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• need to add virtual memory according to my computer, using XP, 32 bit, except 3 Pk

  My computer has been running really slow despite usin a system cleaning program. I went through and deleted a large number of * I didn't need this use to be my desktop computer which was connected to a file server. Now I use it at home as a stand alone PC. I've done everything I can and it is now telling me that I have to add virtual memory or more RAM. I have not studied the cost of more memory RAM, but money is a problem for me at the moment. How can I add virtual memory at this time? I have 19GB of available storage memory, that's not the problem. Sincerely, Joyce

  The amount of physical RAM you have (right click on my computer, then select properties)?

  What applications are running when you receive the warning "low virtual memory"?

  Check if Windows manages virtual memory (which should be) or if this parameter has been "twisted" to try to "tune up" your computer.  Right click on desktop, select Properties, and click the Advanced tab.  Click the settings button in the box of 'Performance '.  Click the Advanced tab, and then click Edit in the box of 'virtual memory '.  Make sure the system drive (generally c :)) is selected and then make sure that the option to "System managed size" button is selected.  If the box is unchecked, let and click Set and OK your way out.  If the managed system option button size is already selected, simply cancel your way.

  As a general rule, it is best to let Windows manage virtual memory, but you can read the material here to get some to understand what is going on:

  The article starts here: http://www.theeldergeek.com/paging_file.htm
  But do not forget to read this page: http://www.theeldergeek.com/sizing_the_page_file.htm

  If Windows manages virtual memory, and you have enough physical RAM, you should check your computer for malware.  Download, install, update and run each of these two free scanners:

  MalwareBytes AntiMalware
  SUPERAntiSpyware

• How to increase virtual memory in Windows XP

  Original title: HOW can I INCREASE MY VIRTUAL MEMORY?

  I just talked with Francis during one of your help sites.  I'm kinda comfused.  Search using your hand on my email?  He did not make this very clear part.

  The problem is that I run of virtual memory.  What should I do to increase memory.  Looking at "My Computer", I have a lot of memory left.  I used GB 35.6, 144 GB of free space and a total capacity of 180 GB on my 'C' drive, so I don't understand why I keep runing of virtual memory.  How affecting my virtual memory? This happens usually when I play games on Facebook.

  My computer freezes at the top and then I get the message that my memory virtual memory is low.  If you could help me, I would be very happy.  I got so frustrated I stopped playing games I love, especially as these games include family and friends.

  Please help me.

  Thank you

  Here's how: http://www.ehow.com/how_2282429_increase-virtual-memory-windows-xpincrease-virtual-memory-windows-xp.html

• Virtual memory in Windows

  Sorry I typed in detail in the area of title darn it. I don't know if someone will be able to read about my problem. If this isn't the case, I can refer the question.

  Here is the thumbnail version, says pop up windows needs more space for virtual windows, I don't know what it means or if I really need. My laptop is 10 years old and I only use it to surf the internet and send emails. I'm an old fart who has spoken to the learning of the internet by my granddaughter and now I'm addicted. This windows virtual memory thing got my computer locked up, it seems to be to download something, but its been going on for 4 hours how to stop it. I thank very you much for any help. In addition, I am missing cause of football that I'm stressed out. If I increase the size of the memory number of megabytes should I put in.

  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 results pane, click settings.
  4. In the performance Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
  5. In the virtual memory section, click on change.

   

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  because it is likely that the auto is not automatically adjusted virtual memory / page file.

   

  I suggest you to assign a custom size with initial = 2 and max = 1152

  
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  Sorry I typed in detail in the area of title darn it. I don't know if someone will be able to read about my problem. If this isn't the case, I can refer the question.

  Here is the thumbnail version, says pop up windows needs more space for virtual windows, I don't know what it means or if I really need. My laptop is 10 years old and I only use it to surf the internet and send emails. I'm an old fart who has spoken to the learning of the internet by my granddaughter and now I'm addicted. This windows virtual memory thing got my computer locked up, it seems to be to download something, but its been going on for 4 hours how to stop it. I thank very you much for any help. In addition, I am missing cause of football that I'm stressed out. If I increase the size of the memory number of megabytes should I put in.

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• too much virtual memory?

  is it possible to have too much virtual memory? I have a lot of space on my hard drive but having too much virtual memory may adversely affect my performance or can only help him?

  thx for the answer but I know not how do I just wanted to know if I put a higher number of virtual memory if this can help more or not.

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  Sorry... but I'm no expert on virtual memory.

  Here is a quote from the article 308417:
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  "It is advisable to leave the pagefile.
  at his size recommended as performance can
  down if a swap file is too large. »
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  Maybe move the swap file to its own partition
  would help and adding more RAM might be useful
  a try.

