Why am I short of virtual memory? (I think I should be ok)

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Wadsworth said:
ROOKIE HERE, but have the same virtual memory problem.

What is "cashemen" and how do I dump it to help my virtual memory problem.

Also, I installed an additional hard drive (blindly, but effectively). How
can I utilize this extra drive to improve my performance?

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
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Take a look at this:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm
 
what is cacheman? im running xp professional. also my total phys. memory is
512 MB avail 133.74 MB. total virtual is 2.00 GB avail 1.96 GB. Page File
Spaceis 1.22 GB what does all this mean and how can i free up more space? any
help is great/.
 
ida may said:
what is cacheman? im running xp professional. also my total phys. memory
is
512 MB avail 133.74 MB. total virtual is 2.00 GB avail 1.96 GB. Page File
Spaceis 1.22 GB what does all this mean and how can i free up more space?
any
help is great/.
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It means:

Your computer has 512 MB of physical (actually exists that it) RAM
installed.
Of this RAM, 133.74 is not used by any program

A slight digression: A 32bit processor can address at most 4GB of memory.
The design of most virtual memory systems allows 2GB for the operating
system and 2GB for the active program (the program which is in use by the
processor).

Hence, the total virtual memory is 2GB. The current program is only using
0.04 GB.

The free space in the page file is 1.22 GB. The page file is used by the
operating system to allow programs to pretend that they have 2GB available
whien in fact the physical memory is much less than that.

Note that the processor can only reference physical memory.

Perhaps you could find out which programs need resident memory and how much
they need. However, it looks to me like you don't have a problem to solve.
Jim
 
i also have windows xp.and have the same problem with virtual memory beeing
too low, how do i fix this?
 
tammy said:
i also have windows xp.and have the same problem with virtual memory beeing
too low, how do i fix this?
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Access the control panel
Select the System Icon
Select the Advanced tab
Under the Performance section, select the Settings tab
At long last, you will see the panel which allows you to specify the page
file size. I let the system manage the size of the pagefile.

You need to do all of this with an account which is a member of the
administrators group.

Jim
 
This happened to me quite a few times -- it's scary. Not sure if this is
happening to you also, but h in addition, I heard random blips, beeps,
chimes, voice ads, and received pop-ups, bloodhound and trojan horse
warnings. I had some pretty well-hidden malware somewhere so I allowed
Windows and HP clean up my system, installed new anti everything software
(LOL), ran critical updates from HP and MS -- and that message has not come
back ... so far (*knocking on wood*).
 
Your Virtual Memory should be 1.5 times the installed RAM.

1. Right-click the desktop's My Computer icon and select Properties.

2. Open the Advanced tab and click the "Settings" button under "Performance".

3. Open the Advanced tab and click the "Change" button under "Virtual memory".

4. Click the button for "Custom size" and enter 1152 for both Initial size and Maximum size.

5. Click the "Set" button.

6. OK, Apply, OK.

7. Restart your computer.


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