Error Message when trying to download

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Mercedeeze

My boyfriend has been trying to download a messenger program and he keeps
getting an error message telling him that he does not have the memory to
download. When talking to him he said he has 1/2 of his memory left. What
could be the problem? He is running Windows XP. And how can we fix it?
thank you
 
And how much memory he have on his machine and disk space, how much MBs is
the messager which he want to download.
If you get these Info we may can help you and him.
HTH
Regards
nass
 
Mercedeeze said:
My boyfriend has been trying to download a messenger program and he keeps
getting an error message telling him that he does not have the memory to
download. When talking to him he said he has 1/2 of his memory left. What
could be the problem? He is running Windows XP. And how can we fix it?
thank you
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Are you (and he) clear about the difference between memory and disk space?

Is Virtual Memory set to let Windows handle it?
 
I know where to find out how much disk space there is, but not sure about the
virtual memory.

How do I change the setting for the virtual memory to know if it is set to
handle it?
 
Mercedeeze said:
I know where to find out how much disk space there is, but not sure about
the
virtual memory.

How do I change the setting for the virtual memory to know if it is set to
handle it?
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Right click My Computer and choose Properties.
On the Advanced tab click Settings in Performance.
On the (new) Advanced tab click Change in Virtual memory.
Select System managed memory and click Set.
OK you way back out.
 
Thank you so very much! I will let him know.
I know where to find out how much disk space there is, but not sure about
the
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Right click My Computer and choose Properties.
On the Advanced tab click Settings in Performance.
On the (new) Advanced tab click Change in Virtual memory.
Select System managed memory and click Set.
OK you way back out.
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Mercedeeze said:
My boyfriend has been trying to download a messenger program and he keeps
getting an error message telling him that he does not have the memory to
download. When talking to him he said he has 1/2 of his memory left. What
could be the problem? He is running Windows XP. And how can we fix it?
thank you
Click to expand...

Often computers confuse memory with hard drive storage space. Often
peopl confuse the term "download" with "install". More details required.
 
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