My computer had a pop-up on the lower task bar that said my computer does not have enough virtual memory on it? Does anyone know what the hell that means and how you fix it?
Virtual Memory
- Thread starter Shane
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Add more RAM or you can adjust your virtual memory manually
Right click on My Computer and go to properties -> advanced -> performance -> advanced
Virtual memory is down at the bottom of the window that pops up. By rule of thumb you should set your minimum to 1.5 x the RAM in your system and the high should be 2X your RAM
Hope that helps
Right click on My Computer and go to properties -> advanced -> performance -> advanced
Virtual memory is down at the bottom of the window that pops up. By rule of thumb you should set your minimum to 1.5 x the RAM in your system and the high should be 2X your RAM
Hope that helps
bratwurst
on double secret probation
I actually turn this off on my desktop, so I can force programs (games) to use the hardware memory.
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Thank You Ryan! I appreciate it! Any idea what makes you all of a sudden not have enough virtual memeory? All me and the wife do on this computer is surf the net?
bratwurst
on double secret probation
1 GB (2x 512 DDR400)
bratwurst
on double secret probation
Shane H said:
Lots of things, you might have a memory leak of some sort. Do you use firefox?
bratwurst
on double secret probation
Nah, thats "talking geek".
You use internet explorer then? Have you run any spyware scans lately? They could be using memory in the background.
You use internet explorer then? Have you run any spyware scans lately? They could be using memory in the background.
Hit CTL+Shift+ESC and look at your processes running. Sort by mem usage and look to see what is taking up your memory. Type the process name into Google and it will tell you what it is and if you need it. Chances are you have something using all your memory.
or you could be like my wife and open Outlook, Word, Excel, powerpoint, playing your MP3's and surfing the web and wonder why the computer is slow
or you could be like my wife and open Outlook, Word, Excel, powerpoint, playing your MP3's and surfing the web and wonder why the computer is slow
SirStefan32
Krycek, Alex Krycek
Ryanwb said:or you could be like my wife and open Outlook, Word, Excel, powerpoint, playing your MP3's and surfing the web and wonder why the computer is slow
LOL
