poppy64]

It's any attachment at all, even tiny ones.

There aren't too many services running in the background - just standard required NT services for a workstation plus Sophos.

Thanks.

Poppy64