Windows XP: Memory Overflow Problems

Memory Overflow Problems link

If you encounter a memory overflow problem that prevents you from launching any application, you need to use “regedit” and edit this registry path:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\SubSystems
  

The “Windows” value contains a long line. You’ll find a part that looks like this:

  SharedSection=xxxx,yyyy,zzzz
  

Edit the yyyy section and increase it as shown in this example:

  Windows SharedSection=1024,3072,512 
  

Modified line:

  Windows SharedSection=1024,8192,512
  

Here, we’re increasing the GDI memory (the application that manages windows) from 3MB to 8MB.