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OFF: "Out of Memory" Messages When Running Microsoft Office

Article ID: 165985

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005


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SYMPTOMS

When you run a Microsoft Office program, you may receive one or more of the following error messages:
Out of memory.

-or-

Not enough memory to display completely.

-or-

Your file could not be printed due to an error on <printer name>.

-or-

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.
If you click Details, you receive an error message that is similar to the following:
<program> caused an invalid page fault in module MSO97.DLL at <address>.
In addition, the amount of available random access memory in your System and graphics device interface (GDI) memory heaps may drop to a very low level (10 percent or less).

These problems may occur especially when you use Microsoft Word as your e-mail editor.

CAUSE

These problems may occur if the following conditions are true:
  • A printer driver for any of the following printers is installed on your computer:

    HP DeskJet 660C
    HP DeskJet 670c
    HP DeskJet 672c
    HP DeskJet 680C
    HP DeskJet 690C
    HP DeskJet 692C
    HP DeskJet 694C
    HP DeskJet 772C
    HP DeskJet 820
    HP DeskJet 820C
    HP DeskJet 820CSE
    HP DeskJet 870Cse
    HP DeskJet 870Cxi
    HP DeskJet 890c
    HP LaserJet 6P
    HP LaserJet 4000
    Lexmark 1250

    -and-

  • One of these printers is the default printer.

WORKAROUND

You may be able to reduce the effects of this problem by doing one of the following:

MORE INFORMATION

The printers listed in this article do not contain their own memory; instead, the printer drivers are designed to use the computer memory when rendering and processing print jobs.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

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