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I have a laptop and when ever I get into a program it tells me that I have insuffient memory.

I check my memory in DOS and my convential memory says it has about 65,000 memory and I've used my expanded memory already.

The memory amount flucuates. I believe that my memory is being up even if I'm not using any programs. I did an antivirus check and nothing came up.
Please advise me on what I should do.
Thank you
Janet

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by dmiles

System resources can be used up Programs being loaded at Startup,after system is booted press the
CTRL+ALT+DEL to check what programs are running in the background

Anti-Virus and other programs running in the background,including the screen savers

Depending on the Operating System you lmay want to use MSCONFIG,to determine what programs are running on the system

Check the memory in the system and see if the amount of memory is sufficient enough to support the OS and Programs loaded onthe system

by hinrgman

what type of laptop do you have? What operating system are you running?
by todays standards if you only have 64mb of memory it is normal to run out of emory depending on your operating system and the number of programs that are running. Does your laptop share its memory with the video display?
matty

by rswats

I agree that 64Mb of memory is realistically too little for today's applications. If you don't have the option of upgrading the memory on your laptop, you might want to give memturbo a try. You can download an evaluation copy at www.memturbo.com and test it. MemTurbo is to memory what defrag is to the hard disk. It might make the difference for you. Hope that helps!

by jmartinez

My operating system is WindowsME the laptop is Sony and I have 128MB RAM. Can it be that my operating system may be corrupted.
Janet

by hinrgman

one of my laptops is a sony vaio and i experienced the same problem with 128mb of ram. I was able to correct it with the programs i loaded at startup. I contacted sony and they recomennded increasing the ram. I installed another 128mb. I doubled theram and that seemed to cure the problem. 128mb should be enough but doubling the ram cured the problem. You should be able to get the memory for around $35.

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