"program too big to fit in memory"

From: willy (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/07/04


Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 04:56:11 -0700

Having space on your hard drive doesn't mean you should
have enough memory.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello.I recently got this bad problem in my computer
>where i try to open certain programs and nothing happens
>except a black box pops on the screen and then dissapears
>in a split second.When it stays open long enough it
>usually says "program too big to fit in memory." I have
>no idea why this is happening.I have norton antivirus and
>i ran a full system scan to delete viruses,but the
>problem still continues.And I have over half of my hard
>drive with free space so there is obviously enough memory
>to start these programs up.If anyone has ANY answers to
>this problem please e-mail me at mtv_poison@yahoo.com.I
>would really appreciate it.
>.
>



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