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Since nobody really checks the software section of this websit
(either that or nobody had an answer to my question) I decided t
post in here. It is not a troubleshooting issue it is more of
hardware question. If my computer tells me frequently that there i
not enough memory and the resources are dangerously low, what doe
this mean? Does this mean I need to get more memory? Ram? A ne
CPU? What
 
Mexplorer1906 said:
Since nobody really checks the software section of this website
(either that or nobody had an answer to my question) I decided to
post in here. It is not a troubleshooting issue it is more of a
hardware question. If my computer tells me frequently that there is
not enough memory and the resources are dangerously low, what does
this mean? Does this mean I need to get more memory? Ram? A new
CPU? What?
Click to expand...

virus malware spyware
hard drive is running out of space and virtual memory is running out of room
virtual memory is turned off

hth
 
Mexplorer1906 said:
Since nobody really checks the software section of this website
(either that or nobody had an answer to my question) I decided to
post in here. It is not a troubleshooting issue it is more of a
hardware question. If my computer tells me frequently that there is
not enough memory and the resources are dangerously low, what does
this mean? Does this mean I need to get more memory? Ram? A new
CPU? What?
Click to expand...

What kind of resources do you have??? Computer type and hardware present??
 
Mexplorer1906 said:
Since nobody really checks the software section of this website
(either that or nobody had an answer to my question) I decided to
post in here. It is not a troubleshooting issue it is more of a
hardware question. If my computer tells me frequently that there is
not enough memory and the resources are dangerously low, what does
this mean? Does this mean I need to get more memory? Ram? A new
CPU? What?
Click to expand...

It could be as simple as your hard drive needs to be defragged, or is simply
too full. Windows won't be very happy with less than about 2Gigs of free
space available on the hard drive. The reason is that Windows uses so much
RAM, that it has to use hard drive space to simulate RAM. If you are
getting low resources, this means that all of your RAM is in use, and
Windows is running out of space on the hard drive to use hard drive space
for virtual RAM. (this space is called a swap file or page file, depending
on what version of windows you run)

To check your hard drive, start a DOS prompt (or "command prompt) from
within windows and type the command
dir/s (and hit enter)
It will run for a while, but when it finishes, it will give you a summary of
your disk usage, and the last line should read _______________ bytes free.
You want that number of bytes free to be 2,000,000,000 or larger.

If you have plenty of free space, check your swap file settings (virtual
memory) and make sure that it's set to allow windows to manage it, or that a
custom swap/page file is set no smaller than 1000MB. You should also defrag
your hard drive (under system tools, disk defragmenter) and scan your hard
drive for viruses. Bad programs (not necessarily viruses) can cause "memory
leaks" which can lead to error messages about low resources on a computer
with plenty of RAM.


It's also possible to use too many resources simply by starting too many
programs when windows starts. Do a start, run, msconfig, go to the startup
tab, and see how many programs are checked. If you don't need it running,
UNCHECK the program, hit apply and restart the computer. If you aren't sure
what a program is, check the name of it at www.sysinfo.org.

Good luck, -Dave -Dave
 
Mexplorer1906 said:
Since nobody really checks the software section of this websit
(either that or nobody had an answer to my question) I decided t
post in here. It is not a troubleshooting issue it is more of
hardware question. If my computer tells me frequently that ther i
not enough memory and the resources are dangerously low, what doe
this mean? Does this mean I need to get more memory? Ram? A ne
CPU? What
Click to expand...
It could be as simple as your hard drive needs to be defragged, or i
simply
too full. Windows won't be very happy with less than about 2Gigs o
free
space available on the hard drive. The reason is that Windows uses s
much
RAM, that it has to use hard drive space to simulate RAM. If you ar

getting low resources, this means that all of your RAM is in use, an

Windows is running out of space on the hard drive to use hard driv
space
for virtual RAM. (this space is called a swap file or page file
depending
on what version of windows you run

To check your hard drive, start a DOS prompt (or "command prompt
from
within windows and type the comman
dir/s (and hit enter
It will run for a while, but when it finishes, it will give you
summary of
your disk usage, and the last line should read _______________ byte
free.
You want that number of bytes free to be 2,000,000,000 or larger

If you have plenty of free space, check your swap file setting
(virtual
memory) and make sure that it's set to allow windows to manage it, o
that a
custom swap/page file is set no smaller than 1000MB. You should als
defrag
your hard drive (under system tools, disk defragmenter) and scan you
hard
drive for viruses. Bad programs (not necessarily viruses) can caus
"memory
leaks" which can lead to error messages about low resources on
computer
with plenty of RAM

It's also possible to use too many resources simply by starting to
many
programs when windows starts. Do a start, run, msconfig, go to th
startup
tab, and see how many programs are checked. If you don't need i
running,
UNCHECK the program, hit apply and restart the computer. If yo
aren't sure
what a program is, check the name of it at www.sysinfo.org

Good luck, -Dave -Dave[/quote

Thanks a lot I think I have 40,215.13 MB free
 
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