Low system resources error

[BMAVillage]

A few weeks ago I started getting "low system resources" error messages from Zoom every time I log into a meeting.  I am using the same 2020 laptop as I have been for two years.  I never got these messages before, and now even when I close all other applications, I get stuttering and freezing.  Can you tell me what steps to go through to try and fix this? I see many of the same question posted, but no answers.

[ImAZoomer]

Maybe Zoom AI Companion is problem..... Hm.... 

[Tom171]

Hi I had the same issue. I have installed zoom about 4 months ago and it worked even though i had other applications open on my PC. This message started popping out after 4 months of using zoom. Tried several options mentioned by others like, reinstalling zoom, restarting my PC and so on. Nothing helped. The thing is when i connected to a meeting using my android phone it worked OK. So I'm a bit puzzled by it.

[CharlesH]

I have been having this issue for a long time and nothing helped, including reinstalling Windows and Zoom. What I do now before I start a Zoom session, is go to Task Mgr and kill the most notorious memory hogs. In my case, that is Slack and Chrome. That has so far been the only way to make Zoom workable. No other suggestion in this forum worked for me.

[madamescorpio]

this tech support is really no help at all

[AlexUS8888]

I also had the same problem. Try to go to camera settings: go to Bluetooth and devices, cameras, and double-check if you have only one camera there. In my case, I have two cameras. I just deleted one, and the default started working great. And right now, Zoom is working flawlessly.

[ImAZoomer]

I'm willing to try anything at this point. Confused about where to adjust settings, though: Is it the OS? Somewhere in the Zoom interface? Not finding anything to do with cameras in either place.

[CharlesH]

wow, solved! I had a dozen IT people look at this problem, uninstalling and installing all sorts of stuff, but nothing works. Thank you for figuring this out!

[Nekro]

I can't say if everyone here are having the same problem as me, but I will share the solution that I've found and maybe it can help some of the people with this problem. 

So, my problem was like this: Once the Zoom meeting started with camera, in the first minute I got Low resources error, the camera view was frozen and then the Zoom got stuck and I needed to kill the process and restart zoom. It was a problem only with my webcam, the integrated laptop cam was working fine.

Solution: 

In the Device manager, my webcam was defined as Imaging Device. And the Integrated cam was under Cameras. I changed the webcam to be in Cameras as well and the problem stopped. 

How I changed the webcam? I selected:

Update Driver > Browse my computer for drivers > Let me pick from the available drivers > USB Video Device

After picking that option and clicking Next, the webcam moved from Imaging Devices to Cameras. 

After that I didn't get the Low Resources error and Zoom works fine. 

Hopefully this solution may help others as well.    

[MDK-2023]

After you start Zoom, do you have a choice of "camera" to use, e.g., "Imaging Device" or "Web Camera" ?  If you switch away from the one that is causing the error-message, to the alternate video device, is it any better?

[Flyfisherman]

When you switch it to Camera in Drivers, does it stay there?  I switched it, then it showed up as a "camera" in device settings, then switched back to.. media  I believe.  It may be because I have a microphone on my external camera...  I have a Logitech Brio and it classifies as a "camera/Scanner"