  (307886) HOW: move the swap file
  in Windows XP
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=307886

  The following article can be interesting to read:

  How to optimize Windows 2000/XP/2003
  virtual memory (swap file)? http://www.Petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm

  Good luck... John Inzer - MS - MVP - Digital Media Experience - Notice_This is not tech support_I'm volunteer - Solutions that work for me may not work for you - to proceed at your own risk

• "Insufficient minimum virtual memory.

  I received a message 'not enough minimum virtual memory.

  My C drive 20315 MB of available space and the Initial value of 384-768 Max.

  My G drive 60116 MB of available space and nothing put on, should I put something on the G drive or just the C drive?

  Let Windows manage your swap file.

  To manually change the size of virtual memory, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start , click run , type sysdm.cpl in the Open box, and then press ENTER.
  2. Click the Advanced tab, and then under Performance click settings .
  3. Click the Advanced tab, and then under virtual memory , click change .
  4. Under [Drive] , click the drive that contains the swap file that you want to change. (This will be your C:\ drive.)
  5. Under for the selected drive paging file size , set this to allow Windows to manage the page file and then click define .
  6. Click OK to close the dialog box and apply the changes.

  After you change the size of the paging file, you may be prompted to restart Windows. If you are prompted to restart, the changes will not take effect until Windows is restarted.

  If this does not help OR your swap file is already managed by Windows, you have too many programs/processes that run in the background. They could be legitimate or malicious.

  1. start making sure that the computer is completely virus/malware-free:
  http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

  2. If the computer is clean - and only when you are sure that it is clean - manage your Startup:

  Start > run > msconfig [Enter]

  This will open the System Configuration utility. Look under the Startup tab and find the likely culprit. Uncheck the box next to its name, apply and OK out. You don't need to restart immediately, but next time you do, you will get a dialog box saying that you have used the utility. Just check the box that says in effect, "don't mind to this subject again".

  Important - do not use the System Configuration utility to stop the process. Use rather Start > Run > services.msc [Enter] and stop all services unless you really, really know what you're doing.

  How to troubleshoot by using the Msconfig in Windows XP utility - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
  The free Autoruns program is very useful for managing your Startup - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx

  If you don't know what something is, Google his name to see details.

  If you can't do the work yourself (and there is no shame in admitting this isn't your cup of tea), take the machine to a professional computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigComputerStore/GeekSquad). If possible, have all your data backed up before taking the machine into a shop.

  MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

• I can't change my virtual memory.

  I have a problem I can not change my virtual memory. I change my memory and when I hit ok it happens. Enter a file size of maximum page that is greater or equal to the initial page file size, then 4096 mb. I can't get more than 4096 MB. Before that I could take up to 10000 MB and I have 4 GB of ram. The impasse to 4096 when my recommended system is 4605 mb. Does anyone know how to stop her from telling the paging file should be lower then 4096 mb, and I write the same number in both boxes. I'm not lacking on the space because I restarted my computer and for some reason that I have not had the data d after the reboot. And the available space is 213174MB

  I went back to your original post on September 3, 2012. Google the error your are in order and came to the top with several hits all Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

  The next thread exactly describes the error message that you get:
  Limited to 4096 MB... sometimes paging file?
  http://www.winvistatips.com/paging-file-limited-4096-MB-sometimes-t771862.html

  He denounces the following Microsoft Support article:
  How to overcome the 4 095 MB paging file size limit in Windows
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?ID=237740

  When you set the paging file size in Windows, the documentation states that the swap file biggest that you can select is 4 095 megabytes (MB). This limit is imposed by the mapping of the page that we use on x 86 processors. These processors cannot handle more pages per the pagefile. It is the limit set by volume; You can create paging files this big on one or more readers if you need a larger swap file. If additional drives or volumes are not available, you can create multiple paging on a single hard drive files by placing them in separate folders.

• Tecra m2V faced with applications. Need to change the virtual memory?

  I have a Tecra M2V under XP. I've been experiancing slowdowns in all of my running applications. I have cleaned the readers of PC, defragmented etc but there seems to be no change.

  What is virtual memory? If so, how can I solve them?

  If this isn't the case, is to do with XP - I mean with each XP update that we had there at - it something like the BIOS settings that need to be updated?

  TIA

  The

  Hello

  The Windows XP operating system use a space on the hard drive as virtual memory. This means that a file is a space on the hard disk that Windows uses as if it were RAM.
  The file size is variable and you can change the size of file in the performance Options.

  Please go to control panel - system - Advanced tab. You will find the Performance parameters.
  In the performance Options, you will find 3 tabs (Visual effects, advanced, Data Execution Prevention). On the Advanced tab, you can find the option to change the virtual memory.

