Adobe Premiere Elements 8 is low on system memory. XP

Question

Hi, I am running Adobe Premiere 8 on Windows XP 32 bit and I keep running into an error message that says Elements 8 is low on system memory.  Usually shortly after the program crashes and closes.  I've done some searching and the only fix I have found have been for Vista and 7 users but not for XP.  I am using a ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics card and I have 4 gigs of RAM in the computer.  Any help in resolving this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi!
I've been working hard. Here's an update.
I gave up on my first project. I started a new one, in a new directory. I tried to make sure my machine was as clean and lean as possible.
Here's a recap of what I did so far:
. Updated graphic card driver from the manufacturer's site
. Turned of PrE automatic rendering
. Turned off Adobe Auto Analyser
. Disabled Antivirus (McAfee)
. Disabled ScreenSaver
. Checked event viewer. Seems Ok.
. Disabled rxfiler.exe using a utility from tools.roxio,com
. Upgraded Quicktime from 7.6.8 to 7.6.9
. Ran memtest86 4.1 - Memory OK.
. Disabled windows indexing.
. Killed a few processes before each session: vid.exe (logitech), toaster.exe (Dell), jusched.exe (Javaupdate), dsupd.exe (dell), cocimanager.exe
. Executed BCDEDIT /SET INCREASEUSERVA 3072 to allocate more memory to the programs.
Before I start PrE 8, memory usage is 1.26 GB.
Then I added one clip at a time wiht a transition. Rendered the clips. Click on Share then disc. This is when the BSOD appeared in my first project.
After I would save the project under a new version and add a new clip and a transition. Each time, it seems that only the new clip has to be rendered.
Everything was fine with the first 13 clips. Timeline is about 26 minutes, memory usage 2.46 GB.
I did not have the "very low on system memory" message.
Then I closed PrE8 and made a copy of the project files on an external disk (and went for lunch).
When I came back I started PrE8 and reopened my project. I checked on the timeline to see If I had to render the videos. I was surpised to see that there
was a lot to render. I did, it took about 20 minutes. After that, I clicked on Share and Disk and guess what: BSOD!!!!!
Now, each time I open a version of my project (I have 12 of it), it seems I have to render almost all the timeline.
Questions:
1. Is it normal that I have to render almost every videos every time?
2. Could it be the fact that the rendering process is long (20 minutes) that PrE crashed badly (BSOD) when I try to burn a DVD?
3. Does it mean I have to create my video montage in a single session (never close PrE)?
4. Any suggestion on how I could recover from this situation and move forward with my project?
Thanks,