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Windows XP: Memory Overflow Problems

Memory Overflow Problems

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

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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:

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SharedSection=xxxx,yyyy,zzzz

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

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Windows SharedSection=1024,3072,512

Modified line:

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Windows SharedSection=1024,8192,512

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