negative virtual memory on xp

[wham]

hi
working on Toshiba A25 S307, 512ram, 2.8GHZ, 60gb hdd
paging set to min:2048, max:4096.
when set , it shows negative virtual memory.

need some help to resolve it.

 

[Jason Tsang]

Since you have 512 megs of ram, it's highly unlikely you need all that space
set for your paging file.

I'd reduce it (see http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm for more info)

As to why you are getting negative virtual memory, I suspect (and this is
just a guess, I could be wrong), your processor (assuming it is a 32 bit
processor that is generally considered "normal" for most), can only address
4 gigs of virtual memory. When your paging file hits its max size, you are
essentially making 4096 megs + 512 megs of memory available. Since your
processor can only access the first 4096 megs, the VM count exceeds what the
CPU can address and the extra amount somehow gets counted as a negative.
That's just my best guess, if I'm wrong, feel free to call me on it.