memory low

[John Inzer]

while opening a program after prolonged downloading a dialogue
appeared as saying that memory is low and could not proceed with it,
could you help enlighten me as I am novice as innocent. Big thank in
advance.

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Maybe you need more RAM...2 GB or more
is not a bad idea when working with video.

A system usually performs best when the
hard drive is at least 50% free space.

Disconnecting from the net, and closing
other programs...especially virus scanners
can help. And don't multi-task...even playing
Solitaire can waste the resources you need
for working with video.

Increasing the size of your Virtual Memory
Paging File may help...read the following
article:

(308417) HOW TO: Set Performance Options
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308417

Doing some maintenance may help:

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

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[Bill's News]

while opening a program after prolonged downloading a dialogue
appeared as saying that memory is low and could not proceed
with it,
could you help enlighten me as I am novice as innocent. Big
thank in
advance.

Not really a video question, eh?

Get familiar with Windows Task Manager, Ctrl-Alt-Del should
fetch it to the screen for you.
On the process tab select view, then click "Select Columns"
Check off: CPU Usage, Memory Usage, Peak Memory Usage, Virtual
Memory Size, And GDI Objects.

I strongly suspect that the warning is coming from GDI Object
abuse by whatever program you were running for "prolonged
downloading." If it is the case, closing the abusive program
will restore the GDI Objects it was hoarding.

GDI Objects have finite memory (a resident OS table) and
programs are supposed to utilize an entry there while graphics
are on screen then relinquish their entry when the graphic is
"closed." There are a few programs with GDI bugs which cause
the table to become full - the OS actually warns of the error
some time before the table is filled, but does nothing to the
violator. The table holds 64K entries but never approaches that
number in reality except for buggy programs.

Windows Task Manager can be helpful in identifying the culprit
as you will see an extraordinary value in that column GDI when
compared with other programs. Also, an occasional glance at
this column will shed some light on any program which is not
relinquishing its used resources - you'll see the value
continuously growing while the process is running.

 

[Poon Francis]

while opening a program after prolonged downloading a dialogue appeared as
saying that memory is low and could not proceed with it, could you help
enlighten me as I am novice as innocent. Big thank in advance.