MS Word Not Enough Memory Error

abach,

No... still get error. By restarting Word you meant to go to open MS Word in programs, this I did.

I have not rebooted as I am not sure if you want me to put back the Data and Options keys or just go ahead and reboot....?

Is there anything you want me to do before I reboot the machine?

abach,

Ok,  thanks for picking up on the challenge.

dolfin

Delet the highest number Data and Options keys.

Try the information available here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305498/en-us

(I used to be able to insert links as hyperlinks, but it seems this forum only allows me to post in plain text, so you'll have to copy and paste the link)

Message Edited by abach on 02-01-2006 09:22 AM

abach,

      Still the  Error haunts the machine :).

 

 I am getting to think you have gone beyond the call of helpfulness here. A re-install of Win2000 is drastic but....

Is there any other possibilities before I take this step and is this step even a solution?

 

I'd probably just uninstall Office 2000, use the uninstaller utility to completely clean the PC of Office 2000 (do a search for Office 2000 uninstaller on Microsoft) and then reinstall Office.

Sorry about not being able to fix this.

 

abach,

   Are you talking about:

 the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility?

 

    I ran this after uninstalling Office from Add/Remove Programs. The Cleanup Utility did not show any remenants of Office.

  Also, what about the Registry Keys I deleted. Do I need to do anything about reinstalling those?

Thanks For Thr Help,

dolfin

Are we sure this is really a Word problem? Even though the /a switch allows it to run properly, it may actually be a Windows swap file issue.

Open System control panel
Click Advanced tab
Click Performance Settings
Click Advanced tab
Click Virtual Memory Change button
Put dot in System Managed Size
Click Set button
Click Apply
Click OK back to desktop

Reboot and try Word again.

Ron

Message Edited by RoHe on 02-01-2006 06:37 PM

Rohe,

Sorry, I presumed XP. You may want to increase the max value. I don't use Win2K so have no idea what's a good upper number. It depends on size of your HD, how full it is, among other things. Maybe Denny will weigh back with some opinions, but you could try pushing it up to ~1000, if it will let you, just to see if you're on the right track to resolving this problem. You could always lower it again, if other problems arise or maybe you need to archive some files to CD to free up more space on the HD.

Ron

Denny, Abach, Rohe,

No luck. I increased the Virtual Mem up to 2000 as I had 14000 free space. I think the will go ahead an reinstall Windows from scratch. Luckily it is my laptop rather than my desktop. Thank you for all your suggestions with this thread. You have taught me a lot that I did not know. I will, no doubt, be back again with another issue.

 

dolfin

Ron,

 Thanks for the heads up. SFC and the Repair option in Win2000 sure beats a clean wipe :). I'll give those choices a try before the Big Erase.

All help is appreciated. Help gives hope and hope is a great gift.

Good Weekend,

Dolfin

   

Ron,

 

Ron,