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Rogier

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Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« on: May 09, 2009, 02:37:41 PM »
I am a new user and just downloaded and installed Avast 4.8 Home Edition on a Win 98se system (hence why I installed Avast, because of the win98 support) with Intel Pentium III processor and 256 MB Ram and 12 GB disk with 70% free space. At installation and at manual and automatic AVS update (no other applications running) I always get a message in the red box that says the transaction could not complete because not enough memory. Can somebody help me with this, else I will have to uninstall, and try to find another virus scanner.
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Re: Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2009, 02:42:08 PM »
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=45048.msg377244#msg377244

Seems that avast is becoming, step by step, not fully compatible with old/limited computer hardware.
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Re: Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2009, 03:50:48 PM »
Well, did exactly as the referenced forum post suggested, and downloaded the latest update (Build 8.5.2009 version 090508-0), ran the update from the downloaded file and got the answer that the latest version of the virus db was already installed. The system inf. however still shows me a 19.3.2009 date and 090319-0 virus db version. So my question is now, what is actually installed and am i protected or not ? can i check somewhere what is actually running ?
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Re: Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2009, 03:59:03 PM »
Please, post the last 300-350 lines of avast log: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\log\Setup.log
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Re: Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2009, 04:30:46 PM »
OK, I cannot get that many lines in the post, but I hope these last entries can help

09.05.2009   15:05:09.000   1241874309   package   DldPackage: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\Setup\vps-9050200-9050100.vpu, returned 0x00000000
09.05.2009   15:05:09.000   1241874309   package   PerformDiff: Ok
09.05.2009   15:05:10.000   1241874310   internet   Used server: http://download694.avast.com/iavs4x
09.05.2009   15:05:10.000   1241874310   file   GetFileWithRetry: vps-9050300-9050200.vpu downloaded  and verified
09.05.2009   15:05:10.000   1241874310   package   DldPackage: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\Setup\vps-9050300-9050200.vpu, returned 0x00000000
09.05.2009   15:05:10.000   1241874310   package   PerformDiff: Ok
09.05.2009   15:05:11.000   1241874311   internet   Used server: http://download694.avast.com/iavs4x
09.05.2009   15:05:11.000   1241874311   file   GetFileWithRetry: vps-9050400-9050300.vpu downloaded  and verified
09.05.2009   15:05:11.000   1241874311   package   DldPackage: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\Setup\vps-9050400-9050300.vpu, returned 0x00000000
09.05.2009   15:05:11.000   1241874311   package   PerformDiff: Ok
09.05.2009   15:05:12.000   1241874312   internet   Used server: http://download694.avast.com/iavs4x
09.05.2009   15:05:12.000   1241874312   file   GetFileWithRetry: vps-9050500-9050400.vpu downloaded  and verified
09.05.2009   15:05:12.000   1241874312   package   DldPackage: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\Setup\vps-9050500-9050400.vpu, returned 0x00000000
09.05.2009   15:05:12.000   1241874312   package   ERROR PerformPkgDiff: pPkgDiffStorage->m_pbtBufNew == NULL
09.05.2009   15:05:12.000   1241874312   package   PerformDiff: vps-9050500-9050400.vpu  Bad, error code 0x00000008
09.05.2009   15:05:12.000   1241874312   package   Vpu: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\Setup\vps-9050500-9050400.vpu, size: 109984. md5: 49A6E070BAB721532048C005AE0870FC, computemd5 returned 0x00000000, sig: 08046E0C1727194070A6A21D2E9C86B08A55C7FC05B3FD57E739722C340030B695BDEC56CA2CD5A3 returned 0x00000000
09.05.2009   15:05:12.000   1241874312   package   PerformDiff( vps, 9050400, 9050500 ) failed 0x00000008
09.05.2009   15:05:12.000   1241874312   general   Err:Not enough storage is available to process this command.
09.05.2009   15:05:52.000   1241874352   package   Transferred: files 49, bytes 2922255, time 33656 ms
09.05.2009   15:05:52.000   1241874352   package   Retries: total 0, files 0, servers 2
09.05.2009   15:05:52.000   1241874352   internet   Sending stats 'http://download694.avast.com/cgi-bin/iavs4stats.cgi': 00000000 204
09.05.2009   15:05:52.000   1241874352   file   NeedReboot=false
09.05.2009   15:05:52.000   1241874352   general   Return code: 0x00000008 [Not enough storage is available to process this command.]

