I don't think that it has to do with your defragging. You probably have more things taking up Windows resources than you know about.  I would suggest that after you boot up, open the Resource Meter under accessories.  Look at the available resources, especially the lowest of the three.  If it is below about 70% at that point, you have too many "other" things loading at startup.  It could be spyware programs which technically are not viruses and may not be reported by your virus scanner.

If the available resources start high, then minimize the Resource Meter window to the system tray.  Watch it as you open other programs and when it gets to the yellow stage, you are getting too low and will need to close some programs to free the resources. (note, these resources are not memory, but a part of the windows 9x operating system that you can't change).

Hope this helps.

Doug

At 12/13/2004 11:00 PM, Sharon Kiellach wrote:

I have just started having problems with Microsoft Word.  Anytime I try to open an attachment in my Outlook Express, I get one of two messages:
1)  "There is not enough memory to run this program."  It then asks me
if I want to close the program.
2)  "The system is dangerously low on resources.  Program (then stated) not responding."
The whole computer just freezes up and I have to shut down and start all over.  There is no way to open the Word document.  This has happened with different Word document attachments.  I have AVG virus protection, have run it, and it reports I am virus free.
The second message above really makes me wonder, especially since it happens just after I've started the computer.  I have a Gateway 500, Microsoft Windows 98SE, 384RAM, running Internet Explorer, and have MS Word 2000.

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