I'm regularly getting messages that Windows Virtual Memory is low and needs to be increased. Usually it's done automatically but now I'm being told I must increase it. I'm told to look in Help but there's no mention of it so how can I increase it. PC is playing up today because of this problem. Thanks for any help.
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Clear your cookies??
Or do what I do and get my hubby to sort it out.
Or do what I do and get my hubby to sort it out.
Defrag maybe?
I am a computer****wit so feel free to ignore this post....but I think you have to delete stuff - temporary files and shit like that.
Is your hard drive quite full? Windows uses part of your hard drive as extra memory - called a paging file. If your hard drive has less than 10% space free, this could be the problem.
Oooooh yes defrag, thats another!
Do you have lots of programs running at once and loads on your desktop?
Maybe you need to have a look at everything that starts when you turn your pooter on and see if there's anything you can get rid of?
Maybe you need to have a look at everything that starts when you turn your pooter on and see if there's anything you can get rid of?
Thanks 
I regularly clear cookies and temp files throughout the day so don't think that could be problem. I did a defrag a few weeks ago, maybe I should do it again.
I asked huby and he's no clue either lol, I need a child to come round maybe heehee
I regularly clear cookies and temp files throughout the day so don't think that could be problem. I did a defrag a few weeks ago, maybe I should do it again.I asked huby and he's no clue either lol, I need a child to come round maybe heehee
quote:Originally posted by Shiver:
Do you have lots of programs running at once and loads on your desktop?
Maybe you need to have a look at everything that starts when you turn your pooter on and see if there's anything you can get rid of?
Sometimes I'll have a couple of things running on the taskbar maybe that's not helping. I've not got too much on desktop, but probably have a lot running in the background, problem with getting rid of some is I don't know what most of them are as it's not clear what they all do so could delte something I need
quote:Originally posted by Yellow Rose:quote:Originally posted by Shiver:
Do you have lots of programs running at once and loads on your desktop?
Maybe you need to have a look at everything that starts when you turn your pooter on and see if there's anything you can get rid of?
Sometimes I'll have a couple of things running on the taskbar maybe that's not helping. I've not got too much on desktop, but probably have a lot running in the background, problem with getting rid of some is I don't know what most of them are as it's not clear what they all do so could delte something I need
If youre not sure what they are copy it into google and see what it comes up with
Also CCcleaner is a free programme you can download and that can get rid of loads of rubbish you have taking up space, and it can remove registry stuff you dont need and allsorts
quote:Originally posted by PeterCat:
Is your hard drive quite full? Windows uses part of your hard drive as extra memory - called a paging file. If your hard drive has less than 10% space free, this could be the problem.
Just checked and it says Capacity 80, Used 23, Free Space 52, so think that's ok isn't it?
how much free space do you have on your hard drive & what size is it?
& not to scare you but I had this come up a couple of months ago & it was because of a virus. A right bastard of one too but I don't think this is your prob if you have had it more than a few times
& not to scare you but I had this come up a couple of months ago & it was because of a virus. A right bastard of one too but I don't think this is your prob if you have had it more than a few times
quote:Originally posted by Shiver:quote:Originally posted by Yellow Rose:quote:Originally posted by Shiver:
Do you have lots of programs running at once and loads on your desktop?
Maybe you need to have a look at everything that starts when you turn your pooter on and see if there's anything you can get rid of?
Sometimes I'll have a couple of things running on the taskbar maybe that's not helping. I've not got too much on desktop, but probably have a lot running in the background, problem with getting rid of some is I don't know what most of them are as it's not clear what they all do so could delte something I need
If youre not sure what they are copy it into google and see what it comes up with
Also CCcleaner is a free programme you can download and that can get rid of loads of rubbish you have taking up space, and it can remove registry stuff you dont need and allsorts
I could be gone some time checking them all on google lol but I'll try and see if I can capture them all and check. I have CCleaner and it's great, so quick 
quote:Originally posted by Koala Brother:
how much free space do you have on your hard drive & what size is it?
& not to scare you but I had this come up a couple of months ago & it was because of a virus. A right bastard of one too but I don't think this is your prob if you have had it more than a few times
I've got 52GB free of 80GB so think that must be alright.
What I don't understand is I'm told to increase the size and go to Help...but there's no mention of it there, so that's no help lol
what are you running XP or Vista. Cause in XP help I typed virtual memory & it shows you how to change your page file size.
Have you done the famous customer service reboot?
Is you're running an application that is using up memory because of a 'memory leak' then this could happen.
In that case, it's a temporary problem.
Is you're running an application that is using up memory because of a 'memory leak' then this could happen.
In that case, it's a temporary problem.
quote:Originally posted by Koala Brother:
what are you running XP or Vista. Cause in XP help I typed virtual memory & it shows you how to change your page file size.
