Help! Ram Problem

[nkeevers]

This is a first because I've never had a problem and I have enough RAM (4 meg) so here goes

Am working on a simple picture doing an Orton effect and adding a frame. Started to put a name on the frame...and going thru the text fonts all of a sudden I got a message saying..."could not do because there is not enough memory." (went thru the fonts by using the scroll bar after highlighting in the drop down menu). I thought it was happening as I scrolled past a particular font...so I started again farther again and it worked.

Now I just went to save my work and it is giving me the message..."could not complete your request because something prevented the text engine from being initialized". And when I went up to check the fonts, the drop down menu only is displaying one!

Obviously, something in my font list might be doing something? And of course, now I can't save my file.

Anyone know what could be wrong, or did anyone every have this problem?? I know I can probably shut down and reboot but I'm curious what might have caused this problem...is it a faulty font or what.:eek::D

[vawitt]

Can you swap out your font for another (the one that's left) and then try to save? Or open a new file, copy all your layers to the new one, and try to save that?

Not sure what error messages are but maybe you can keep your work?

[nkeevers]

Couldn't do a swap of the font...because there was only 1 font showing in the drop down menu...have no clue why. There was no way I could save my document so I had to alt/ctrl/del and close down the machine. After I booted up, everything was fine again. My problem was I had to start from scratch with my image again! What a bummer. I save frequently but I don't save every minute...oh well, that's the computer world for you!:eek::D

[kImages]

Hi Norma - I just got a copy of Matt K's Speed Clinic book last week. He devotes a chapter to setting up your PC to get the most out of RAM. He details settings for RAM allocation to the application, allocation of scratch disk, actually getting a PC to recognize the Windows 3GB switch (apparently just because you have the RAM it doesn't necessarily mean it's being utilized??!!), and using preset manager efficiently. The book is labeled CS2, but I believe most of these things in this chapter are applicable to any of the Adobe PS applications.

My PS application took a dump like you described back in December and left an 11GB temp file - yes 11GB Temp file :(, in my local settings. I ran across the file the other day when I defragged my computer and boy are things running better now.

I had been having lots of app "unexpected closures" and have taken to saving regularly. Hopefully the time spent on the PC health check last week will have benefits.

[kimi_boo]

Norma, I had to stop scrolling thru my fonts. It would cause my software to shut down and I would loose whatever I was working on. :o