Error message when you start Windows: "Your system is low on virtual memory" (315351)

SYMPTOMS

When you first start Microsoft Windows XP after you upgrade from an earlier version of Windows, you may receive the following error message:

Your system is low on virtual memory. Windows is increasing the size of your virtual memory paging file. During this process, memory requests for some applications may be denied.

If you click OK, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following error message:

The application failed to initialize properly. 0xc0000017

You may also receive other error messages that are similar to the following error message when you try to run Windows:

IEXVCES.EXE

The exception unknown software exception (0xc00000fd) occurred in the application at location 0x01ac5937.

You do not receive these error messages when you start Windows in Safe mode.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Remove Aventail Connect

Restart the computer in Safe mode, and then remove Aventail Connect. To start Windows in Safe mode, press F8 during startup, and then select the Safe-mode option from the extended boot menu.

Method 2: Exclude the Svchost.exe file

Add the Svchost.exe executable file to the Aventail Connect exclusion list. The Svchost.exe file is stored in the %Systemroot%\System32 folder -- for example, C:\Windows\System32.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional support information, visit the following Aventail Connect Web site:

http://support.aventail.com

To research the availability of an update or a patch for the Aventail Connect program, visit the following Aventail Web site:

http://www.aventail.com

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