Not enough ram

I just got a new system, and am now running Win XP with 512 megs ram. I installed my Photoshop 4 on it and it won't open, it says "Cannot open not enough memory (ram)"
It worked just fine in Win 98SE.

Is there a solution for this?
I'm not that big of a PS usere mostly I use it for scanning and adjusting "curves"

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Hi Judi, This might work, in XP programs, accessories, run the program compatibility wizard to see if it can fix the problem.

Good luck.

I ran the compatibility program , trying different settings and got the message "Unable to load PSUT9532.DLL Photoshop will not be able to support 16 bit plug-ins. Continue?" I said yes and got the same memory error message
Judi http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Judi i also run PS on WinXP Pro w/512 ram. And i've never had any problems with it, let alone one like yours.

Albeit i'm using PS7, which is actually much more of a resource hog than 4 ever was... but i don't think that has anything to do with this problem.

If you're familiar with WinXP at all, i'd suggest you checkout your Swap file setting. See what size it's set to be.

Right-click 'My Computer'.
Choose 'Properties'.
Click the 'Advanced' tab.
Click the 'Settings' button in the 'Performance' section.
Click the 'Advanced' tab at the very top.
Now look to the bottom of the current window. The amount shown there is your current Windows Swap file size.

Are you running PS on the same drive that your OS is installed? If so, that can cause some memory issues with the program. You need to setup PS to use a different drive for it's scratch disk.

One last stab for ya... you can assign PS to "Run" in a specific "Compatibility mode".
First make sure PS is not running.
Then find the "Photoshp.exe" file in your Adobe/Photoshop folder. Right-click on it and choose "Properties". Click the "Compatibility" tab, top-right. Then choose your previous OS that you know worked for you, from the menu within the "Compatibility mode" section.
Click OK.

If none of this is helps the issue, i'd suggest a clean unInstall and reInstall.

or.... run some partitions and continue to use Win98 for what ya needs... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Oh Gigit! You're so silly sometimes! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif hehehe http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Hello Judi,

According to Adobe version 4 won't run on XP. I was also still using version 4 when I got a XP machine. The solution is to upgrade to version 7. If you do you won't be sorry...If nothing else it is worth it for the healing brush tool, particularly if you're retouching photographs.

Regards, Joel

I tried all Mark's suggestions Thanks Joe, I'll look into upgrading.

Judi

yup silly ole me... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>It worked just fine in Win 98SE. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Then why try to fix a working thing?

Partitions are your buddies http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif I'm not a fan of partitions myself. They just make your HD have to work harder. But i guess at these prices, that's ok. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Nowadays you can't do without partitions.
It's always a good idea to work with at least 2 partitions; one for the operation system and one for the data.

Let's see for example what I have stored on my data partition;

Outlook Express email folder
Outlook Express address book
Photoshop files
Office documents
Favorites
MP3
Stock photos
Software
Downloads
Ebooks
Database files, PS Preference file, programming, several other miscellaneous files...etc...etc...

My operating system is stored on the C: drive and I have a backup of it on 2 or 3 CD's (using Symantec Ghost)
If I have a problem with my OS, then I can restore my backup in 10 minutes without having to worry about losing important data on my C: partition. After these 10 minutes everything is working again as if nothing happened.

It's also easy to make a backup of your data, since the only drive you have to worry about is the D: partition.

A second hard drive is even better; a great place to store the backup of your data and your PS scratch disk and Windows swap file. I know, another 3 partitons http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

The most precious data is burnt on CDs every few months.

Ya i agree G... and i choose to have 3 separate harddrives instead of partitioning. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Way to go Mark, that's even better! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Yea yea, must be nice to be rich eh hahaha... good thing ya bought em before the little bambino arrived there Mark, because trust you me... diapers and a bazzilion other items will have your bank account on e for quite a while... ( approx thirty years ) hahaha

Looks good on you though bud... [thumbs up]

Hi Gauss man... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif are yas getting any camping and fishing done this year ?

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Originally posted by Gaussian:
Nowadays you can't do without partitions.
It's always a good idea to work with at least 2 partitions; one for the operation system and one for the data.

Let's see for example what I have stored on my data partition;

Outlook Express email folder
Outlook Express address book
Photoshop files
Office documents
Favorites
MP3
Stock photos
Software
Downloads
Ebooks
Database files, PS Preference file, programming, several other miscellaneous files...etc...etc...

My operating system is stored on the C: drive and I have a backup of it on 2 or 3 CD's (using Symantec Ghost)
If I have a problem with my OS, then I can restore my backup in 10 minutes without having to worry about losing important data on my C: partition. After these 10 minutes everything is working again as if nothing happened.

It's also easy to make a backup of your data, since the only drive you have to worry about is the D: partition.

A second hard drive is even better; a great place to store the backup of your data and your PS scratch disk and Windows swap file. I know, another 3 partitons http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

The most precious data is burnt on CDs every few months.

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Hi,,,Having some confusion with my IT man. Am I mistaken in needing to partition my HD to make the scratch disk? Does PS create it's scratch disk? If you have a separate drive other than your primary drive C--is it necessary to set up a partition on the other drive or will PS do it by itself?

Thanks anyone will to help clear my confusion. I have always created a partition but maybe that isn't necessary.