Today I was trying to render a animation for a uni project and it worked half ok the 1st time (stopped halfway due to lack of memory) so i restarted etc from then on when trying to save a movie file i get an “I/O error”, but more frustrating is that when i go to save out a rendered image the save dialog box pops up only to shut down straight away and crash to the desktop.

I’m up to date with the service pack and hotfixes and have no idea what it could be.

Yeh i was trying to save directly to avi which iv done before with no problems but this doesnt really matter since i rarely use animations, the more urgent thing is being able to save still image files

Specs:

Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.091208-0542)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: DIXONSXP
System Model: T9508
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPUs), ~530MHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Page File: 1653MB used, 4706MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 9600 GT