>> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 12:58:01 -0500 >> Subject: [muglo] memory >> From: taylorc547@xxxxxxxxxx >> To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Having some problems lately with screen freezing to the point I >> sometimes >> have to force quit Explorer. >> I have a power mac G4, AGP Graphics, 9.2.2 with 512 megs. Even had >> additional memory added a while back. System has been slow lately >> and then a >> couple of days ago I began getting notices that Explorer was >> critically low >> on memory. Ultimately the system would freeze and I had to force quit >> explorer and restart. >> Any idea what could be wrong? jim On 6-Jan-10, at 1:20 PM, Dean Danis wrote: > You need to allocate more memory to Explorer. I think it's in the > memory control panel. > > Dean Danis Jim, are you running Mac OS 9.2.2 natively, or in Classic Mode (within Mac OS X)? If Classic Mode, then Dean's advice applies. If you are running 9.2.2 as the native Mac OS, then do a Get Info (Command+I) on the Internet Explorer application file, then click on the Memory tab and you will be able to increase the amount of Minimum memory that IE can use. But only increase in small increments. If it is currently using 1024 KB (1MB) then just double it to 2048 (2MB) and see how it runs. Keep increasing it by small chunks (IE should not need more than 12 MB) until it seems to resolve the issue. If the memory error continues then the problem may not actually be a memory issue and the program may have corrupt prefs files. The next step then is to Trash the IE Prefs file and see if that resolves the issue. Trahsing the Prefs file won't damage IE. The OS will create a new Prefs file then next time you launch IE. Andy --- Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo