Article ID: 826513 - Last Review: January 25, 2007 - Revision: 2.5 “Your system is low on virtual memory” error message when you try to start an Office programOn This PageSYMPTOMSWhen you start any of the Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2003 programs, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following error message: Your system is low on virtual memory. To ensure that Windows runs properly, increase the size of your virtual memory paging file. For more information, see Help. Your system is low on virtual memory. Windows is increasing the size of your virtual memory paging file. During this process, memory requests for some applications may be denied. For more information, see Help. CAUSEThis behavior may occur if you try to start any of the programs included in Office on a computer where the paging file value setting is too low. RESOLUTIONTo resolve this behavior, increase the size of the paging file.
To do so, follow these steps as appropriate for your operating system. Note Microsoft Office 2007 requires Windows XP or higher. Windows 2000
Windows XP
MORE INFORMATIONWith virtual memory, the computer can use hard disk space as random access memory (RAM). The computer uses virtual memory to augment the ordinary RAM that is installed on the computer.
If you reduce the size of the paging file, the Office program may not start correctly or may not start at all. This behavior may occur even if the computer has a large RAM.
For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
310312
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312/
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Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
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