Low Virtual Memory???

Question

Every once in a while my NEW computer sends me a message that says I am low on virtual memory!! what does that mean and how can I stop it????

Answer 1

You go to Start Menu.
Control Panel.
System.
And then click on the Advanced Tab.
Under Performance there is a settings tab.

You can increase your virtual memory there, but I wouldnt touch it because it usually allocates it the best way possible so that your computer and your graphics card gets the most from your memory.

It usually means you might need to upgrade your memory. Go to control panel again, then system, and then check your computer information and see how much memory you have. If you only have 128MB RAM, which is the standard that new computers come in, then you might need to add more RAM.

The more the RAM, the better performance of your computer. If you only have 128MB RAM then that basically means that you cant have much more than maybe 3 or 4 programs opened at the same time.

If you need more help or if you want instructions on how to install more memory, then contact me in my profile.

Answer 2

Virtual Memory makes up for the lack of RAM in computers by using space on the hard disk as memory, Virtual Memory. When the actual RAM fills up (actually its before the RAM fills) then virtual memory is created on the hard disk. When physical memory runs out, the Virtual Memory Manager chooses sections of memory that have not been recently used and are of low priority and writes them to the swap file. This process is hidden from applications, and applications views both virtual and actual memory as the same.

Each application that runs under Windows NT is given its own virtual address space of 4GB (2GB for the application, 2GB for the operating system).

The problem with Virtual Memory is that as it writes and reads to the hard disk, this is much slower than actual RAM. This is why if an NT system does not have enough memory it will run very slowly.

I'd say to get another stick of RAM. That should lower the amount of times you see that message. For example, I have 1 GB of RAM and I NEVER see that message.

Answer 3

well its nothing you can buy its all built in the control settings on your computer Go to >
Start > Control Pannel
> Performance And Maintenance > Adjust Visual effects
When That is done a window will pop up and it will be on the Visual Effects Tab Click Advanced then at the bottom it says Virtual memory mine is currently set to 756 MB

Then click Change
Then it will show you your drive and i will use mine for example : Paging File ( MB )
C { HP Pavilion } 756-1512

Then below the box it says Custom Size and I used the MB on my drive so it will be
Inital Size: 756
Maximum Size: 1512

Hope I Helped!

Answer 4

right click on My Computer and click on the properties. On the nes window, click on properties and where it says "Performance" click the settings. In the new window, click the Advanced tab. On the bottom it should say Virual memory. click change and just set it to the maximum. Then just click set, Ok and Ok again. That should help, any questions, e-mail me at: [e-mail]

Answer 5

from "my computer" on the desktop click right click and "properties", then from window appear go to advanced tap and click on advanced tap again then click on "change" from down of window, and from the window appear increase numbers in the boxes double, and restart computer.

Enjoy...
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