I have a user that is running Access 2000 to enter data into a database
located on a network drive. The machine is a more or less vanilla
Intel/Win95 platform with no bells or whistles.

I've set the machine to boot cleanly with no apps running in the
background, and it comes up with about 95% of system resources free.
Starting Access takes it to about 85%.

The problem is that as the user works in Access (entering data to a form
and saving it to the network database), system resources gradually drop off
and eventually a message pops up that the machine is short on memory. When
I check system resources, I find that they are at 2%(!!?). Killing Access
frees nothing, and a reboot is the only alternative. Then the process
starts again.

Other similar machines in the office are running the same Access form with
no trouble, so I'm assuming a hardware problem of some description.

Anyone have ideas on what to check on this machine hardware-wise? Swapping
in different memory is probably my next move, but I'm doing it advisedly
since I know that "system resources" involves much more than just physical RAM.

Any suggestions are appreciated.
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Rick Lindstrom
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Tallahassee, FL. USA
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