virtual memory

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james cooper

I'm very new to windows XP. I keep getting a box stating
that my virtual memory is too low and it is being
increased. What is causing my virutal memory to
decrease? I never experienced this in windows 98. Please
advise. It's very frustrating. Thank you.
 
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Hi James;

It sounds like your virtual memory may have been
changed from the default setting? The default setting
is to let Windows determine the size of it.
OR, you may have a memory problem; have you added
memory lately?
Increasing the size of virtual memory is a trivial
annoyance and won't cause you any problems. It just
means RAM is full and it's starting to use your hard
drive for what won't fit in RAM, unless there is some
physical reason preventing RAM from being used for the
right purposes.

Rather than write a missive, do you know how to:
-- Set Virtual RAM to let windows manage it?
-- Check your RAM to be sure it's all being recognized
by the system?
-- Describe any recent changes you made to the system?
-- Check your system for viruses, worms, trojans,
etc.?

The more info you can provide, the better.


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james cooper said:
I'm very new to windows XP. I keep getting a box stating
that my virtual memory is too low and it is being
increased. What is causing my virutal memory to
decrease? I never experienced this in windows 98. Please
advise. It's very frustrating. Thank you.

See MVP Alex Nichol's article on Virtual Memory in Windows XP at
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

Post a further question back here if you need additional info,

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
If your motherboard uses an intel chipset you very likely need to download
and install the intel accelerator found at www.intel.com

I presume you've played with this yourself. What is your experience? Have
you seen any noticeable increase in speed? Or decrease in stability?

I have no particular problems with my 2GHz Celeron Dell so I'm reluctant to
install the Accelerator if it doesn't really provide much speed up. I've
seen the Intel benchmark page, but was curious if you have real world
experience.

Thanks.

Bill -- (Remove KILLSPAM from my address to use it)
 
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