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internet explorer and insuffient memory

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by billbo260

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I'm running Win 98 and recently have gotten
an insuffient memory error when i click on
internet explorer. It says to close other
programs running. There is no other programs
running bcause i looked at startup folder.
I have 384 ram. I can get my email from Outlook,
that comes up ok. Please somebody help me.

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by saihib

The startup folder doesn't tell the whole story. Go to start/run type msconfig. Click the Startup tab and every checked box you see is a program that runs at startup. To check if one of those programs is the problem, uncheck every checked box and reboot. Then, open up IE and see if you get the same message. If not, start re-checking programs one at a time until you find the offender. If you don't want to go through the hassle just leave things unchecked except for your anti-virus program and scanreg and explorer. Most people don't need most programs at startup anyway.

by billbo260

Thought of that too, but internet explorer is the only progarm that won't start. All others work.

by phil-columbia md

First, "insufficient memory" is badly worded. It really refers to waht is called "heap," a special purpose set aside of RAM that on Win 95/98/Me never exceeds 1MB. It can be consumed. There is a monitor for it that you may engage from Satrt|Programs|Access.|SystemToosl|Resource Meter. Other Win dows OS do not have this b/c they do not have the 1MB limit.)
Still, my best guess is that your copy of IE is broken and needs reinstallation. Best do an uninstall first to clear out as much as possible.

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