Virtual Memory Is Too Low.

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Error Message:
"Virtual memory minimum is too low. Windows is increasing the size of the
virtual memory paging file."

My computer (Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz, 512 MB of RAM) automatically
increased the virtual memory from the recommended 765 MB to 860 MB.

After rebooting I checked again and the current allocation has changed from
the previous allocated 860 MB to 768 MB.

The computer is running normal/smoothly, no problems.

Just interested to know as to what would have caused these changes?

TIA
 
Open system properties,virtual memory,change button,set to "let system
manage"
click set 2X,close out,restart pc...With 512mb of ram memory,xp probably
needs
to use more "virtual memory",install more ram,xp will use less virtual
memory.
You will/would notice a performance gain,ram is 100X quicker than writing to
the hd (virtual)...For more info see kb555223
 
Error Message:
"Virtual memory minimum is too low. Windows is increasing the size of the
virtual memory paging file."

My computer (Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz, 512 MB of RAM)
automatically increased the virtual memory from the recommended 765 MB to
860 MB.

After rebooting I checked again and the current allocation has changed
from the previous allocated 860 MB to 768 MB.

The computer is running normal/smoothly, no problems.

Just interested to know as to what would have caused these changes?
Click to expand...

Something you were doing needed more virtual memory. See this article on
Virtual Memory in XP and setting the page file by the late Alex Nichol, MVP.

http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm
 
The temporary increase in virtual memory will be reversed after a reboot.

As simple as that.
 
Open system properties,virtual memory,change button,set to "let system
manage"
click set 2X,close out,restart pc...With 512mb of ram memory,xp probably
needs
to use more "virtual memory",install more ram,xp will use less virtual
memory.
You will/would notice a performance gain,ram is 100X quicker than writing to
the hd (virtual)...For more info see kb555223
Click to expand...


The advice to install more RAM is terrible. How much RAM someone
needs for good performance is *not* a one-size-fits-all situation. You
get good performance if the amount of RAM you have keeps you from
using the page file, and that depends on what apps you run. Most
people running a typical range of business applications find that
somewhere around 256-384MB works well, others need 512MB. Almost
anyone will see poor performance with less than 256MB. Some people,
particularly those doing things like editing large photographic
images, can see a performance boost by adding even more than
512MB--sometimes much more.

If you are currently using the page file significantly, more memory
will decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance.
If you are not using the page file significantly, more memory will do
nothing for you. Go to
http://billsway.com/notes_public/winxp_tweaks/ and download
WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your page file usage. That should
give you a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how
much more.
 
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