There are several options in general to manage Windows updates, one way being installing the downloaded updates on system shut down. In case you chose to stop the installation and shut down the machine to let the auto update take over, you are most likely to be faced with a memory problem due to the cancelled process. However, in a dual boot scenario, the other OS on the system has been reported to work fine.
On re-start you will be prompted to run a disk check because of having terminated a process midway. Moving further, you may probably be able to use a few programs as usual, yet a few others like the standard Windows Explorer or Control Panel will display the error message “There is not enough free memory to run this program. Exit one or more programs and try again”. Most importantly, you’ll not be able run the Windows 7 updates any longer. You could try and restore the default pagefile size and check if it helps to resolve the issue.
Two workarounds have been posted for the memory issue in Windows 7 while installing updates:
One is to set right the memory corruption that may have happened during the process by restoring the default memory settings. Using Memory.zip you will be able to restore the default settings. You’ll have to restart the system after applying the fix. Although the settings have already gone for a toss, do backup essential content before making further changes.
The second option is to check for malware that could play truant with system memory. Using a reliable security software scan your PC to identify and remove such programs and check if it rectifies the problem.
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