KB Issue
You may receive the
Outlook Express
AN ATTEMPT TO ALLOCATE MEMORY FAILED
If your computer needs to be rebooted.
Issue Details
If your Outlook Express shows signs of memory issues, there are several reasons that could be a factor. Please read the resolution below.
AN ATTEMPT TO ALLOCATE MEMORY FAILED.
THE SYSTEM IS OUT OF MEMORY. ACCOUNT "MAIL"
PROTOCOL POP3.PORT.110 SECURE SSL NO.
ERROR NUMBER 0X80070003
Recreate Issue
There is no real way to recreate this issue. This happens out of nowhere; sometimes it is caused by user profile corruption, and other times it is simply caused by the machine. Read on below.
Resolve IssueThere are several issues that can cause this problem.

[Scenario #1]

If you run across this issue while closing Outlook Express. Rebooting your computer will resolve this issue in most cases.
[Scenario #2]

If there is a domain name in the error,
Example:
Email Domain in Error Message
ACCOUNT MAIL BRAEMARNET.COM SERVER MAIL BRAEMARNET.COM.

Waiting for a short period of time, may resolve this issue, as the domain may have a problem on their mail server, that is causing a problem on your receiving of mail.
Trying Scenario #1 may also help with this issue.
[Scenario #3]
If neither of the 2 above Scenario's do not correct your issue.
Recreating your computer profile for your Login user may correct this issue.
To recreate a user in Windows XP
  • Go to [My Computer]
  • Then [Administrator Tools]
  • Then choose [User Accounts]
  • Then create a new account for your user.
Once you have created the new account, reboot the computer, log in with the new user, and then move your old account information to the new account.
WARNING!!!
DO NOT MOVE EVERYTHING OVER. THIS WILL KILL THE NEW ACCOUNT.
Only move over
  • [My Desktop]
  • [Favorites]
  • [My Documents]
If you are part of a Domain, you will not be able to use User Accounts in the Administrator Tools.
For Domain Users.
[Remove user from Domain]
  • Right click on [My Computer]
  • Click on [Properties]
  • Then choose [Computer Name] Tab
  • Click on [Change]
  • Put a check on [Workgroup]
  • Give your Workgroup a name
  • Click [Apply] then [OK]
  • Reboot the computer
Once you are logged in to the workgroup,
(This is usually the default administrator account
That was set up during the installation of the computer)
Once you are in the workgroup account.
Go to [My Computer]
Then go to C:\Documents and Settings
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Rename your old domain user from: username
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=to= ~username
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Now, close out of My Computer
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[Join the Domain]
  • Right click on [My Computer]
  • Go to [Properties]
  • Then click on [Computer Name] Tab
  • Click on [Network ID]
  • Follow the prompts to rejoin the domain once more with the same username
    As you previously had.
Once you have completed this, reboot the computer, then log on with the domain user account, go to C:\Documents and Settings
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, and into your old domain user account. You can then start slowly moving over Items that will not affect your user.
  • [My Documents]
  • [Desktop]
  • [Favorites]
If you would like to get the old emails, you can do that by performing the following task.
Go to [My Computer]
C:\Documents and Settings\<OLD USER ACCOUNT>\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{Really long number}\Microsoft\Outlook Express
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The above location will differ from the long number for your new account.
First thing you will want to do is open Outlook Express before moving anything.
This will create the initial folder for you, if you do not open Outlook Express first, then the folder will not be created first.
Move over only .dbx
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files; after you create identical folder names within Outlook Express, it will not recognize the folders you have created if you don't.