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Re: Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2009, 04:59:59 PM »
09.05.2009   15:05:52.000   1241874352   general   Return code: 0x00000008 [Not enough storage is available to process this command.]
The link I've posted before, from Igor, seems to give a clue: something is getting fishy on limited resources computers and avast.
If you right click the 'a' blue icon, chose About, expand the vps information, which date is shown there?
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Re: Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2009, 05:10:21 PM »
As you asked, the expansion of the VPS file in About, shows: Compilationdate 19/03/2009, File version 090319-0

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Re: Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2009, 05:25:03 PM »
As you asked, the expansion of the VPS file in About, shows: Compilationdate 19/03/2009, File version 090319-0
09.03.19 (19 of March of 2009)... you're far from being updated...
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Re: Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2009, 05:41:19 PM »
Well that is as far as i got with the most recent download of the Avast 4.8 Home edition that i downloaded on may 7th 2009 from the www.avast.com website. If this newest version is not compatible anymore with win98 and the listed system requirements on the Avast website, then it should be removed as a supported platform.
What can i do to bring this to their attention ? Should I remove the program and look for something else (not many, if any, support the good old win98 anymore, but it still does the job for me !!) or do you think they (Avast) will solve the problem or propose a work-around ?
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Re: Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2009, 06:07:22 PM »
I just lost my AVG Free and was freaking out last night after I uninstalled AVG and couldn't get Avast to work. I just about tore my hair out. What worked for me finally was right clicking on the avast tray icon and selecting "Program Settings" and under "COMMON" UN-check the box that says "Test memory at application start-up".  I was just operating on  a hunch that it might be mis-reporting my ram....it worked for me. Good luck.

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Re: Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2009, 06:52:14 PM »
I tried the suggestion about unchecking the "test memory during application start up" and only got 89% of the download before I got the message "Update fails with message not enough memory to complete".  I've got 640 MB ram and 16 GB of free space and am running WIN98 Second edition.   Help

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Re: Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2009, 07:42:52 PM »
If this newest version is not compatible anymore with win98 and the listed system requirements on the Avast website, then it should be removed as a supported platform.
The problem does not seem to be Windows 98 but the lack of resources (RAM).

Do you think they (Avast) will solve the problem or propose a work-around ?
Well, avast 4 should be compatible with Windows 98 and keep as it is. The support is meant to be dropped in 2010 anyway.
avast 5 won't be Windows 9x compatible anymore. I think this is the way it is... there are less than 1% of avast users using Windows 9x.
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Re: Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2009, 07:44:14 PM »
I've got 640 MB ram and 16 GB of free space and am running WIN98 Second edition.   Help
Your problem seems to be a little different. Seems that the problem is on avast side (or how Windows 98 manages the resources).
640Mb should be enough to run avast with Windows 98. Hope the programmers could drop some light here.
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Re: Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2009, 08:42:11 PM »
OK, if win9x will not be supported in the next release, I will have to live with that. However I can not understand why a download and update of virus identification files must be a problem with 256MB RAM. I never had a problem with Norton or AVG (unfortunately not supported in win9x anymore), and neither with any other download and install (OpenOffice, etc) that requires much more space and resources. I do not believe the problem is with the limited resources be it 256MB or 2GB of RAM, because with the minimum programs loaded the update always fails at exactly the same spot. It must be with the procedure Avast implemented with the latest updates. So what has changed, and can they put it right again at least until the end of live of the 4.x version ?

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Re: Update fails with message not enough memory to complete
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2009, 08:53:21 PM »
In addition i would like to mention that if you select silent mode in the update section of settings you will not get any error message when running virus db update, but your vps files are not updated !! You can only verify by looking at the log file or checking the version date and release. So you may think you are protected but in fact you are not.
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