I'm running XP x64 on a reasonably-specced machine with 6Gb of RAM. I
frequently get 'Virtual Memory Too Low' warnings, even though Task Manager
shows I have 3 - 4 gB of FREE ram. WTF? Why is Windows trying to save stuff
to my insanely slow hdd when there's bucket-loads of free ultra-fast RAM?Is
it f'in insane?
Remember - these messages are not errors, they are informational
messages that XP is doing it's job - it just may need some help.
We should be able to spot the issue quickly and give useful advice if
you do these things:
Reduce the possibility of existing malware on your system.
Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware
detection programs:
Malwarebytes (MBAM):
http://malwarebytes.org/
SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS):
http://www.superantispyware.com/
They can be uninstalled later if desired.
Describe your current antivirus and malware situation. McAfee,
Norton, Spybot,
AVG, ZoneAlarm, etc.
Click Start, Run and in the box enter:
msinfo32
Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select
All, Copy and then paste back here.
There would be some personal information (like System Name and User
Name) or whatever appears to
be only your business that you can delete from the paste.
Provide information about the current processes on your system.
To do that:
Right click the Taskbar, choose Task Manager and select the Processes
tab.
Click View, Select Columns, check the box that says: Virtual Memory
Size. Expand the width of the Task Manager by dragging the corners so
you can see all the columns and processes in one window if possible.
Double click a column heading in TM to sort by the column. For
example, sort Task Manager by the CPU or Virtual Memory size column.
Take a screenshot of what you see in Task Manager (see below for
instructions).
To create and email/post/print a screenshot:
Press the Print Scrn button to copy your entire screen to the Windows
clipboard.
Press Alt Print Scrn to copy just the active window to the Windows
clipboard.
Open MS Paint:
Start, Programs, Accessories, Paint
When Paint opens, press CTRL-V to paste the clipboard, save the new
Paint file
to your desktop or someplace you can remember. JPG files take up less
hard
disk space than BMP files and are just as readable.
Make as many screenshots as you need. Practice makes perfect. Be
careful your
screenshot does not contain any personal information. Practice
viewing your images
before you upload them to be sure they are okay.
Some sites will let you attach a file directly to your post. If the
site has some kind of
attachment/upload function it is usually easiest just to use it.
If there is no such function in your message board to upload files,
then use a free
third party image hosting WWW site.
Create a free account on some free picture hosting web site. You can
always remove
your account later if you want. Here are some free image hosting
sites:
http://www.imageshack.us/
http://photobucket.com/
Using your free account, upload your screenshot(s) (the JPG or BMP
files) to the
site and it will return to you a URL web address (a Direct Link) for
your new image(s)
which you can paste the Direct Link in a message post, email, etc.
Post that Direct Link web address back here in your response and we
can click on the
link address and see your screenshot. Post as many as you need - the
sites are free.
When you are done, what you post for others to use should look
something like this:
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6530/taskmanagerv.jpg <- Task
Manager
