Probably the first thing to do would be to wander over to a Windows XP
newsgroup for assistance. Here in this newsgroup we support Vista, where
things tend to be just a bit different from XP.
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"The Sand" <TheSand@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3D8E97A2-373A-4095-B7A7-FC7C2E7D36A2@microsoft.com...
> My XP when sutting down says something like, "Memory could not be written
> (numbers)...memory could not be read (numbers) click cancel to debug the
> program or exit to close the program." I could give you the exact numbers
> but the numbers change. And sometimes there is more than one error
> message -
> but always during shut down - no other time. I've been working on getting
> rid of this error message for about 3 weeks now. I've worked with my OEM
> at
> length (via email.) They had my go in and change my virtual memory
> setting.
> I changed it to "system managed size." They had me download some things
> to
> "fix it" from their website but none of this worked. I myself restored
> from
> Acronis to a earlier date when there was no error message and things
> seemed
> okay... for awhile, then it showed up again. I checked to make sure I had
> ALL Microsoft updates. I have Microsoft 2003 Office - but only that
> partial
> program. I never did buy it - but I never deleted it either. I always
> received updates for that program fine until about 3 months ago when the
> updates started failing. I thought that might be the problem so I
> uninstalled it yesterday and things appeared okay - again for awhile, but
> last night it was back again. My OEM wants me to restore to default
> which I
> don't want to do because that will be a lot of work... and I did that
> restore
> from Acronis (a restore when there was NO error message) and if it came
> back
> that time - I believe it will come back again using the HP restore. I'm
> out
> of places to look for an answer now and wanted to see if anybody had any
> ideas. Please remember I'm not a "techie" so if it is too advanced I
> won't
> understand you. My next choice will be either having someone come to my
> house (I've used the "yellow pages" for computer tech assistance and
> regretted it) or taking it to the Geek Squad at Best Buy (I've regretted
> that
> too.) Hoping someone can help....