The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Low Virtual Memory (from IE?) crashes PC :\

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by notebookn00b, Jul 23, 2006.

  1. notebookn00b

    notebookn00b Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    8
    Messages:
    94
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Basically what happens is everytime I open up Internet Explorer (version 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2), it no longer works. It opens up VERY, VERY slowly before completely freezing my computer and locking it up (not even CTRL-ALT-DEL works after that). After what seems like an eternity, a pop-up warning box comes up which says something to the effect of "Low Virtual Memory -- some requests/applications may not work".

    Now, NOTHING on my computer (and I mean NOTHING) has changed...I have not added, deleted any program (or even file). I've done virus scans (with AVG scanner and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition -- all updated to latest virus definitions) and nothing has shown up. I haven't EVER had this problem before, so it's really bugging the heck out of me because my computer bogs down everytime I open up IE and eventually freezes it. I know that I have more than enough RAM, because in the rare occassion that CTRL-ALT-DEL does work, only something like 300MB (out of 512MB) is being used.

    Any help (and I mean ANY) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
     
    notebookn00b, Jul 23, 2006
    #1
  2. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

    Reputations:
    634
    Messages:
    3,637
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    well, it seems there is something wrong with the internet explore code. i have no idead how to fix what you have but you could try and download IE 7 beta 3 or FireFox. i use fire fox and it is faster than internet explorer and it is free!!! i have used the IE beta 2 and i did not like it at all and that's the reason i went to firefox...

    if this just started try to reset your system to a previous point using system tools Start > All Programs > accessories > system tools > system restore.
    if you decide to go this route select a date that is before when the problem started. then follow the directions. this can fix many problems but some times it undo's Mcfee virus protection updates and forces to reinstall, ( which is often better than a computer crash)

    also CAN undo any of the changes if it doesn't work

    good luck!!!!
     
    yuio, Jul 23, 2006
    #2
  3. titaniummd

    titaniummd Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    70
    Messages:
    1,746
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    IE is sub par for browsers. You can reinstall the browser which may help - a file may have been corrupted.

    I recommend Opera or Mozilla's Firefox browser.
     
    titaniummd, Jul 23, 2006
    #3