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Not enough free memory message?
Name: Kayman Date: March 1, 1999 at 11:31:00 Pacific
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1.When I try to run defrag or scandisk from windows I get a "Not enough free memory to run this program..shut down other programs and try again" 2.When I shutdown the computer incorrectly the scandisk on startup works fine. 3.I have a listing(RIVA TNT software) showing my total memory as 64mb and my free memory as 20kb! 4.I have tried the FAQ at microsoft.com suggestions like editing autoexec and config. 5.Everything else seems to run great, but my HD is starting to get fragmented since I can't run defrag. Help please. doctor@gnt.net
Name: Ronald Date: December 14, 1999 at 01:24:54 Pacific
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I have the same problem with 128Mb memory, but found this: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q134/9/86.asp
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Response Number 2
Name: wyn Date: December 25, 1999 at 07:24:34 Pacific
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I have exactly the same problem. I really don't understand what is being said at the posted microsoft support page. can anybody advise me?
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Response Number 3
Name: cks Date: January 10, 2000 at 05:27:22 Pacific
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not enough free memory message
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Response Number 4
Name: Dan Date: January 14, 2000 at 13:13:40 Pacific
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I guess we all have this problem and nobody will help.
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Response Number 5
Name: artheron Date: January 15, 2000 at 20:01:22 Pacific
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It's normal if you have an Hard disk bigger than 8.4GB with only one partition
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Response Number 6
Name: don lukehart Date: January 18, 2000 at 20:32:46 Pacific
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If the problem is indeed the one mentioned in the knowledge base article above, it simply means that there has been a restriction put upon the user to not be able to access certain drives. Hence you can't run scandisk on them. It runs when you re-boot because you haven't log on yet, and the system policies are not yet in effect.
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Response Number 7
Name: Bill Liu Date: January 29, 2000 at 03:08:20 Pacific
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Please reference the following article: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q229/1/54.ASP
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Response Number 8
Name: Bill Weihrouch Date: October 21, 2000 at 23:55:12 Pacific
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windows 95 and 98 has what they call a "Memory Leak" some apps dont know how to release their memory properly when they are done anbd windows does not know how to reallocate it. Thers a good little blurb on my site about it. Check out http://www.vflight.com
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