So my Steam games wouldn't work, and I restarted my laptop to see if they're work again. But now there's been a whole new set of problems.
[B]Problems:[/B]
- My wireless Internet connection has been set to limited access, yet it's telling me that no connection is available.
- Trying to open any Explorer windows makes a message pop up telling me that there is not enough free memory to run it.
- Windows Audio Service has been disabled, and trying to start it up results in Error 0x8007000E.
I've already hard rebooted the thing and nothing's changed. I even tried clearing out temp files twice which I don't think it did anything.
Sounds like a virus, do a scan
[QUOTE=djjkxbox360;40088593]Sounds like a virus, do a scan[/QUOTE]
Scan finished. Nothing malicious found.
Hit Ctrl-shift-esc to immediately bring up the task manager, under the performance tab, what does Memory usage say?
[QUOTE=wingless;40089218]Hit Ctrl-shift-esc to immediately bring up the task manager, under the performance tab, what does Memory usage say?[/QUOTE]
It's varying between 2.18 GB and 2.21 GB. Mostly sticking at 2.19 GB.
[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;40089288]It's varying between 2.18 GB and 2.21 GB. Mostly sticking at 2.19 GB.[/QUOTE]
How much RAM does your system have, total?
if you haven't already, try doing a virus scan in [b]safemode[/b].
[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;40088095]
- Windows Audio Service has been disabled, and trying to start it up results in Error 0x8007000E.[/QUOTE]
I'd try for a memory check as well. I think wingless is on the right track, because that shouldn't be giving you an out of memory error.
[QUOTE=wingless;40089295]How much RAM does your system have, total?[/QUOTE]
I'm trying to check System Information, but it can't collect information and says that the Window Management files may be moved or missing.
On a side note, the "out of memory" warning when opening the Control Panel calls it ::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}\0 before it says explorer.exe in the next window.
[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;40089446]I'm trying to check System Information, but it can't collect information and says that the Window Management files may be moved or missing.
On a side note, the "out of memory" warning when opening the Control Panel calls it ::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}\0 before it says explorer.exe in the next window.[/QUOTE]
Try running systeminfo in CMD. You can remove the Product ID if you wish or just copy the memory bits here.
[QUOTE=Panda X;40089467]Try running systeminfo in CMD. You can remove the Product ID if you wish or just copy the memory bits here.[/QUOTE]
[B]ERROR: Not enough storage is available to complete this operation.[/B] is what I got.
[B]Edit:[/B] On a more positive note, Steam works properly again.
[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;40089539][B]ERROR: Not enough storage is available to complete this operation.[/B] is what I got.
[B]Edit:[/B] On a more positive note, Steam works properly again.[/QUOTE]
Actually not sure why you'd need system info as you stated before you can open task manager.
In the perf tab what are all the values of memory, Total, Cached, Avail, and Free.
[QUOTE=Panda X;40089678]Actually not sure why you'd need system info as you stated before you can open task manager.
In the perf tab what are all the values of memory, Total, Cached, Avail, and Free.[/QUOTE]
Physical Memory
- Total: 3990
- Cached: 1426
- Available: 1654 (most of the time)
- Free: 280
Which AV did you scan with?
[QUOTE=Panda X;40089772]Which AV did you scan with?[/QUOTE]
Malwarebytes. I used to use Windows Security Center, but then it kept forcing my computer to restart.
[url=http://www.memtest.org/#downiso]Give memtest a go.[/url]
Download the ISO, burn it onto a CD, boot to the CD. See if it reports any fuck ups.
The weird thing is that even though it tells me that there's not enough memory to open Explorer, I can still do so when I'm saving a file.
Until a solution can be found, the laptop's going to stay in my closet and collect dust.
[B]Edit:[/B] I still want help though. I'm not signaling the thread to be over.
So I took back what I said and brought it out of the closet. I'm searching online for a solution to this but nobody seems to have all these problems at once.
And as for the Memtest thing, I gained a new hatred for CD-Rs and even snapped the one I used in half after rubbing some fridge magnets on it and nobody wanted it for a coaster.
[B]Edit:[/B] I FINALLY FIXED IT!
I found this solution on OlderGeeks.com:
[quote=thegeek]Here is the fix! “Services not enough storage available to complete this operation.” While trying to start the Windows Audio Service.
Do the following:
In Vista Go to Start-All Programs-Accessories- Right Click Command Prompt and choose to Run as Administrator
At the Command Prompt type the following…
net localgroup administrators /add
(my user is Fred so for me the command is:-
net localgroup administrators Fred /add)
press enter then type:-
net localgroup Administrators /add networkservice
press enter then type:
net localgroup Administrators /add localservice
press enter then type:
exit
press enter and restart your computer
You now have sound![/quote]
FunnyStarRunner,
You have no idea how happy it makes us when someone gets out of a tough jam because of our website. We try to post fixes for annoying problems as we ourselves figure them out. Glad to help!
Randy
OlderGeeks.com (and our staff of two)
[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;40096163]I found this solution...[/QUOTE]
I just registered to say thank you for finding and reposting the solution.
I experienced this issue on Windows 7 after:
- trying and failing to unregister zipfldr.dll through the cmd shell,
- changing the permissions on the associated registry key,
- deleting that key,
- changing the permissions on the cab folder registry key,
- deleting that key,
- trying and failing again to unregister zipfldr.dll, and then
- rebooting in hopes that deleting the registry keys worked anyway.
Deleting the registry keys worked. Zip and Cab folders were disabled.
But when my profile loaded, my Oracle VirtualBox server threw an error about how there wasn't enough memory. Odd: I have 16GB of RAM. Windows wouldn't connect to the Internet, the Networking and Sharing Center wouldn't open, and then the Control Panel spit out the same errors you saw. So, I had to switch to my Kindle Fire and then to an old laptop to look for a solution.
I found and tried the following solution. I guessed that my attempt to unregister a DLL may have inadvertently unregistered dependencies.
[code]for %a in (C:\Windows\System32\*.dll) do regsvr32.exe /s "%a"[/code]
When I rebooted, the issue persisted, so my theory was wrong.
I eventually found this thread, tried the solution here, and rebooted. Success!
Have you tried sfc/scannow? I've had to use it a couple of times. It often fixes things.
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