Vista - Insufficient memory to install print driver?

My daughter has a Vista Home Premium PC that is trying to share the printer
attached to my Vista Ultimate PC over a wireless network.

Her PC detects the printer attached to my machine but when she selects it,
Windows reports that she has insufficient memory to install the driver.

She has 1Gb of RAM on her (brand new) PC.

Any ideas?

Bobby

Hi Bobby,

Lot's of possible causes, but most likely to be interference from a
background application. Run msconfig from the start box, and on the general
tab put the system in diagnostic mode. Reboot and see if you are able to
load the printer now.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Bobby" <bobby@europe.com> wrote in message
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> My daughter has a Vista Home Premium PC that is trying to share the
> printer attached to my Vista Ultimate PC over a wireless network.
>
> Her PC detects the printer attached to my machine but when she selects it,
> Windows reports that she has insufficient memory to install the driver.
>
> She has 1Gb of RAM on her (brand new) PC.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Bobby

Thanks Rick. I'll give that a try.

But does this mean that 1Gb RAM is really not usable in Vista? I wouldn't
have thought that some background apps could stop a driver from loading
unless the system is running at the margins.

Bobby

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi Bobby,
>
> Lot's of possible causes, but most likely to be interference from a
> background application. Run msconfig from the start box, and on the
> general tab put the system in diagnostic mode. Reboot and see if you are
> able to load the printer now.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Bobby" <bobby@europe.com> wrote in message
> news:%23hmQ6HQiHHA.1456@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> My daughter has a Vista Home Premium PC that is trying to share the
>> printer attached to my Vista Ultimate PC over a wireless network.
>>
>> Her PC detects the printer attached to my machine but when she selects
>> it, Windows reports that she has insufficient memory to install the
>> driver.
>>
>> She has 1Gb of RAM on her (brand new) PC.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Bobby
>

And she also has the Virtual Memory available. Rick's advice is sound and
you have plenty of memory, there is something else interfering.

"Bobby" <bobby@europe.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Rick. I'll give that a try.
>
> But does this mean that 1Gb RAM is really not usable in Vista? I wouldn't
> have thought that some background apps could stop a driver from loading
> unless the system is running at the margins.
>
> Bobby
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23xdvdyTiHHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Bobby,
>>
>> Lot's of possible causes, but most likely to be interference from a
>> background application. Run msconfig from the start box, and on the
>> general tab put the system in diagnostic mode. Reboot and see if you are
>> able to load the printer now.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Bobby" <bobby@europe.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23hmQ6HQiHHA.1456@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> My daughter has a Vista Home Premium PC that is trying to share the
>>> printer attached to my Vista Ultimate PC over a wireless network.
>>>
>>> Her PC detects the printer attached to my machine but when she selects
>>> it, Windows reports that she has insufficient memory to install the
>>> driver.
>>>
>>> She has 1Gb of RAM on her (brand new) PC.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Bobby
>>
>

Hi,

No, as John said, 1GB is plenty. Something it interfering with the routine
and/or not releasing memory when it's supposed to. This could be malware,
non-compliant applications, or other routines. By putting it in diagnostic
mode you should be able to minimize this.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Bobby" <bobby@europe.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Rick. I'll give that a try.
>
> But does this mean that 1Gb RAM is really not usable in Vista? I wouldn't
> have thought that some background apps could stop a driver from loading
> unless the system is running at the margins.
>
> Bobby
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23xdvdyTiHHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Bobby,
>>
>> Lot's of possible causes, but most likely to be interference from a
>> background application. Run msconfig from the start box, and on the
>> general tab put the system in diagnostic mode. Reboot and see if you are
>> able to load the printer now.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Bobby" <bobby@europe.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23hmQ6HQiHHA.1456@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> My daughter has a Vista Home Premium PC that is trying to share the
>>> printer attached to my Vista Ultimate PC over a wireless network.
>>>
>>> Her PC detects the printer attached to my machine but when she selects
>>> it, Windows reports that she has insufficient memory to install the
>>> driver.
>>>
>>> She has 1Gb of RAM on her (brand new) PC.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Bobby
>>
>

In article <#hmQ6HQiHHA.1456@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, Bobby says...

> My daughter has a Vista Home Premium PC that is trying to share the printer
> attached to my Vista Ultimate PC over a wireless network.
>
> Her PC detects the printer attached to my machine but when she selects it,
> Windows reports that she has insufficient memory to install the driver.
>
> She has 1Gb of RAM on her (brand new) PC.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Bobby
>
>
Could also be caused by a corrupted file/driver.
--

Mike Matheny

When I had the exact same problem, I had to download the Vista drivers to the
laptop with Vista. Then the printer got added and "installed" and all works
just fine now,
--
Janice


"Bobby" wrote:

> Thanks Rick. I'll give that a try.
>
> But does this mean that 1Gb RAM is really not usable in Vista? I wouldn't
> have thought that some background apps could stop a driver from loading
> unless the system is running at the margins.
>
> Bobby
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23xdvdyTiHHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Hi Bobby,
> >
> > Lot's of possible causes, but most likely to be interference from a
> > background application. Run msconfig from the start box, and on the
> > general tab put the system in diagnostic mode. Reboot and see if you are
> > able to load the printer now.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> > My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >
> > "Bobby" <bobby@europe.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23hmQ6HQiHHA.1456@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> My daughter has a Vista Home Premium PC that is trying to share the
> >> printer attached to my Vista Ultimate PC over a wireless network.
> >>
> >> Her PC detects the printer attached to my machine but when she selects
> >> it, Windows reports that she has insufficient memory to install the
> >> driver.
> >>
> >> She has 1Gb of RAM on her (brand new) PC.
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Bobby
> >
>
>