What does "out of memory at line" mean? I have an external hard drive attached. Please help.

Hi garden234,

On which browser did you get this error message?

Out of memory error messages can appear when you run a large number of Windows-based programs.

Here are few things you can try to fix the issue in Internet Explorer.

Method 1: Optimize Internet Explorer

Fine tune your browser by removing cache files and by removing unnecessary add-ons for best performance. Please refer the article below for help.

How to optimize Internet Explorer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936213/en-us?p=1

Method 2: Disable your security software

Disable your security software such as antivirus/firewall to check if they’re causing this error.

You can refer the link below where such software lead to the memory error.

out of memory line 67,,stack overflow at line 104

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/thread/b3df213d-4e26-4054-a0e0-cd2736dee6f1

Additional link you may want to look into for this issue is given below.

OUT OF MEMORY LINE?

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/thread/af0d2e36-03c0-4383-ac6b-8d9a95fa799c

For more help on Internet Explorer, see:

Tips for solving problems with Internet Explorer

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/tips-for-solving-problems-with-internet-explorer

Note: Running the computer without firewall or the anti-virus software is a potential threat to the computer; make sure to enable the security software after completing the troubleshooting steps and after identifying the issue.