Re: Memory error PP2003 and Vista
- From: Dan <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 07:16:20 -0700
Mike: SUCCESS!! After much back and forth, and with thanks to "Smart
Computing" magazine's technical staff (they directed me to MSFT support, as
their sense was direct incompatability with Vista as being most probable), I
ended up last night speaking with 4 MSFT reps. The last, reading from the
"book", officially told me PP2003 is supposed to be compatible with all OS
after XP. he then unofficially indicated it might be wise to upgrade my Vista
Home Premium to Business or Ultimate as they most probably would be more
compatable with a "professional" product. As this would be a $245 upgrade I
elected not to do that.
My company's IT guy then came up with a solution that WORKS! There's a
company called VMWare (http://www.vmware.com/download/) that offers a product
that will simulate an XP OS on your Vista machine. My IT guy gave me a disk
with a Reader and the desktop simulator (4 GB of material), which I have
successfully installed and am up and running.
BOTTOM LINE? Project Professional 2003 and Visio 2003 does not appear to be
compatible with Vista Home Premium (at least) at the present time. Positions
that disagree with this conclusion are cordially invited.
PS: the MSFT guy indicated I should monitor this forum for any subsequent
patches that may be produced to solve this clear issue.
Hope all this helps someone out there save the hours it took us (at least me
and Mike) to get here.
Dan
Dan
"Mike Glen" wrote:
You're welcome, Dan, and will keep you informed as, I hope, you'll keep us.
informed. Good luck. :-)
Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for Project Tutorials
"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Mike;
Thanks for hanging in there with me! I had already posted this problem on
the Vista group (where one other 'victim' had exactly the same problem),
but
no one has responded. That's when I came to this group. the other 'victim'
also mentioned the same issue with Visio 2003. I just checked my Visio and
it, too, does not function.
I, like you, believe it is a Vista issue and I thank you for your efforts.
If you stumble across a solution and remember this exchange, please let me
know.
Dan
"Mike Glen" wrote:
Have you tried right clicking the winproj.exe file and selecting run as
administrator?
Sorry, Dan, I'm way out of my depth! Try posting on a Vista newsgroup as
I
believe it is not a Project problem, because your's is the first I've
heard
of and presumably everyone else managed it OK. It installed OK on my
Vista
set up. Otherwise it's Microsoft
Support.
Mike Glen
Project MVP
"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:59EA481A-734F-4D37-BBF2-277ED5B1D156@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mike:
Thanks for the welcome and the ideas. I tried all 3 points on #18
without
success. I then tried a "diskeeper" complete defrag and finally quit
getting
the original error, after several uninstalls and reinstalls, not to
mention a
download and install of PP SP2. PP now appears to install without
error,
but
when I click on winproj.exe, nothing happens.
Your thought on safe mode seemed a good one, but when I tried it, I got
the
error "Windows installer is not accessible in safe mode ...".
Anything else I can try? I really need to get PP installed for my job
and
really appreciate any help you see your way clear to provide.
Dan
"Mike Glen" wrote:
Hi Dan,
Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)
I haven't experienced this and I don't know how the following works
with
Vista, but please see FAQ Item: 18. Memory Problems. If that doesn't
work,
you could try installing it from Windows safe mode.
FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be
seen
at
this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm
Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :-)
Mike Glen
Project MVP
"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have just purchased a new PC with Vista. In attempting to load this
new
PC
with my licensed copy of Project Professional 2003, I get the
following
error, after installation and when starting up PP:
"There is not enough memory to complete this operation. To free up
available
memory, close programs, projects or windows you aren't using and
then
try
again".
I have 1 gb of RAM, 90GB of hard drive and a 1.3gb page file set,
with
no
other programs running. Can anyone point me to a solution?
Gratefully,
Dan
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