Re: Where has all the memory gone?

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BudV wrote:
Running under Vista Home Premium SP1.

I just loaded Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 (which had been running
previously under WinXP with 500MB RAM) into my new PC with 3GB RAM. It
would not run and requested that I increase Windows Virtual RAM!

Task Manager shows RAM with Total=2939MB, Cached=2080MB, and
Free=20MB. My first guess is that the problem has to do with having
an administrator and five standard users, four of whom are
minimum-user kids and should be removed (along with the kids). Am I
right?
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Maybe it would be worth a try to run
the program in Compatibility Mode.

Maybe the following articles will help:

(927386) How to troubleshoot program
compatibility issues in Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927386/en-us

(931361) How to troubleshoot issues that may
prevent a program from being installed correctly
on a Windows Vista-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931361/en-us

(931362) Advanced methods to troubleshoot
a program that does not run as expected after
it is installed on Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931362/en-us

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk



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