Low virtual memory message after installing Windows Live Mail??

Hi,
Brand new here, and a while back I decided to install Windows Live Mail, as I have been having a little issue with Outlook Express, and WLM is basically the replacement for it. Anyway, I only installed the email program......already have Live messenger. It installed fine, transferred everything from Outlook Express, and seemed like it was fine, but then my computer started freezing up, not being able to do anything, and finally I got the little bubble telling me my virtual memory is low! What? I have never got this warning.....ever!

I uninstalled WLM, and reinstalled, because I'm thinking surely something just went wrong with the install. Nothing changed, so I just removed it again, and everything is back to normal.

Something isn't right, because I should be able to add a simple email program to my computer without this. At least I think so. I have an older Dell, Pentium 4,1.6GHz, 768MB of RAM, Service Pack 3, for whatever any of that is worth. NOD32 is my virus program. I don't have any huge resource hogging programs on this computer, and this happened right after installing WLM, so I'm assuming it as some conflict with my computer???? I simply don't know, and any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Any chance it could have something to do with my pagefile size? The little searching around on my own led me to taking a look at mine. That seems ridiculous after installing an email program, but I don't have a clue.Again, I've never seen this warning before, but here's a screen shot of my pagefile info, just for the heck of it.
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/metalliholic06/pagefile.jpg

Thanks, in advance!

 

Could be. No harm in testing:

The above info found here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308417

I suggest "system managed ". Don't forget to hit the set button.

What you got running at startup or in background as tasks. Each one of these will take ram resources? Make sure you have nothing running or loaded as a startup that you do not need.

-------------FYI or reading for pass time---------
google says this about xp Low virtual memory message

 

Nothing major at startup.......went through and got that down to a minimum. Nothing real out of the ordinary that I know of as far as tasks. Here are screen shots of both.
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/metalliholic06/startup.jpg
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/metalliholic06/taskmanager-1.jpg

Never have known why system idle process is sometimes at 90 - 100%, as in this screen shot, but anyway, before trying the Windows Live Mail, never had any virtual memory message like that, and not only that, I'm mainly a web surfer......no resource hogging programs to speak of, in comparison to what a lot of people have on their machines.

Maybe you'll see something I don't. After all, If I was that knowledgable, I wouldn't be here asking for help, lol! And thanks for your help!

 

Hello acillatem,

Maybe the issue is older than the Llive Mail install. What problem was Outlook throwing at you?

I still recommend you set your memory to allow windows system to manage it.

You don't have a large amount to begin with and you've confined or set your own to smaller numbers than recommended.

How about Nod scanning your email. While this is a good thing in some cases it will cause system hang, mail and memory hiccups. You could disable any interaction with email, then try Windows Mail again. Have you researched to see if nod has any issues with Live Mail?

Keep this snipit in mind if you turn off email scanning in your antivirus software. While I cut this out of an outlook article it still applies!

 

It was Outlook Express, and I kept getting the error code that indicated the connection to the server had failed (0x800CCC0E, I believe it was) I went round and round with AT&T, and they were adamant that my Outlook Express just had to be corrupt, because it wasn't them. I wanted to try Windows Live Mail as a process of elimination......if after installing it, the problem was gone, that would prove it was my Outlook Express, even though my gut feeling was that it wasn't corrupt. Anyway, had this memory thing come up, so never found out. A couple weeks ago, the server issue went away all on it's own, telling me it was something with the server all the time, not my OE.

I will adjust the pagefile, as I have never touched it, and I did add memory to this machine a couple years ago, so it's obviously set for what the computer came with???

Good idea to check on NOD conflicting with Live Mail, I'll look into that as well. I know of no problem with email scanning being turned on with my machine, but it sure couldn't hurt to turn it off and try it, especially with the Live Mail.

The main reason I want to use the Live Mail now, even though I now know for sure that my OE isn't "corrupt ", is that is has a Spam blocking feature, and OE has none.....just a block senders feature, that is next to worthless. We are having a Spam problem at the moment, and I want to control it right in my program, not at the server.....easier to monitor.

It stopped my machine dead when I was getting the memory warning.....really weird. Live Mail can't use much memory, I wouldn't think, but maybe I was right at the edge, especially with my pagefile settings, but I've used programs that have to use more memory than Live Mail, and haven't had that warning. Strange .

 

acillatem,

I'm happy to hear your Immediate need and past Outlook Express problem was fixed. Truth is, due to lateness of hour and the sheep circling my head, I barely read or looked into the preemptive google search I did for you.

Anything I suggested was off the top of my head. You may wish to check into this post later tomorrow. I will get some sleep and screen some of those links for ya' and post anything new I find relevant to posted issue.

Your most welcome and Good Night.

Dah! Tmp! empty your tmp's and trash: Below is a little tool to make the task a bit more more thorough. You may wish to download this and give it shot.
tfc Temp File Cleaner

 

I'm really good at keeping all that stuff nice and clean, so it's not that.

I do appreciate all your help. Get some sleep, I need to do the same.

 

Oh, so it's the exact opposite of how it appears? Well, to someone like me that doesn't know, lol. Interesting, and thanks!