You receive the "Your system is low on Windows resources" error message after you join or re-join a meeting in Live Meeting (842946)

SYMPTOMS

After you join or re-join a meeting in Microsoft Office Live Meeting, you may receive the following error message:

Your system is low on Windows resources. Please close as many applications as possible and restart the PlaceWare console.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, use the DirectX diagnostic tool to determine the video memory that is available on your computer. If the available video memory is less than 8 MB of video memory, replace the video card with a video card that has more video memory. To determine the video memory that is available on your computer, follow these steps:

Click Start, click Run, type dxdiag, and then click OK.
Click the Display tab, and then note the values that appear next to Approx. Total Memory.
Click Exit.

MORE INFORMATION

The minimum requirements to use Live Meeting are listed as follows.

Computer and processor

Live Meeting requires a computer that has an Intel Pentium processor with a clock speed of at least 166 megahertz (MHz). We recommend a computer with a Pentium III or faster processor.

Memory

We recommend that your computer has 128 MB or more of RAM.

Operating system

You can run Live Meeting on the following operating systems:

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or later
Microsoft Windows XP or later
Microsoft Windows 2000 or later
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or later
Microsoft Windows 98 or later

Video card

We recommend that your video card has 8 MB or more of video memory.

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