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Old December 26th, 2005, 10:26 PM
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Low Virtual Memory

Computer says low virtual memory, may deny some programs. What does this mean and how might it be remedied? Thank you. DocG
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Old December 26th, 2005, 10:58 PM
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Hi Doc. Virtual Memory is where the system swaps some of the data that hasnt been used for a while OUT of memory and onto the hard disc.
Tweak your settings in
Start>Control Panel>System>Advanced>Performance Settings>Advanced>Virtual Memory Change
Try setting it to "System managed size" and see how you get on. If that isn't much use, have a fiddle with the "Custom Size" until you get something that works.
Failing that, whack a load more memory in.
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Old December 26th, 2005, 11:29 PM
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How much harddrive space do you have free? Also what are you doing when you get the message?

Very Generally Speaking, Virtual Memory is when you do not have enough ram and it uses a portion of your harddrive as ram.
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Old December 27th, 2005, 03:06 PM
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You might want to run a disk cleanup and free up spme space and defragment to be able to increase virtual memory. Here's a useful link
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php
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Old December 27th, 2005, 08:34 PM
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You might want to run a disk cleanup and free up spme space and defragment to be able to increase virtual memory. Here's a useful link
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php
good shout du5!
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