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HELP! Low Resouces

Feb 29, 2004 1:24PM PST

The problem started when I decided to restart my computer because it froze on me. After the computer rebooted, I got an error message when it started Windows saying I was running low in resources and that I should end Explorer. All of my programs and files were visible on the desktop; the problem was that I couldn't open any of them. I tried hitting the start button, but the menu was blank. As a last resort, I did the old "ctrl-alt-delete" routine and when the close programs box came up, I saw that I was running over 50 or more programs called "winrar." I tried closing the winrar programs but my computer was unable to do anything because there was not enough resources to do so. There was no other way to shut off the computer other than to press the start up button on the computer tower. I tried to start up Windows again and it went through the same cycle.

Does my computer have a virus? Is there any way I can fix this problem???

I am running an HP Pavillion desktop with Win ME operating system. I don't think the problem is with how much memory I have on my computer because last I checked my C-drive was about 70% free.

Thanks for any kind of help you can give me in advance

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Re:HELP! Low Resouces
Feb 29, 2004 3:05PM PST

Google came up with a bit of info about Winrar but saw nothing specifc to your problem. Hope this is of some help. Good luck.

http://www.rarlab.com/

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format. You may try WinRAR before buy, its trial version is available in

support@rarlab.com <support@rarlab.com>
win.rar GmbH, Brotstrasse 4, 54290 Trier, Germany
phone: +49 651 436 786 6
fax: +49 651 436 786 5

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Re:HELP! Low Resouces
Feb 29, 2004 7:58PM PST

You likely have some PEST or PARASITE installed on the machine. The Anti-Parasite Suite would be useful and it's my choice to not allow anything it finds on a machine. Link -> http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6132-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=1313&start=0

Next, review the Optimizing Windows at http://www.aumha.org/articles.htm

"I don't think the problem is with how much memory I have on my computer because last I checked my C-drive was about 70% free."

The Memory Article at Aumha's site will help you learn about this.

Bob