Microsoft KB Archive/165985

= OFF: "Out of Memory" Messages When Running Microsoft Office =

Article ID: 165985

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 95a
 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q165985





SYMPTOMS
When you run a Microsoft Office program, you may receive one or more of the following error messages:

Out of memory.

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Not enough memory to display completely.

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Your file could not be printed due to an error on.

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This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

If you click Details, you receive an error message that is similar to the following:

caused an invalid page fault in module MSO97.DLL at.

In addition, the amount of available random access memory in your System and graphics device interface (GDI) memory heaps may drop to a very low level (10 percent or less).

These problems may occur especially when you use Microsoft Word as your e-mail editor.



CAUSE
These problems may occur if the following conditions are true:  A printer driver for any of the following printers is installed on your computer:

HP DeskJet 660C

HP DeskJet 670c

HP DeskJet 672c

HP DeskJet 680C

HP DeskJet 690C

HP DeskJet 692C

HP DeskJet 694C

HP DeskJet 772C

HP DeskJet 820

HP DeskJet 820C

HP DeskJet 820CSE

HP DeskJet 870Cse

HP DeskJet 870Cxi

HP DeskJet 890c

HP LaserJet 6P

HP LaserJet 4000

Lexmark 1250

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 One of these printers is the default printer.



WORKAROUND
You may be able to reduce the effects of this problem by doing one of the following:  It is possible that using an earlier version of the printer driver will correct the problem; however, this has not been confirmed by Microsoft. It is also possible that the latest version of the printer driver will correct the problem. The latest versions of the printer drivers can be downloaded from the following Hewlett-Packard Internet web site:

http://www.hp.com/

The third-party contact information included in this article is provided to help you find the technical support you need. This contact information is subject to change without notice. Microsoft in no way guarantees the accuracy of this third-party contact information.

 Before you start the Microsoft Office program or any other program in which the problem may occur, set the default printer to a printer that is different from the printers listed in this article.</li> If you must use one of the printers listed in this article, do not print or view the document in print preview unless it is necessary. Every time you use the printer driver more memory is lost in your System and graphics device interface (GDI) memory heaps.</li> Save your work often.</li> If you start to encounter problems that are related to memory, save your work, quit all open programs, and then restart your computer.</li></ul>

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MORE INFORMATION
The printers listed in this article do not contain their own memory; instead, the printer drivers are designed to use the computer memory when rendering and processing print jobs.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

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