Big Photoshop Problem

When I try to open Adobe Photoshop 7.0 it starts to load but before it fully loads it says "Cannot initalize Photoshop because there is not enough memory(RAM). I kept trying, even restarted my computer, and I don't know what to do. If anyone knows how to settle this or fix it then your help would be appreciated. I have ALOT of room on my computer still(94GB or something). Thanks.

 

Check how much RAM you have.
You may need to free some RAM or get a RAM card to install.

 

PC or Mac?
If PC, try upping your virtual memory. (Does Winblows still do that virtual memory thing?)
If Mac, do a permissions repair, restart, maybe seek a RAM upgrade.

 

Windows XP normally rips the Virtual Memory whenever needed. Its usually an automatic thing

 

How do you check your RAM? It can't be that hard can it.

I am on a PC, Windows XP.

I mean, photoshop is the only thing that says this, nothing else.

Is Winblows something you can download or something?

 

Oh.
Forget that remark about the virtual memory, then.
Open your peecee up and check your RAM cards. I hear those can wiggle loose under certain conditions. :blink:

 

WindowBlinds is for something else. Not needed for this

To check your RAM.
Go to the Start menu. And right click the My Computer button. Then click Properties. And in the General tab, it will display your RAM ^_^

 

If you reinstall, could that help? I mean, it has NEVER done this before and was working earlier today. I haven't downloaded at all since I am currently on dial up. It just starting doing this about an hour before I posted this topic. I will try to see about the RAM but would reistalling be another good choice?

 

Check your RAM first before you un-install anything

 

I just checked, thanks for showing me how without going through alot of trouble. I have 512MB of RAM. Is that good or bad?

 

Thats good. Mine isnt that much, and it works fine. I do need more, but its and ok ammount. Yours is definatly enough.
Go ahead and try the uninstall and then re-install it ^_^
Hope that works.

 

CRAP! *calms* It still didn't work. It says the same exact message as it did before. What do you think is wrong, do you think I can resolve it?

 

Isn't there something called a "scratch disk" or something like that in Photoshop that can cause problems like this if a setting is messed up? Go through the Photoshop preferences (CMD+comma on Mac; don't know about Windows) and see if you can find anything like that. Sorry I can't be of more help. I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for here.

 

I don't exactly know what you mean. The properties of photoshop? I have never heard of a stratch disk in photoshop. But I still don't exactly know what you mean.

 

yo man i talked to u on irc, do wat i told u and u might have some luck.
good luck finding the problem out ^_^