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Out of Memory Error On Access97 On XP

The document summarizes solutions to the "Out of memory" error when starting Microsoft Access on computers with 1GB or more of RAM. It provides two methods: 1) Run Access on a computer with less than 1GB of RAM. 2) If using Access 97, install the updated version of Microsoft Jet Database Engine 3.51 from the Microsoft Download Center to resolve issues with versions 3.0 and 3.5 causing the error.

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Out of Memory Error On Access97 On XP

The document summarizes solutions to the "Out of memory" error when starting Microsoft Access on computers with 1GB or more of RAM. It provides two methods: 1) Run Access on a computer with less than 1GB of RAM. 2) If using Access 97, install the updated version of Microsoft Jet Database Engine 3.51 from the Microsoft Download Center to resolve issues with versions 3.0 and 3.5 causing the error.

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Article ID: 161255 - Last Review: January 19, 2007 - Revision: 5.1
"Out of memory" error starting Microsoft Access
Retired KB Content Disclaimer

This article was previously published under Q161255

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

You receive an "Out of memory" error when you try to start Microsoft Access on
a computer that has 1 gigabyte (GB) or more of random access memory (RAM).

To prevent the error, you can use either of the following methods:

Method 1

Run Access on a computer with less than 1 GB of RAM.

Method 2

If you use Access 97, you can install the updated version of Microsoft Jet
Database Engine 3.5.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with the Microsoft Jet Database
Engine version 3.0 and 3.5. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Jet
Database Engine version 3.51, which is available from Microsoft Download
Center.

For information on how to obtain Microsoft Jet Database Engine 3.51, please
see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

172733 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172733/EN-US/ ) ACC97: Updated Version


of Microsoft Jet 3.5 Available for Download

APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition


 Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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Retired KB Content Disclaimer


This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers
support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/161255 7/17/2009

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