low virtual memory
14 July 2004, 12:45 PM
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low virtual memory
the above caution popped up on my desktop this morning.
I had a couple of IE windows open and windows media player being fed from an external HDD.
It was running like a 3 legged donkey in quicksand. I have re booted and cleaned up and defrag'd and it seems to be OK now. What would have caused that ?
Oh, and during the defrag it was unable to sort out a load of the files under "my docs" 161 files @ 1.12gig and another 1,535 files @ 1.28 gig why would that be
I had a couple of IE windows open and windows media player being fed from an external HDD.
It was running like a 3 legged donkey in quicksand. I have re booted and cleaned up and defrag'd and it seems to be OK now. What would have caused that ?
Oh, and during the defrag it was unable to sort out a load of the files under "my docs" 161 files @ 1.12gig and another 1,535 files @ 1.28 gig why would that be
14 July 2004, 12:51 PM
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Have a look in add/remove programmes.
There may be things stored there that you dont know are there or that are not being used but are still using memory.
I had the same problem, looked there and removed a load of stuff that had found its way there from the net. Just delete stuff that you dont use or need, this sorted my comp out.
There may be things stored there that you dont know are there or that are not being used but are still using memory.
I had the same problem, looked there and removed a load of stuff that had found its way there from the net. Just delete stuff that you dont use or need, this sorted my comp out.
14 July 2004, 07:09 PM
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Well if your virtual memory is not set high enough and windows trips the limit youll get that message.
A reboot usually cures it if youve never had it before, clears out the memory.
Other options are increase page file size or add more physical memory.
(This is me putting it in easy to understand terms
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As said, if it's the first time its happend I wouldnt worry, if it starts happening regularly however I'd check to see what you've installed lately. A shoddy program could have crappy memory leaks.
A reboot usually cures it if youve never had it before, clears out the memory.
Other options are increase page file size or add more physical memory.
(This is me putting it in easy to understand terms
)As said, if it's the first time its happend I wouldnt worry, if it starts happening regularly however I'd check to see what you've installed lately. A shoddy program could have crappy memory leaks.
14 July 2004, 11:28 PM
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Are you running any P2P programs? They can sometimes take up a lot of VM.
Can't remember if you can do this with XP Home but right click the taskbar and select Task Manager, go to the Processes tab and click the drop down menu titled view. Click Select columns... and put a tick in the box for Virtual Memory Size, click OK and sort the VM by left clicking on the VM title at the top of the box.
VM should be something like Memory + 10 % (ignore the 11Mb rule)
You can check VM by right clicking My Computer and going to Properties.
Go to the Advanced tab and click Performance (settings). Virtual Memory is on the Advanced tab at the bottom of the screen.
Some info
http://www.winnetmag.com/Windows/Art...3615/3615.html
Can't remember if you can do this with XP Home but right click the taskbar and select Task Manager, go to the Processes tab and click the drop down menu titled view. Click Select columns... and put a tick in the box for Virtual Memory Size, click OK and sort the VM by left clicking on the VM title at the top of the box.
VM should be something like Memory + 10 % (ignore the 11Mb rule)
You can check VM by right clicking My Computer and going to Properties.
Go to the Advanced tab and click Performance (settings). Virtual Memory is on the Advanced tab at the bottom of the screen.
Some info
http://www.winnetmag.com/Windows/Art...3615/3615.html
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