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Word 2000 Memory Error????

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by mal4462

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I am trying to use word and i get the follwing error message 'There is not enough memory or disk space to complete the operation' one day i could open multiple files, do page setups,etc with no trouble.
30 minutes later i can only load word with one document and it wont even let me change the page setup details. no matter what i do i get the error message. what ive tried.... unloading tsr's,safe mode,memory increase,disk space clearance( over 1 gb spare), re-installing word , re-installing windows, words detect and repair,reducing the toolbars within word, checking the file length of file, ensuring swapfile is on c drive and has lots of space, ram,sram,dram is sufficient.disk repair clusters, scandisk, fix-it, etc),registry check and repair, i cannot understand what happened in that 30 minutes to suddenly make this happen but i tried a fresh install of word and win dows and that didnt fix it, so im stuck.
also, i have no virus.

Using Windows 98. Help Me.

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by ann777

Does this computer have over 512 MB of RAM?

Tip of the Day: Max Memory in Windows PROBLEM:

I recently read that Windows 98 Second Edition can recognize only 128MB of RAM, and that purchasing more memory is not productive. Is this true?

SOLUTION: No. It's an urban legend. From time to time you'll see postings claiming that Windows 98, SE, ME, NT, 2000 (take your pick) can recognize only 64MB, 128MB, 256MB,
or who-knows-how-many megabytes of memory. In fact, all modern versionsof Windows can handle 2GB of memory-far more than most of us are likely to encounter in the foreseeable future.

There's one minor gotcha, though: A bug in Windows 95, 98, SE, and ME crops up if you
have more than 512MB of memory installed. The part of Windows that moves files in and out of the main computer sets aside enough memory so it can work with big files, and if the amount of available memory is large, the memory chunk that's set aside is large, too.

Unfortunately, if the amount of available memory is huge?more than 512MB-the file?handling routines can grab so much memory that nothing is left for more mundane
functions. Paradoxically, if Windows hits this bug, it may report the problem to you by
saying "There is notenough memory available to run this program. Quit one or more programs, and then try again." Or it may hang completely.

To warn Windows that you have more than 512MB of memory installed, add the following line to the the [VCache] section of yourwin.ini file:

MaxFileCache = 524288

by dklippert

When in doubt, I always search for left over temp file(~*.*), and rename or delete any Normal.dots (there can be more than one.)
You might also consider increasing the size of you paging file to at least 2.5 times larger than the amount of RAM.
Watch out for Outlook Journaling and don't use Word as a e-mail editor.
Good luck

by bbatts

Inspite of all you have already done, please see MS Knowledge Base Article Q224054. From personal experience, be sure that the C:\Windows\Temp (default Temp folder) is not over-loaded and be sure you keep the C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files folder cleaned out. It does make a difference.

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