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People calling me lately complaining about Win9x/ME insufficient memory errors

Ben

Golden Member
Maybe it's coincidence, maybe it isn't.

Tonight I got yet another call from someone telling me about an error their getting, that their computer doesn't have sufficient memory to run a program. About 8 people total now, all running Windows 98 or Windows ME have called me within the last two weeks or so. They all say that rebooting the computer fixes the problem temporarily, but eventually their programs start shutting down one by one claiming that there's insufficient memory. I've had them check their system resources, and check their hard drive space and neither are maxed out.

Anyone else getting this error recently?

Maybe it's some kind of new worm virus going around?

They all claim it happens while their "on the net".

This seems a little strange that everyone would have the same problem. The funny thing is, most everyone hasn't called to complain about the problem or Windows sucking or anything. They all call me asking me if they can upgrade their RAM or their hard drive. LOL! Granted, all of these people are the basic users. You know, turn computer on, fire up AOL, check email, go in chat rooms, forward dumb jokes to everyone in address book, shut down computer.
 
These are usually the same folks that think 'delete' means the same thing as 'uninstall'. They shut their system down by pressing the 'Power' button. While browsing, they would never think to actually close any open site windows.

I've run 98SE since it was available and have yet to experience an 'insufficient memory' warning, with RAM sizes of 64 to 256.
 


<< These are usually the same folks that think 'delete' means the same thing as 'uninstall'. They shut their system down by pressing the 'Power' button. While browsing, they would never think to actually close any open site windows.

I've run 98SE since it was available and have yet to experience an 'insufficient memory' warning, with RAM sizes of 64 to 256.
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Well said and ditto.🙂
 
Same here... had two people... father and son that got the same email when this problem started.

If they dont click okay on the out of memory error message everything runs fine.. but as soon as they click okay the computer locks up.

Turned out to be a virus.
 
Interesting...

Still not sure if it's operator error and pure coincidence or some kind of virus or worm going around.
 
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