why would my pc say there is not enough memory to run a program after I added more memory?

Question

I have a HP Pavilion with XP and it had 500 mb of ram and my adobe photodelux 2.0 program worked just fine but then I went to a full gig of ram and now it says not enough memory to run adobe photodelux.
It seems to be the only program having this problem and I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it but that didn't help. I tried increasing the virtual memory but that didn't help either.

Answer 1

Adobe Photo-deluxe, I believe, is clashing with Windows. My guess is the problem rests with Windows' over-allocating memory to a program due to the fact you have more RAM (IE the program(s) have a different/much-more-ram-efficient setting for 500mb RAM...and are choosing to take up extra ram to run faster now that they find you have over 500mb).

First, press ctrl-alt-delete and look at the memory usage for programs under task manager. There's a good chance you have a virus scanner, ad-ware scanner, or other bulky software that is soaking up your memory so that ADOBE is left with too little memory...in which case the task manager will list that software as taking up a huge amount and you will simply have to terminate that program (and, hopefully, adjust it's options/settings/configuration to load less of itself or limit its use on ram).

Suppose the task manager says you have lots (say 350+ megs of ram free) BEFORE you start Adobe and THEN you start it up and it complains. Then that's GOT to be something wrong with PHOTODELUXE (and you are probably best off contacting Adobe technical support and looking for patches/updates for that program).


Another possible problem is that you have a virus or spy-ware of sorts in which case you just need a system clean-up...as another answerer pointed out: ad-aware or Spybot....in addition AVG anti-virus (also free) is excellent.

It is an odd/tricky problem though, and trust me, as a sys admin I've seen a lot...best luck in solving it!

Answer 2

Seems like something is consuming your available memory. These are the guidelines I observe and I only have 512mb RAM.

- set wallpaper and screensavers to blank or none — they run continuously in the background and use memory.
- review your start menu – remove anything you don’t need on a daily basis — load games, etc. on an as-needed basis.
- from Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options: delete cookies, delete files (offline), and clear history.
- run Disk Cleanup, Scandisk, Defrag at least every two weeks (the more frequently they are run, the less time they take).
- periodically, click Start, Programs, Run — they type ipconfig renew
(that’s ipconfig space renew).
These things should increase speed and free up memory as much as possible.
It will also help if you download two free programs: Ad-aware and Spybot.

Answer 3

When it say : the computer don't have enough memory
are you sure they don't talk about memory on your hard disk...

and not on ram.