Windows - Virtual Memory Minimum Too Low?

Question

Help! I have been getting this message more and more often. Sometimes when I am playing a game, such as "Jardinains" or the "Beach Head 2", the game terminates itself in the middle of the game without any warnings at all? I am using a Toshiba Tecra A2 laptop, running on Window XP pro., 1.4 gHz, with about 3/4 gig of RAM. What seems to be the problem? Should I add more RAM?

Answer 1

I found that it's best to have windows set to manage virtual memory.
( "system managed size").

Start/Control Panel/Performance and Maintenance/System/Advanced tab/Performance, Settings button/Advanced tab/Virtual Memory, Change button/bullet System Managed Size.



Adjusting Virtual Memory Settings in Windows XP = http://www.avid.com/onlinesupport/supportcontent.asp?productID=0&contentID=6999&typeID=2


To change it: computer/propertes/advanced/performance/advanced/at the bottom change it.



Also it is possible that you could use more ram. How much ram do you have?


Test your ram with these: = Memtest86+ here: http://www.memtest.org

Answer 2

256MB is exceedingly low for a homestead windows XP gadget. i might propose a minimum of 512MB to be risk-free. good click My laptop click residences click on the more advantageous tab click the right Settings button in the overall performance container click on the more advantageous tab (lower back!) click the substitute button in the digital reminiscence container verify the custom length and enter 384 in the minimum and 768 in the optimum ok out of each and every thing and restart the pc

Answer 3

You can optimize virtual memory use by dividing the space between multiple drives and by removing space from slow or heavily accessed drives. To best optimize your virtual memory space, divide it among as many physical hard drives as possible. When you select drives, follow these guidelines: • Try to avoid having a paging file on the same drive as the system files.
• Avoid putting a paging file on a fault-tolerant drive such as a mirrored volume or a RAID-5 volume. Paging files do not require fault-tolerance, and some fault-tolerant computers experience slow data writes because they write data to multiple locations.
• Do not put multiple paging files on different partitions on the same physical disk drive.

How to manually change the size of the virtual memory paging file
You must be logged on as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure. 1. Click Start, click Run, and then type sysdm.cpl in the Open box.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Settings under Performance.
3. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Change under Virtual memory.
4. Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file that you want to change.
5. Under Paging file size for selected drive, click Custom size, type a new paging file size in megabytes (MB) in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, and then click Set.
If you decrease the size of either the initial or maximum paging file settings, you must restart your computer to see the effects of those changes. When you increase the paging file size, you typically do not have to restart your computer.

Notes• To have Windows select the best paging file size, click System managed size. The recommended minimum size is equivalent to 1.5 times the RAM on your computer, and 3 times that figure for the maximum size. For example, if you have 256 MB of RAM, the minimum size is 384 MB, and the maximum size is 1152 MB.
• For best performance, do not set the initial size to less than the minimum recommended size under Total paging file size for all drives. The recommended size is equivalent to 1.5 times the RAM on your computer. It is good practice to leave the paging file at its recommended size. However, you may increase its size if you frequently use programs that use much memory.
• To delete a paging file, set both the initial size and the maximum size to zero, or click No paging file. We strongly recommend that you do not disable or delete the paging file.

How to manually optimize the memory usage
You can optimize your computer's memory usage. If you use your computer primarily as a workstation instead of as a server, you can devote more memory to your programs. Your programs will work faster and your system cache size will remain the default size that came with Windows XP. You can also set aside more computer memory for a larger system cache if your computer is used primarily as a server, or if you use programs that require a larger cache. 1. Click Start, click Run, and then type sysdm.cpl in the Open box.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Settings under Performance.
3. Click the Advanced tab, and then use one of the following methods under Memory usage: • Click Programs if you use your computer primarily as a workstation instead of as a server. This option allocates more memory to your programs.
• Click System cache if your computer is used primarily as a server or if you use programs that use a larger cache.

Answer 4

One way is...start>control panel>system
the amout of RAM is right below where it says...computer

Also try this

right click on an empty part of your taskbar, ie bottom of the screen, to the right of start...where you have an empty space>task manager>performance