Constant crash   

I am having difficulty with MS Project 2000. There a document I am working 
on which is in my opinion pretty big I think. 80mb. I dont know if that is 
big or not for Microsoft Project standards. I am far from being a expert 
with it. The number of lines I am using is 67. The problem is that every 
time I start playing around with the file it says the following errors:

Popup box 1:
There is not enough memory to print.
 To free up available memory, close programs, projects, or windows you 
aren't using, and then try again

Popup box 2:
There is not enough memory to complete the operation, To free up available 
memory,close programs, projects, or windows you aren't using, and then try 
again.

Popup box 3:
Your system is low on Virtual memory. To ensure that Windows runs properly, 
increase the size of your virtual memory paging file. For more information, 
see Help

My computer is currently configured with 384mb of RAM and the Virtual memory 
is set to 2gigs so I doubt the virtual memory is the problem.

Could you please help me I have been going crazy with this problem for close 
to 2 weeks now.

G.

date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:43:48 -0400   author:   George Spiro

RE: Constant crash   

You have two problems.  First, 384MB is barely enough to run P2K.

Second, you have file bloat.  80MB is HUGE for a 67-line schedule.  P2K has 
this problem, in addition to a serious memory leak.

Closing and restarting Project from time to time will help regain memory.  
Definitely do not run other applications wwhile you are using Project.

There probably is a more elegant way to fix the file bloat, but one way 
would be to copy the tasks to a new project and discard the old one.
-- 
Reid McTaggart
Alegient, Inc., Houston
Project Server Experts
Microsoft Certified Partner


"George Spiro" wrote:

> I am having difficulty with MS Project 2000. There a document I am working 
> on which is in my opinion pretty big I think. 80mb. I dont know if that is 
> big or not for Microsoft Project standards. I am far from being a expert 
> with it. The number of lines I am using is 67. The problem is that every 
> time I start playing around with the file it says the following errors:
> 
> Popup box 1:
> There is not enough memory to print.
>  To free up available memory, close programs, projects, or windows you 
> aren't using, and then try again
> 
> Popup box 2:
> There is not enough memory to complete the operation, To free up available 
> memory,close programs, projects, or windows you aren't using, and then try 
> again.
> 
> Popup box 3:
> Your system is low on Virtual memory. To ensure that Windows runs properly, 
> increase the size of your virtual memory paging file. For more information, 
> see Help
> 
> My computer is currently configured with 384mb of RAM and the Virtual memory 
> is set to 2gigs so I doubt the virtual memory is the problem.
> 
> Could you please help me I have been going crazy with this problem for close 
> to 2 weeks now.
> 
> G.
> 
> 
>

date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:59:08 -0700   author:   Reid McTaggart reid@alegient com(donotspam)

Re: Constant crash   

Hi George,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)

If you suspect a corrupt file, you could try the suggestions in FAQ Item: 
43.  File Bloat? - Might be Corruption.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at 
this web address: http://www.mvps.org/project/.

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :-)

Mike Glen
Project MVP


 Reid McTaggart wrote:
> You have two problems.  First, 384MB is barely enough to run P2K.
>
> Second, you have file bloat.  80MB is HUGE for a 67-line schedule.
> P2K has this problem, in addition to a serious memory leak.
>
> Closing and restarting Project from time to time will help regain
> memory. Definitely do not run other applications wwhile you are using
> Project.
>
> There probably is a more elegant way to fix the file bloat, but one
> way would be to copy the tasks to a new project and discard the old
> one.
>
>> I am having difficulty with MS Project 2000. There a document I am
>> working on which is in my opinion pretty big I think. 80mb. I dont
>> know if that is big or not for Microsoft Project standards. I am far
>> from being a expert with it. The number of lines I am using is 67.
>> The problem is that every time I start playing around with the file
>> it says the following errors:
>>
>> Popup box 1:
>> There is not enough memory to print.
>>  To free up available memory, close programs, projects, or windows
>> you aren't using, and then try again
>>
>> Popup box 2:
>> There is not enough memory to complete the operation, To free up
>> available memory,close programs, projects, or windows you aren't
>> using, and then try again.
>>
>> Popup box 3:
>> Your system is low on Virtual memory. To ensure that Windows runs
>> properly, increase the size of your virtual memory paging file. For
>> more information, see Help
>>
>> My computer is currently configured with 384mb of RAM and the
>> Virtual memory is set to 2gigs so I doubt the virtual memory is the
>> problem.
>>
>> Could you please help me I have been going crazy with this problem
>> for close to 2 weeks now.
>>
>> G.

date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:11:54 +0100   author:   Mike Glen glenATmvps.org