The computer says that the virtual memory low & my pc run slower than usual, What should i do?

Answer 1

if the virtual memory setting is set to automatic or the computer manage it, that means that you have little space in your hard drive to be used as virtual memory.
your harddrive should be full.
try to erase some programs or files to increase your virtual memory.

if your disk is not full the change the settings, increasing the space used as virtual memory.

go to control panel, then system, then advance, then settings on performance, then advance again, then on virtual memory change the size used for file paging.

good luck

Answer 2

You might try and clear out your system startup and non microsoft services as well. To do this: Click on start/run and type in msconfig and click ok. This will bring up the system configuration utility. Click on the startup tab and click the disable all button at the bottom Right. Then click on the services tab. At the bottom check the box that is by itself under the list that says Hide all Microsoft services. Then again, click disable all. Apply, close and restart when prompted. Upon reboot check the "dont show this message again" box at the bottom of the window that appears on startup.Try to restart again, and see if the problem is still present. If not you can go back into MSCONFIG first go back to the startup tab and check back the first 3 or so boxes then click ok and restart, again check the "dont show this message again" box at the bottom of the window that appears on restarting. Keep adding the checks back until you are able to narrow down which application is causing the issue. Leave this unchecked ,reinstall or update that program. Also increasing your systems page file size to 1.5 times the amount of RAM you have in your system should also help. To check how much RAM you have Right click on My Computer and select Properties. Here it should show you the amount of RAM in the system. If you have 512MB or 1.00GB the page file size should be either 768MB or 1500MB, for both the Min and Max settings (its best that they are both the same) To edit the Page file size, you should again Right click My Computer and select Properties, then click the Advanced tab at the top. Next Click the Settings button under Performance. Then click the Advanced tab on this menu. Next at the bottom of this menu click the Change button under the Virtual memory section. Click the dot for "Custom Size" Then enter the number for the amount of 1.5, to 2 times the memory that you have in the system. 1 GB will equal prox 1024MB. These boxes only take the numbers in MBs so you would need to use 1536 for 1 Gig and so on. Again the Inital size and Maximum size should be the same number. Then click Set, Ok, then Ok again and restart the system. This should make sure that your overall page file size is at its optimal setting, which should correct the errors. If not the last thing I would suggest would be to do a Windows XP system restore to a point before the problem started. To access system restore, go to Start|All Programs|Accessories|System Tools|System restore and tell it to restore to an earlier time. Then select a date from the calendar when it was last working correctly. Any programs you have installed since then will need to be reinstalled, but your data would remain intact. Also the system restore in reversable, if necessary. Hope this Helps!

Answer 3

One thing you can do is go to the start menu, then all programs, accessories, system tools, and then disc clean up sometimes when you add alot of programs to your computer and try deleting them it leaves extra files behind sometimes that helps speed up your computer and get rid of unwanted things. Another thing is to go into start, control panel, add or remove programs, and any unwanted or unused progams you can delete them and empty your recyle bin. Spyware is another problem, you can go to stores like best buy and I think they have programs for $29.99 called spyware doctor that help get rid of unwanted spyware off your computer, you will be surprised if you do a scan and see how much spyware is really on your computer.

Answer 4

Download this free program called Advanced Windows Care from:
http://iobit.com/ This program helped my computer allot.

You simply might have too many programs running in the background using up the memory. Try defragging the computer if it hasn't been done in awhile.

Answer 5

You should download a program called Freeram xp and that tells you if its your ram thats low which i think is because of the message what you should do is buy around 512mb of ram or if you dont wanna spend much(less than $50 maybe online) just buy 256mb.

Answer 6

Step 1: Go to http://www.grisoft.com to download a trial version of AVG Anti-Malware.

Step 2: Run a full scan on your computer using AVG Anti-Malware. Make sure anything detected is removed.

Step 3:
Go to http://www.ccleaner.com and download CCleaner. Run a full cleanup on your system.

Step 4: If you still have problems, go to http://www.merijn.org to learn how to use a tool called "Hijackthis!". This tools is used by computer technicians like myself to remove spyware and viruses.

Answer 7

I had that problem several weeks ago, and it was because I was running two anti-virus programs at a time. They were in conflict with each other and fighting for resources. I dumped both of them (Nortron's and McAfee) and downloaded a free trial version of "AVG7.5" and my system seems to work fine. Hope that helps.
-Spec

Answer 8

The first thing I think when I see that is that I need to clean my memory; temporary files, search files, backup .dlls, etc

http://downloads.zdnet.com/search.aspx?kw=RAM

this link will show you some free programs that should hit the spot and let you configure your memory usage to avoid this in the future.

Answer 9

get some antispyware like Windows Defender or Spybot

learn about msconfig to analyze your startup

learn about Task Manager to analyze running programs

Answer 10

If you are running win xp, it will up your virtual mem itself. Mine does that, too. I dont know why, either. I will check your answers to see if anyone tells you. Good luck.