Help for Error: "Not enough storage is available to process this command"

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Good day All,

I have been using avast for quite a while already - no problem. However, today for the very first time I encountered a problem with avast and it was this error message (indicated subject title) when I clickec on update virus definitions.

I use avast Free Antivirus on Win 10 Pro, which just had an update yesterday with "Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems (KB3200970)".

I just did a repair of the program with the uninstaller but the error still show up.

I checked my system, RAM only about 40% in use and I still have 700 GB of free space on hard drive.

Please help. Thank you.

[bob3160]

700 Gig isn't a lot of room. The operating system itself needs and uses quite a bit.
I suggest you free up some room on your HD. Maybe even invest in a larger HD.

[Eddy]

700 is more than enough.
W10 including several applications is about 100Gb.

Arb, preform a clean installation of avast and see if it solves the problem.

[Pondus]

I think Bob is mixing MB and GB

[bob3160]

Sorry Eddy, you're correct. I misread the reply.   Pondus, you're right.

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Good day Gentlemen,

Thank you for your replies.

Eddy, I have reinstalled avast and it is now working properly.

Nevertheless, I just like to share that prior to the reinstallation, when I first powered up my PC yesterday I could update virus definitions but could not run Quick and Full scans. I was able to run Boot-time scan, though. Also, the real time shields got disabled by itself.

Coincidentally, my PC was also acting very sluggish - very slow bootup and shut downs. Thus far, this seemed to be resolved after the reinstallation of avast.

Thank you All once again. Cheers.

[Eddy]

You're welcome.

Keep an eye on it to see if it keeps working now

You know how it goes with computers...

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