Limited number of windows applications

[dongarbage]

Hi,

I'm running Windows XP and it seems that once I reach some limit I can
no longer open more windows applications. For example, I can only open
so many internet explorer instances. What gives?

Is there a way to increase this limit?

Cheers,
D

 

[Alias]

Hi,

I'm running Windows XP and it seems that once I reach some limit I can
no longer open more windows applications. For example, I can only open
so many internet explorer instances. What gives?

Is there a way to increase this limit?

Cheers,
D

Yeah, install more memory. How much do you have now?

Alias

 

[dongarbage]

Yeah, install more memory. How much do you have now?

Alias

Thanks for the reply. I have 2 GB of ram. This seems to be a hard
fixed number on this machine. On another WinXP machine I have (with
512MB of ram) I can run many more instances of applications.

Any other thoughs? Is there a configuration somewhere?

Thanks,
D

 

[Alias]

Thanks for the reply. I have 2 GB of ram. This seems to be a hard
fixed number on this machine. On another WinXP machine I have (with
512MB of ram) I can run many more instances of applications.

Any other thoughs? Is there a configuration somewhere?

Thanks,
D

No, sorry.

Alias

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I'm running Windows XP and it seems that once I reach some limit I can
no longer open more windows applications.

Do not disable the virtual memory (swap file), no matter how much RAM
installed.

For example, I can only open so many internet explorer instances.
What gives?

Let Windows manage the virtual memory and do not set any maximum.

Is there a way to increase this limit?

In the remote case that you didn't fiddle around with the virtual
memory, this article may or may not apply:

"Out of Memory" error message appears when you have a large number of
programs running http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126962/en-us

Note that the correct syntax under WinXP reads
"SharedSection=xxxx,yyyy,zzz"

The MSKB content manager has been advised to correct that article.

 

[dongarbage]

Do not disable the virtual memory (swap file), no matter how much RAM
installed.


Let Windows manage the virtual memory and do not set any maximum.


In the remote case that you didn't fiddle around with the virtual
memory, this article may or may not apply:

"Out of Memory" error message appears when you have a large number of
 programs running  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126962/en-us

Note that the correct syntax under WinXP reads
"SharedSection=xxxx,yyyy,zzz"

The MSKB content manager has been advised to correct that article.

Thanks for the reply. I do not get any message about being low on
virtual memory or "out of memory".
How do you enable virtual memory?

Cheers,
D

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Thanks for the reply. I do not get any message about being low on
virtual memory or "out of memory".
How do you enable virtual memory?

Virtual memory is enabled by default. You may want to double-check the
present settings: Control Panel > System > Advanced tab > Performance >
Settings > Advanced tab (translated on-the-fly). Make also sure that the
drive with the swap file has enough free capacity - otherwise, it's no
problem to split or move that file to a different partition.

 

[pcbutts1]

What limit are you talking about? How many windows are you trying to open
and if you are not getting error messages then give an example of what
happens. IE6 or IE7?

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Do not disable the virtual memory (swap file), no matter how much RAM
installed.


Let Windows manage the virtual memory and do not set any maximum.


In the remote case that you didn't fiddle around with the virtual
memory, this article may or may not apply:

"Out of Memory" error message appears when you have a large number of
programs running http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126962/en-us

Note that the correct syntax under WinXP reads
"SharedSection=xxxx,yyyy,zzz"

The MSKB content manager has been advised to correct that article.

Thanks for the reply. I do not get any message about being low on
virtual memory or "out of memory".
How do you enable virtual memory?

Cheers,
D

 

[Poprivet`]

Thanks for the reply. I have 2 GB of ram. This seems to be a hard
fixed number on this machine. On another WinXP machine I have (with
512MB of ram) I can run many more instances of applications.

Any other thoughs? Is there a configuration somewhere?

Thanks,
D

Yes, there is, but unfortunately I can not find it at the moment. This
comes up infrequently but often enough to be a pita. It's not a
function of how much RAM is installed I'm pretty sure, but I can't seem
to get any closer than that.

Count the windows and see what the number of windows limit is; IIRC it's
something like 30, which is an awful lot and likely why it doesn't come
up often.
IF you have any 3rd party appls like tweakui, system optimizer,
things like that, you might find the source of the issue there.

At any rate, with the number of windows limit, and google, the solution
can probably be relocated. And *this* time I'm going to commit it to a
file<g>!
I'll try some googles too if you can come up with a finite,
repeatable number.

Twayne

 

[Poprivet`]

PS It may however have to do with Video RAM, depending on the video
card and drivers. That's not the answer I'm trying to recall, but it is
one place that could bottle-neck. Each window requires a finite amount
of video RAM, usually in the order of 10 to 15k IIRC, which I may not.
So if your video card uses on-board RAM as a lot of them do ... .
Might be worth looking at your video ram, or if you don't know how to
to that, fililng it with something large and then seeing how many IE
windows you can open and whether it's fewer windows. The OS of course,
*will* have a finite limit too, for resource protection, but it's pretty
huge, something in the order of 200, I think it was.

Tawyne