what is the virtual memory file?? and why is growing up ?/?

Answer 1

virtual memory is a combination of RAM and space on your hard drive used for memory used by program execution. Your Virtual memory will increase if you set it so the system controls the page size (amount of hard drive space used), instead of setting the page size manually(which is better).

Answer 2

Computers use memory chips to store information that it is currently working with in. Memory is a lot faster than reading a file from the harddrive and if you will be using the smae information over and over it makes sense to put it in the memory for faster access.

Sometimes, the computer is working with so much information that all of it does not fit into the memory. It then moves some of the information onto the harddrive into what is called virtual (not real) memory. As the amount of memory needed increases, for example when you have a large document or many applications open, the size of the virtual memory will increase.

Answer 3

Go to Control Panel,
click System,
click Advanced Tab,
the Performance Section,
click Settings Tab,
under Performance Options,
click Advanced Tab

You can change page file size there under virtual memory settings in Windows XP Home Edition.

Answer 4

Virtual memory is a space on your Hard Disk that Windows uses to increase RAM (programs that aren't being used are moved to the HD). The file where the programs that aren't being used are stored is called virtual memory file and it's size increases in parallel to the amount of programs stored on it.