In case somebody is having this same problem... "Memory could not be
written.. memory could not be read" error message when shutting down. I
fixed it by installing new ram and disabling add-ons I wasn't using. Hope
this helps someone if they are having that same error message when shutting
down...
Sandy
"God is my backup"
"The Sand" wrote:
> Thanks Richard, I didn't know there was an XP forum. I joined this one
> because one of my computers has Vista and most of the help I have needed
> lately has been for that computer... From reading the posts here I see there
> are a lot of comparisons between XP and Vista so I thought raising the
> question here would be okay. I'll check out the other forum and see...
>
> Sandy
> "God is my backup."
>
> "Richard G. Harper" wrote:
>
> > 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....
> >
> >