A computer engineer had this machine in his workshop and did all that sort of stuff. ----- Original Message ----- From: "roger south" <roger.south@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:21 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Please can anyone help Hi Peter Had a similar problem last year. It was finally solved when a tech support guy suggested cleaning the fans. They were a little clogged so a good blasting with a compressed air canister from Maplin's solved the problem for me. Hope it's as simple for you. Roger Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter BEasley" <p.beasley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:05 PM Subject: [access-uk] Please can anyone help >I have had an ongoing problem with my PC since early March. The problem is >that after the machine has been running for half an hour to 40 minutes, it >simply runs out of steam and stops working. The sort of error mesage I >sometimes get tells me that there is no buffer available or unable to >allocate memory. A computer engineer who tested this machine in his >workshop saidthat he was unable to replicate the problem but I don't see >how this can be as I have left the machine onwith no applications running >for 3 quarters of an hour and was unable to start the screenreader. The >engineer did send me the following from the Microsoft support website but >as this involves adding something to the registry, I wouldlike further >advice. > 1. Start Registry Editor. > 2. Locate the following subkey in the registry, and then click > Parameters: > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters > 3. On the Edit menu, click New, and then add the following registry > entry: > Value Type: DWORD > Value Name: MaxUserPort > Value data: 65534 > Valid Range: 5000-65534 (decimal) > Default: 0x1388 (5000 decimal) > Description: This parameter controls the maximum port number that is used > when a program requests any available user port from the system. Typically > , > ephemeral (short-lived) ports are allocated between the values of 1024 and > 5000 inclusive. > 4. Quit Registry Editor. > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq