Posted by SusanOH on 12/31/06 8:16am
Msg #168452

Adobe 8 help

When I go to install this it says the following message: The paging file is too small for this operation to complete, if I then press okay to get rid of the box the whole thing goes away. I now have the setup located on my desk top and when I go to click on that it says preparing to install, then it gives me that same message. Can anyone help me with this I don't understand and never had this problem when I installed 6.0.

Reply by Lee/AR on 12/31/06 8:32am
Msg #168454

See my reply in previous thread...but PAW... help!

I can't help you with that 'paging file too small' business.... where's PAW?

Reply by PAW on 12/31/06 6:34pm
Msg #168519

Re: See my reply in previous thread...but PAW... help!

I am away on every Sunday.

As for the paging file issue, see the responses below.

Also, you may want to check out http://tinyurl.com/ydydnh for more info.

Reply by MikeC/NY on 12/31/06 8:39am
Msg #168456

Paging file

The paging file is a reserved section of your hard drive that is used as "virtual memory" - when your system doesn't have enough available memory, it "swaps" part of what is in memory to the hard drive to free up available memory. In this case, the message is telling you that it can't do that swap because there's not enough room in the reserved area.

You can either expand the size of the paging file (which is easy to do, but not recommended if you're not comfortable with messing around with your system's configuration), or shut down all other programs, including anything running in the system tray you don't absolutely need. That should free up enough available memory for you to complete what you're trying to do.

Hope this helps.

Reply by Lee/AR on 12/31/06 9:04am
Msg #168459

Re: Paging file...Thanks, Mike

For contributing to my edjamacation. Why can't they just say "Not enough memory. Shut down all unnecessary programs & try again". Huh? Aaaarrrrggghhhh! Paging file too small--bah, humbug. OK... rant over.

Reply by SusanOH on 12/31/06 9:39am
Msg #168462

Re: Paging file...Thanks, Mike

Thanks Mike,
I got it done but it doesn't seem any faster to me then before. Maybe when I get a different pkg to download it will. But thanks again....

Reply by MikeC/NY on 12/31/06 10:01am
Msg #168463

Re: Paging file...Thanks, Mike

When you reboot your system, Adobe loads a program in the background that enables it to start faster and load PDFs quicker. Of course, that's just one more thing that is running in the background and chewing up more memory - but 8 is definitely faster at loading and printing.

Reply by David Kral on 12/31/06 11:15am
Msg #168471

Memory

Memory and Paging file are similar but different. One is RAM(memory chips) one is virtual(the paging file).

Be sure to empty your temporary internet files.

Make sure your hard drive is not full.