How do I increase virtual memory when using BitComet?

Question

I keep getting this error whenever I run BitComet, "Windows - Virtual Memory Minimum Too Low...Your system is low on virtual memory. Windows is increasing the size of your virtual memory paging file..." I don't want to spend money to buy more memory so what can I do? I've already defragmented the computer, and did disk cleanup. When I look up virtual memory it says I have 9082 MB space available, initial size 768 MB, and maximum size 1536 MB. Currently allocated 1509 MB. I'm not 100% sure what all that means and how I can fix this so please help me. Thanks.

Answer 1

It's strange. 1509 MB is more than enough but it is easy enough to increase the virtual memory. As a rule, your virtual memory should be set at RAM x 1.5. For example, if you have 1GB of RAM then you should set the virtual memory to 1.5GB. Here are the instructions on how to change the virtual memory.

Windows XP uses 2 types of memory and they are the physical memory (i.e. RAM) and the virtual memory (i.e. paging file). Most people are familiar with the former but not the latter. Loading any program or file requires memory. Oftentimes, the amount of RAM is insufficient. Windows XP’s solution to the problem is to convert a portion of the hard drive (i.e. ROM) to act like RAM. This is the virtual memory (a.k.a. paging file). Now, this is very important, the physical memory works much faster than the virtual memory. So, the key to optimizing memory use is to use up all the RAM before resorting to using the virtual memory.

Below, I illustrate several ways to optimize memory use. Some ways are straightforward while others are not so straightforward. As always, create a system restore point before changing any of the settings. It will save you from a whole lot of grief if things go wrong.


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Keep Windows system core and drivers in RAM and not the virtual memory. If you have 512MB or more of RAM then this tweak will significantly boost performance. Follow these steps:
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Start Menu > Run > type “regedit” (without the quotation marks) > [O.K.] (this will open Windows registry editor).
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Scroll down to the following registry key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
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In the right side panel, right click any open space and choose New > DWORD value.” For the Name, enter "DisablePagingExecutive"(without the quotation marks) and set the Value to “1” (without the quotation marks). Next, on the menu bar, choose File > Exit. Reboot.
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Optimize the size of the paging file. As a rule, the size of the paging file should be 1.5x the amount of RAM. If you have 256 MB or less of RAM then set the size to 384 MB. If you have 512 MB or more of RAM then set the size to 512MB. If you have 1 GB or more of RAM then set the size to 768 MB. Some computer experts suggest if you have 1 GB or more of RAM then you can try setting the size to 0 (i.e. don’t use a paging file at all). Follow these steps to change the size of the paging file.
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Use an account with administrative privileges.
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Right click My Computer > Properties > Advanced > under “Performance,” click [Settings] > choose the “Advanced” tab > under “Virtual Memory,” click [Change].
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Choose “Custom size” and set the “Initial size” and “Maximum size” to the same value.
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Click [Set] > [O.K.]. Reboot.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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