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re: Extremely low physical memory when running an application
Sunday, July 7, 2002 at 8:34 pm
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Posted by david (57 messages posted)


I am using a similar computer. I upgraded to 256 megs of memory. After a fresh startup I only have 132 megs of available memory. I found that 128 megs was not enough memory on my computer!


On Sunday, July 7, 2002 at 5:52 pm, Mathieu wrote:
>I have a question about Dealing
>with Bad Memory (RAM)
:


>
>
>Here's my problem:
>I am running Windows ME on a PIII 866 Mhz with 128 Mbs of RAM.
>I tried opening Word 2000 maybe a month ago, and it just wouldn't open... After waiting
>like 5 minutes, it finally told me I was "Out of memory".
>So I went into the system information to see how much physical memory I had available...
>When no program is running, it usually stays at 5 Mbs and can go up to 14 Mbs(???).
>Also, when I run an application, the available physical memory goes down to 300 Kbs
>and STAYS THERE!
>I don't think that is a normal process since I have 128 Mbs of RAM. I read some of
>the other posts, but I don't have the same problem... Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
>
>-Matt


Written in response to:
Extremely low physical memory when running an application (Mathieu: Sunday, July 7, 2002 at 5:52 pm)

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*re: Extremely low physical memory when running an application (edsod: Sunday, July 7, 2002 at 10:26 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Extremely low physical memory when running an application (Mathieu: Sun, Jul 7, 2002, 5:52 pm)
*re: Extremely low physical memory when running an application (Steve Hughes: Sun, Jul 7, 2002, 7:40 pm)
*re: Extremely low physical memory when running an application (Ms. Eagle: Sun, Jul 7, 2002, 8:26 pm)
-re: Extremely low physical memory when running an application (david: Sun, Jul 7, 2002, 8:34 pm)
*re: Extremely low physical memory when running an application (edsod: Sun, Jul 7, 2002, 10:26 pm)
*re: Extremely low physical memory when running an application (Johan: Thu, Jan 23, 2003, 4:20 pm)
-re: Extremely low physical memory when running an application (Francie: Tue, Jan 20, 2004, 7:40 pm)
*re: Extremely low physical memory when running an application (Lars: Thu, Feb 5, 2004, 7:46 am)
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