Windows Help.

[sportingsmissus]

Have just had a pop-up come on screen saying....windows virtual memory too low!! what does this mean? do i need to do anything?

 

[clio]

Wow this must be a old windows version is it ..maybes 98 or ME.
anyways a reboot will help,you can up the virtual memory settings,
or maybes dont have so much stuff running at the same time..

 

[sportingsmissus]

erm, running windows XP.

have only got internet explorer running atm but will give it a quick reboot in abit.

thanks

 

[clio]

Never come across a low virtual memory warning in xp myself..
but here is some info if it applies,also do you have any norton
software on computer?
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;Q315351

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;837869

 

[Hellcat]

I had one the other day. I'd had a few programs open.. Guess programers aren't as careful cleaning up the memory as I was taught.

 

[Liam]

Pagefile is too low or could be one of those nasty pop ups which looks official but maks your pc download spyware

Hold down the windows key and press pause/break

Note your amount of ram

Clcick on the advanced tab of this window

Under performance click settings

Then click the advanced tab

Not the size of the paging file at the bottom of the window should be 1.5 times the amount of ram you had if not set it to that.

Liam

 

[sportingsmissus]

will just see how it goes i guess

thanks for those links.

 

[sportingsmissus]

so if my RAM is 496 then i should set the maximum to 744?? or both??

 

[Liam]

744 but what was it before?

The max is double the initial size but it shouldn't need to use as much as that.

Liam

 

[sportingsmissus]

744 but what was it before?

The max is double the initial size but it shouldn't need to use as much as that.

Liam

when the box came up it said i have 496 mb of RAM and you said it needed to be 1.5 times that?

 

[custard]

physical RAM on the motherboard.so if you have 1024MB of ram its 1.5 times that.

 

[sportingsmissus]

am so

 

[Liam]

when the box came up it said i have 496 mb of RAM and you said it needed to be 1.5 times that?

Yeah but the box wher you note that is diff from where you change it or see the actual size of the paging file.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sysdm_advancd_perform_change_vmpagefile.mspx?mfr=true

Liam

 

[custard]

when you hold odwn the windows key and pause/break then read the box that comes up with system info.
on that is shows processor speed and RAM installed

 

[sportingsmissus]

when you hold odwn the windows key and pause/break then read the box that comes up with system info.
on that is shows processor speed and RAM installed

which one do i need?

 

[Stu DemonD]

The General Tab - first one it defaults to.

 

[sportingsmissus]

The General Tab - first one it defaults to.

yeah i got that bit but im confused about which number am meant to be using??

says either 1.40Ghz or 496mg Ram :chin: i hate computers sometimes

 

[hmallett]

The easy option is to set it to "System Managed Size"
H

 

[sportingsmissus]

finally...somebody who speaks english...thanks H


thanks everyone for your help too.

 

[hmallett]

finally...somebody who speaks english...thanks H

Croeso
H