I'm running XP and when I type in virtual memory I get taken to Content Advisor which it says is settings for levels of content for language and some unsavoury stuff. Mine's set at default which it says is "least likely to offend" Wonder why I'm not seeing what you are
quote:Originally posted by Daniel J*:
Have you done the famous customer service reboot?
Is you're running an application that is using up memory because of a 'memory leak' then this could happen.
In that case, it's a temporary problem.
The messages of low virtual memory come up every few days, maybe something running in the backgrounbd is causing it. I've deleted a couple of things from Start Up but I'm not sure what some listed are. I'm now running defrag just in case it helps
quote:Originally posted by Yellow Rose:quote:Originally posted by Koala Brother:
what are you running XP or Vista. Cause in XP help I typed virtual memory & it shows you how to change your page file size.
I'm running XP and when I type in virtual memory I get taken to Content Advisor which it says is settings for levels of content for language and some unsavoury stuff. Mine's set at default which it says is "least likely to offend" Wonder why I'm not seeing what you are
Do you have administrative privileges?
If not log out & log back into the administrators account
this is what comes up when I go to help - hope it helps
To change the size of the virtual memory paging file
Open Computer Management (Local).
In the console tree, right-click Computer Management (Local), and then select Properties.
On the Advanced tab, click Performance Options, and under Virtual memory, click Change.
In the Drive list, click the drive that contains the paging file you want to change.
Under Paging file size for selected drive, type a new paging file size in megabytes in the Initial Size (MB) or Maximum Size (MB) box, and then click Set.
If you decrease the size of either the minimum or maximum page file settings, you must restart your computer to see the effects of those changes. Increases generally do not require a restart.
Notes
To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
You must be recognized as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group on your computer and on the computer you are managing to perform this task.
You can view or change system properties on a remote computer or a local computer. To access a remote computer, right-click Computer Management (Local), click Connect to another computer, and then select the computer you want to connect to in the list.
For best performance, set the initial size to not less than the recommended size under Total paging file size for all drives. The recommended size is equivalent to 1.5 times the amount of RAM on your system.
Usually, you should leave the paging file at its recommended size, although you might increase its size if you routinely use programs that require a lot of memory.
To delete a paging file, set both initial size and maximum size to zero.
quote:Originally posted by Koala Brother:quote:Originally posted by Yellow Rose:quote:Originally posted by Koala Brother:
what are you running XP or Vista. Cause in XP help I typed virtual memory & it shows you how to change your page file size.
I'm running XP and when I type in virtual memory I get taken to Content Advisor which it says is settings for levels of content for language and some unsavoury stuff. Mine's set at default which it says is "least likely to offend" Wonder why I'm not seeing what you are
Do you have administrative privileges?
If not log out & log back into the administrators account
this is what comes up when I go to help - hope it helps
To change the size of the virtual memory paging file
Open Computer Management (Local).
In the console tree, right-click Computer Management (Local), and then select Properties.
On the Advanced tab, click Performance Options, and under Virtual memory, click Change.
In the Drive list, click the drive that contains the paging file you want to change.
Under Paging file size for selected drive, type a new paging file size in megabytes in the Initial Size (MB) or Maximum Size (MB) box, and then click Set.
If you decrease the size of either the minimum or maximum page file settings, you must restart your computer to see the effects of those changes. Increases generally do not require a restart.
Notes
To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
You must be recognized as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group on your computer and on the computer you are managing to perform this task.
You can view or change system properties on a remote computer or a local computer. To access a remote computer, right-click Computer Management (Local), click Connect to another computer, and then select the computer you want to connect to in the list.
For best performance, set the initial size to not less than the recommended size under Total paging file size for all drives. The recommended size is equivalent to 1.5 times the amount of RAM on your system.
Usually, you should leave the paging file at its recommended size, although you might increase its size if you routinely use programs that require a lot of memory.
To delete a paging file, set both initial size and maximum size to zero.
I'm not sure if I do or not. I've just copied and pasted your info on to Word Pad and will try to follow it all, quick glance says I could get lost along the way as I'm not tech savvy in some areas lol.
Thanks for replies everyone btw
* thinks of the funny little guy when screaming *
You can do it
You can do it
quote:Originally posted by Koala Brother:
* thinks of the funny little guy when screaming *
You can do it
Yaay, I did it!!!!
Thanks so much Koala, have had this problem for weeks now and it was driving me 
BIG HUGS
for you and all here who gave their time to help me
Looking at the task manager and/or the performance tool in administrative tools allows you to look at the memory of the programs that are running. If one of them is enormous then that's probably a problem application.
quote:Originally posted by Daniel J*:
Looking at the task manager and/or the performance tool in administrative tools allows you to look at the memory of the programs that are running. If one of them is enormous then that's probably a problem application.
Oh thanks muchly Daniel I'll do that