[AccessD] Access95, Windows XP, out of memory

Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com
Fri Apr 1 10:13:48 CST 2005


Might be drastic, but if you have more than one Memory module
comprising your 1GB ram, perhaps you could temporarily remove one and
get it under that magic number just to see if that is what is causing
the issue?  Or try it on another machine with less RAM than that if
you have one available?

On Apr 1, 2005 10:02 AM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:
> Hi Garry
> 
> Thanks, but no luck. The compatibility mode settings don't seem to make
> any difference.
> 
> /gustav
> 
> >>> garykjos at gmail.com 04/01 4:56 pm >>>
> Hi Gustav,
> 
> Not exactly the same error message, but it may be the same problem -
> something related to HIMEM expanded memory that we used to have to
> suffer with back in the olden days.
> 
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767
> 
> also see
> 
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301911
> 
> Good luck with it!
> 
> Gary
> 
> On Apr 1, 2005 8:43 AM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > When I try to launch Access 95 (don't ask) on Windows XP it stops at
> > the splash screen with an "Out of memory" error.
> > I guess it's the opposite, my 1 GB ram confuses Access, but how to
> fool
> > Access 95 to accept or ignore the size of memory?
> >
> > I have tried creating a PIF file with Windows 95 compatibility mode
> but
> > still no go.
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > /gustav
> >
> > PS: This is no April fool ..
> 
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