what does this mean on my computer???

Question

my computer had a little error msg saying virtual memory is full.. what exactly does this mean and what could i buy to fix this...

by the way i have a compaq presario

Answer 1

When your computer runs low on physical memory, thats what your ram is, physical memory, it can use a portion of the hard drive to write extra memory to, this is called virtual memory.
Here is how to increase your virtual memory.

Right click my computer, and click properties.
Click the "advanced" tab, where you see performance, click "settings". Now click the "change" button under virtual memory.
Select "custom", in the box for "initial size", enter the number 1500, then in the "maximum size", enter the number 2000.
Click "set". Click "ok" to close the box. Now click "apply" then ok to close that window, and now you have up to 2 gig's of virtual memory....

This is still only a temporary fix, your computer will run alot slower when it writes to the disk for virtual memory....check out the link and try to get at least 512 mb extra of ram....

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/...

Answer 2

Virtual memory is a lot like what it sounds: It's auxiliary storage that resides on your hard disk, and your OS uses it when your RAM gets too full.

Virtual memory, because it requires access to magnetic storage, is slow. It can often be buggy, too, and crashes become more likely as virtual memory begins to be used. If you're actually filling up your virtual memory space, you've got problems. Here's how I recommend dealing with it.

First, add RAM if you can. The best way to avoid using too much virtual memory is to use none at all. Adding RAM will speed up your system and keep virtual memory usage at a minimum.
Increase the size of the paging file. The paging file is the name of the file that Windows uses for virtual memory. If you're overflowing your paging file, making it bigger can help. Click Control Panel > System > Advanced. Under Performance, click Settings. Click Advanced again, then click Change. You'll see two numbers that you can change (Initial size and Maximum size). Double them both. You can experiment with these figures until you no longer get virtual memory error messages.
Clean up your hard drive. You may be getting error messages because your hard drive is getting full. Clean it up by running Disk Cleanup (Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools), then run Disk Defragmenter (directly below Disk Cleanup in the same menu).
Reboot. The longer your system runs, the more cluttered the memory space gets, both RAM and virtual. Rebooting your system frequently clears this out and lets you start fresh. I wouldn't go more than three or four days without a reboot, and even that's a stretch.

Answer 3

virtual memory is basicly a page file the hard drive. That is, a file on the hard drive that is used to aid RAM. If this becomes full, then you are usually running too many applications, or ran an application with a memory leak. Best bet is to upgrade your RAM , and increase your paging file. You can google for directions easily.

Answer 4

Your computer sets aside a small part of your memory for temporary files. You can fix this by restarting your computer or increasing your virtual memory. Most of the time windows will increase your virtual memory for you but this can be done manually in control panel.

Answer 5

Virtual memory is the space on your hard drive that is used when your RAM memory is all used.
Buy more RAM. You can also free up more space on your hard drive to allocate to virtual memory.

Answer 6

Virtual Memory is refering to ur RAM. How much ram do u have? 1 gb is mainly sufficient.

Answer 7

I am also gettin same error only when I post too many answers in yahoo rest of the time I have no problem at all, so may be Yahoo is doing too much tracking

Answer 8

Perhaps you have too many programs running. Try closing some. Or, you could buy more memory.

Answer 9

please send a complate information about computer for me .

if computer is new , i can to help you.

Answer 10

RAM! know first if its DDR or SDR...