I found an error message when I tried to logged in

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  mirindamiranda · Member · Oct 5, 2011 at 9:54 pm

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  THis is the message
  Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 262144 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 425784 bytes) in /home/escuelag/public_html/wp-admin/index.php on line 13

  This happened a few days after I´ve made an un-succesfull update.

  http://www.escuelagabrielarcan.com.ar
  Blog url: http://gabrielarcangel.wordpress.com/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 6, 2011 at 4:50 am

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  http://escuelagabrielarcan.com.ar/ is a self-hosted WordPress.org blog, which we really can’t help with.

  To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities.

  WordPress.org has complete support and documentation sites for self-hosted/installed versions of WordPress via their Codex and Support Forums.

  If you’re seeing this error either suddenly (no specific task was done to cause the error) or frequently, try deactivating all plugins to rule-out a plugin-specific issue and try switching themes to rule-out a theme-specific issue.

  Otherwise, here are three ways to increase PHP’s memory allocation:

  1. If you can edit or override the system php.ini file, increase the memory limit. For example, memory_limit = 256M

  2. If you cannot edit or override the system php.ini file, add php_value memory_limit 256M to your .htaccess file.

  3. If neither of these work, it’s time to ask your hosting provider to temporarily increase PHP’s memory allocation on your account. Keep in mind that most decent hosting providers allocate 32 MB to PHP under each account, and most decent hosting providers allow users to temporarily increase the memory allocation. If your hosting provider won’t accommodate you, perhaps it’s time to find a new hosting provider.

  If that doesn’t work, please contact the WordPress.org Support Forums.