XP Pro error:"Insufficient System Resources Exist..."

[Rick Vigorous]

The configuration:

Gigabyte 8KNXP Rev 2 motherboard
BIOS rev FG
P4 3.2GHz 512kb/800MHz FSB
1 GB DDR400 RAM
Gigabyte Radeon 9200SE 128MB display adapter
Windows XP SP1A
network driver v 7.2.19.0 (latest from Gigabyte)
cable Internet connected to ethernet port at 10Mbps, half duplex
Standalone workstation, no domain, DHCP lease from cable adapter
Zone Alarm firewall v4.5.538.001

The problem:

Every other time I select Hibernate, rather than dumping the RAM to disk
and shutting down, I get a brief black screen, followed by a popup error
(produces the yellow triangle in the system tray and a callout baloon)
that says "Insufficient System Resources Exist to Complete the API."
This appears in the System Event Log with ID 26, source
"ApplicationPopup."

I've gotten this error since I built the system about one week ago.

The Help and Support Center suggests the following:
"The program could not load a driver because the program user doesn't
have sufficient privileges to access the driver or because the driver is
missing or corrupt."

As I am a local administrator, I doubt the first, and I checked the file
permissions to make sure, and I get no other network errors, so I doubt
the latter. In any case, I installed an updated driver, with no errors,
and still get this message.

The only Microsoft KB reference I could find with this message is for an
IEEE1394 banwidth leak issue when transferring digital video with
Windows 2000. Neither Intel nor Gigabyte have any entries with this
error message. Searching the wider Internet, the only reference I can
find is in the TechIMO forum with regards to a problem with lsass.exe
causing spontaneous rebooting; this is a problem I don't have.

Has anyone encountered anything similar?

 

[Sharon F]

The configuration:

Gigabyte 8KNXP Rev 2 motherboard
BIOS rev FG
P4 3.2GHz 512kb/800MHz FSB
1 GB DDR400 RAM
Gigabyte Radeon 9200SE 128MB display adapter
Windows XP SP1A
network driver v 7.2.19.0 (latest from Gigabyte)
cable Internet connected to ethernet port at 10Mbps, half duplex
Standalone workstation, no domain, DHCP lease from cable adapter
Zone Alarm firewall v4.5.538.001

The problem:

Every other time I select Hibernate, rather than dumping the RAM to disk
and shutting down, I get a brief black screen, followed by a popup error
(produces the yellow triangle in the system tray and a callout baloon)
that says "Insufficient System Resources Exist to Complete the API."
This appears in the System Event Log with ID 26, source
"ApplicationPopup."

I've gotten this error since I built the system about one week ago.

The Help and Support Center suggests the following:
"The program could not load a driver because the program user doesn't
have sufficient privileges to access the driver or because the driver is
missing or corrupt."

As I am a local administrator, I doubt the first, and I checked the file
permissions to make sure, and I get no other network errors, so I doubt
the latter. In any case, I installed an updated driver, with no errors,
and still get this message.

The only Microsoft KB reference I could find with this message is for an
IEEE1394 banwidth leak issue when transferring digital video with
Windows 2000. Neither Intel nor Gigabyte have any entries with this
error message. Searching the wider Internet, the only reference I can
find is in the TechIMO forum with regards to a problem with lsass.exe
causing spontaneous rebooting; this is a problem I don't have.

Has anyone encountered anything similar?

The program user could be "local system" or another builtin account.
It isn't necessarily your account. ""Application Popup"... If that
appears, what is the name in the title bar of that popup? Another
thought... what happens if you suspend all startup programs in
MSCONFIG? Does the error still occur?


Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows XP

 

[Rick Vigorous]

The program user could be "local system" or another builtin account.
It isn't necessarily your account.

I should clarify and say that Administrators and System both have Full
Control access to the entire Windows directory.

""Application Popup"... If that
appears, what is the name in the title bar of that popup?

There is no true popup, in the sense of a dialog box. There is a
yellow-triangle-and-exclamation-point icon in the system tray, with an
attached (?) baloon that has the "Insufficient..." error message.

I should also mention that the "Hibernate" tab in the "Power Options"
control panel completely disappears after the error occurs.

Another thought... what happens if you suspend all startup programs in
MSCONFIG? Does the error still occur?

Yes. I don't have that many startup items. I'm carefully disabling
services one at a time to try to narrow things down.

I've been expanding my Internet-at-large search for similar symptoms,
and I _might_ have something: I found a Bluetooth hardware vendor site
that discusses how the installation of non-WDM driver will disable
hibernation in Windows Me. While this isn't directly applicable, it
might, with a little expert review, suggest a possible course of
investigation...

 

[Sharon F]

I've been expanding my Internet-at-large search for similar symptoms,
and I _might_ have something: I found a Bluetooth hardware vendor site
that discusses how the installation of non-WDM driver will disable
hibernation in Windows Me. While this isn't directly applicable, it
might, with a little expert review, suggest a possible course of
investigation...

WDM drivers aren't always the best available but because they've been
certified, they're good ones to put in place when troubleshooting odd
problems. And "insufficient system resources" is an odd problem. That
message doesn't come up often in XP or other NT based operating
systems. Much more common in Win9x or with older programs not quite
compatible with XP. Just a side thought, if you are limiting virtual
memory, may want to try setting that to "let windows manage." At least
until you have this cleared up.


Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows XP

 

[Sharon F]

There is no true popup, in the sense of a dialog box. There is a
yellow-triangle-and-exclamation-point icon in the system tray, with an
attached (?) baloon that has the "Insufficient..." error message.

Check this icon out a little closer if you can. A double click, right
click or even hovering the mouse over it may give a clue about where
it is originating from. If taskmanager is available at the time of the
error, you may find it listed in there too.


Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows XP

 

[Sharon F]

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 23:41:43 GMT, Rick Vigorous

PS: May want to poke around a bit at www.eventid.net
This is a database of user input about various events that appear in
Event Viewer. Besides descriptions and troubleshooting histories,
solutions are sometimes referenced as well.


Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows XP