vertual memory

[kazdek]

my comp is telling me its running out of it what does this mean and how can i sort it out

[Clanad]

Virtual memory is a file on your hard drive (C:\pagefile.sys by default) that Windows and applications use in addition to physical memory (RAM) as needed. (Assuming your operating system is Windows XP). With virtual memory, the computer can use hard disk space as random access memory (RAM). The computer uses virtual memory to augment the ordinary RAM that is installed on the computer. (Source: PC Magazine Help Page)
To increase the size of th epage file.
Microsoft says:
1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
3. In the Performance pane, click Settings.
4. In the Performance Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
5. In the Virtual memory pane, click Change.
6. Change the Initial size value and the Maximum size value to a higher value, click Set, and then click OK.
7. Click OK to close the Performance Options dialog box, and then click OK to close the System Properties dialog box.

Good luck!

[ACtheTROLL]

clan is right .... on the how to ..... don't change anything yet .... first let's understand the problem - the question is ... why are you running out?

the default setting is "windows managed" which, while not ideal - generally will look after itself - windows will increase and decrease as it needs (and generally you wouldn't expect error messages)

physical mem is always the first choice ... virt is used when the physical runs out .... but you need the discspace

So the question is what are you doing? .... what are you doing it on? (what's the spec of your machine?
esp memory and disc size and discspace)

sounds to me as if space is short

http://www.ccleaner.com/download may help .... try it out (just accept the defaults)

[vehelpfulguy]

The simple answer is to get more REAL memory.

If you add more REAL memory then you will use less virtural memory, and hence not run out of virtual memory.

If your computer is using virtual memory this is a BAD THING and will slow your computer down.

Get more REAL memory.

[ACtheTROLL]

VHG is absolutely right ... increasing the physical memory (how much depends on the machine!) is generally a good move

but vhg ... it depends why the error message is happening
if (as I suspect it's due to low disc space) - fitting more memory without addressing the real problem - low disc space - could stop the machine from booting altogether (don't forget - upgrading from 128Mb to 1Gb of ram will result in a swapfile increase from 256Mb
to 1.5-2.5 Gb a big chunk of space to loose if you were down to your last 1Gb.