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[iam4gvn]

I just installed EMC 9 and wanted to try out the MyDVD program to create a DVD. I loaded a video in .wmv format and when I clicked on the Edit Movie option, the whole program closed. This also happened in EMC 8, so I have always used Sonic MyDVD Plus to edit videos. I wanted to upgrade that program, but was directed to the Roxio site. Below is my system info. Thanks for any help on this problem.

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 061
System Model EG642AA-ABA M7260N
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~3000 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~3000 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD  3.08, 9/12/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.4

Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 107.46 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

Name RADEON X300 Series
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5B60&SUBSYS_032A1043&REV_00\4&11C8B129&0&0008
Adapter Type RADEON X300 SE (0x5B60), ATI Technologies Inc. compatible
Adapter Description RADEON X300 Series
Adapter RAM 128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6561

Name RADEON X300 Series Secondary
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5B70&SUBSYS_032B1043&REV_00\4&11C8B129&0&0108
Adapter Type RADEON X300 SE (0x5B60), ATI Technologies Inc. compatible
Adapter Description RADEON X300 Series Secondary
Adapter RAM 128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6561
INF File oem8.inf (ati2mtag_RV370 section)
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ati2mtag.sys (6.14.10.6561, 1.21 MB (1,273,856 bytes), 10/13/2005 4:13 PM)

[lehill]

iam4gvn, on Sep 27 2006, 08:22 PM, said:

Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 107.46 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

I don't have a solution for you, but are you sure you have only 100 MB available out of 1000 MB? What's using 900 MB of memory? Try looking at the numbers again immediately after a fresh reboot.

For comparison I have AV and 3 memory hungry programs running right now and I have 1 GB free out of 1.5 GB.

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[iam4gvn]

lehill, on Sep 27 2006, 07:55 PM, said:

I don't have a solution for you, but are you sure you have only 100 MB available out of 1000 MB? What's using 900 MB of memory? Try looking at the numbers again immediately after a fresh reboot.

For comparison I have AV and 3 memory hungry programs running right now and I have 1 GB free out of 1.5 GB.

Lance
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When I checked again, I have about 450 MB out of 1000. What can be done to increase the amount of free physical memory?

Thanks for your help.

[lehill]

iam4gvn, on Sep 28 2006, 08:55 AM, said:

When I checked again, I have about 450 MB out of 1000. What can be done to increase the amount of free physical memory?

Thanks for your help.

Well, you're welcome, but this may not have anything to do with your original problem. You can increase the amount of free RAM by exiting any software you're not using at the moment. You may also have gobs of software starting up during boot time (eg, iTunes, iPod, QuickTime, Realmedia, antivirus, printer icons, Google Desktop, Google Earth, mouse software, Adobe Reader AIM, spyware, adware, etc). All these use up RAM and for most of the time they just sit there doing nothing.

If you have a lot of icons sitting in the lower right hand corner (the System Tray), try right clicking on them and look for "Preferences" or "Settings". Click on Preferences and look for some setting to stop it from running during startup or "Place icon in system tray" or some similar setting. Do what you can and then reboot and see how well you did.

You can also stop things from starting up by using MsConfig (Start/Run, type msconfig, hit enter). This is a bit harder to do as most of the startup processes won't have familiar names and some are necessary for WinXP to run properly. Some instructions are here:
http://www.technibbl...o-use-msconfig/

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