re: Question about 'Windows says it's ''Dangerously Low on System Resources'''
Saturday, September 10, 2005 at 8:55 pm
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Posted by Ken S
(1 messages posted)
Fred thinks so much for the solution to this problem. After many hours of searching
for the answer, you made my day. Word now works again.
Thanks
On Monday, April 21, 2003 at 12:06 pm, Fred G wrote:
>Sorry, the TechNet Article Is 307814 and if this will accept the whole article here
>it is:
>
>WD: Error Message: System Is Dangerously Low on Resources
>The information in this article applies to:
>Microsoft Word 2002
>Microsoft Word 2000
>Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
>
>This article was previously published under Q307814
>SYMPTOMS
>When you use Microsoft Word or another program that uses Word as the default editor,
>Microsoft Word may stop responding (hang), or you may receive one of the following
>error messages:
>
>Microsoft Word has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the
>inconvenience.
>
>
>If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might
>be lost.
>
>Restart Microsoft Word
>
>Please tell Microsoft about this problem.
>
>We have created an error report that you can send to help us improve Microsoft Word.
>We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.
>
>To see what data this error report contains, click here.
>-or-
>
>
>
>Microsoft Word has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need
>to restart the program.
>
>An error log is being created.
>To view the error log in Microsoft Windows 2000, follow these steps:
>Click Start, point to Search, and then click For Files or Folders.
>In the Search for files or folders named box, type Drwtsn32.log.
>Click Search Now.
>Right-click the file, and then click Open.
>
>By default, the Drwtsn32.log file is located in the following folder:
>C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\DrWatson
>
>-or-
>
>
>
>This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.
>
>If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.
>When you click Details (on Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, press ALT+D), you
>receive the following message:
>
>
>WINWORD caused an invalid page fault in WINWORD.EXE at address.
>NOTE: The actual memory address may vary. Followed by the following error message:
>
>System is dangerously low on resources.
>This behavior may occur under any of the following circumstances:
>You open Word.
>
>
>You try to print a document.
>
>
>Word appears to stop responding (hangs), and you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to quit Winword.exe
>through the Task Manager.
>CAUSE
>This behavior can occur if the default Word template (Normal.dot) is damaged.
>RESOLUTION
>NOTE: Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps
>may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to
>complete these steps.
>
>To resolve this problem, rename your global template (Normal.dot). To do this, follow
>the steps for your version of Microsoft Windows.
>
>Microsoft Windows XP:
>Quit all instances of Word, including Microsoft Outlook if Word is set as your e-mail
>editor.
>Click Start and then click Search.
>In the Search Results dialog box, under What do you want to search for?, click All
>files and folders.
>In the All or part of the file name box, type Normal.dot.
>In the Look in box, select your local hard disk (or an alternate user template location
>if you are running Word from a network server).
>Click Search to search for the file.
>For each occurrence of Normal.dot that appears in the Search Results dialog box,
>right-click the file. Click Rename on the shortcut menu. Type a new name for the
>file, such as OldNormal.dot or Normal-1.dot, and then press ENTER.
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