  Good bye

• How to use 1 GB SD-Card as virtual memory?

  Had the brilliant idea to use my SD card of 1 GB of virtual memory.
  This gives a new impetus and speed up things in the ir, it's just a "idea light and nothing on boost.
  Thanks for the info

  Did you mean paging?
  You can do something like that on the HARD drive but I don't think it's possible with the SD card.
  Virtual memory, you can set in the Advanced memory virtual System Properties Advanced performance options

  The virtual memory size can be defined on each HARD disk or partition

• virtual memory repair

  • whenever I'm trying to fix the problem of lack of virtual memory, when I restart my computer it's reset virtual memory: and the
  • value down, I have 2 gigabytes of RAM and the computer says the 556 MB virtual memory, I need a large amount of memory to create a PDF (221 pages of photos)

  The only way to change the total amount of virtual memory is this: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Change-the-size-of-virtual-memory , which is probably what you have done. Where do you read 556MB?

  However, on Windows 32 bit, each process has a virtual memory 2 GB limit of the user. There is a way to expand this to 3 GB, but the program must be designed to support it.

  For more detail, see:

  Mysteries of Windows memory management, part 1
  Mysteries of Windows memory management, part 2

• EXEC file not found OCX, virtual, or low memory, connection has expired in Web sites

  Original title: frustrated Surfer

  Get "OCX file not found Exec" and every day I have ASUS virtual memory low or out. Scroll often does not and most of the time 'egg timer' turning, so slow sometimes websites Time out until I'm done. PLEASE HELP, or it's time for the big trash can in the sky? Lap top is more than 10 years old now.

  Hey,.

  It would help if you could answer these questions in order to solve the problem.

  -What version of Windows you are using on the laptop?

  -When exactly you get the error "Exec of OCX file not found '? It is when you start the computer or by accessing any program?

  -How did the laptop connected to the router? Is it wireless or wired?

  -What anti-virus software is installed on the computer? You have scanned the computer?

  -Remember to make changes on the computer? Updates/programs installed?

  Try these steps and let us know if they help.

  a. for the error message "exec OCX file not found", put the computer in start state in minimum mode and know what software is causing this error message.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/331796

  Note: Once done troubleshooting, put the computer to normal mode according to the steps in "how to regain a normal Windows startup mode.

  b. increase the size of the virtual memory according to the steps in http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows7/change-the-size-of-virtual-memory . Restart the computer so that the changes are applied.

  Note: the steps apply to Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/proddocs/en-us/sysdm_advancd_perform_change_vmpagefile.mspx?mfr=true (Windows XP)

  C. follow the steps in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936211 and check if you have full connectivity when you access Web sites. Also, download and install the latest drivers from the laptop manufacturer's Web site network.

• my computer again "you're not enough virtual memory" when I'm trying to load a game.

  My computer again "you're not enough virtual memory" when I try to download any game.

  Hi Sue and Betsy,

  This article shows how to increase the amount of virtual memory on your PC: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows-vista/Change-the-size-of-virtual-memory (I recommend setting virtual memory to 2500 MB initial size and a maximum size of 3000 MB).

  I hope this helps.

• Question 1: Low virtual memory does that mean and how do I fix? Question 2: The corrupt system file that should not be removed. How do I correct?

  Question 1: what low virtual memory mean and how do I rectify.   I am invited this could change my access to some applications and the pc is very slow.

  Question 2: AVG pushes me that I have a corrupted system file, in a white space, I think, that should not be removed.  How do I rectify this?

  Uninstall AVG with tool for them to do it in safe mode.

  Reboot and install MSE.

  Without doubt, all problems solved. Let me know how it goes.

• My PC says that it can not download dates because virtual memory runs out? Who can help me. Thank you

  If anyone can help to guide me to overcome the lack of virtual memory. Thank you.

  I've never seen this difficulty it work or do something, but you can of course try it (he says it of fixing, but makes no changes for me).  I think this is another of these Fix sound that doesn't fix it.

  I'm not sure that the idea to the other link "get your virtual memory" is a good idea either because it doesn't tell you how to find out how much you have memory, or how much it raise.  Just bumping may be not a good idea.

  Research in Manager tasks will tell you not how your currently running applications use unless you enable the column size virtual memory manager tasks, so that the idea will not a great party serve for you-at least that is how it works on XP system never I've never worked on virtual memory.

  If you look in the event viewer after this message, you are likely to see is something like this:

  Event type: Information
  Event source: Application Popup
  Event category: no
  Event ID: 26
  Description:
  Application popup: Windows - virtual memory Minimum too low: your system is low on virtual memory.
  Windows is increasing the size of your virtual memory paging file. During this process, memory
  for some applications, applications may be refused.

  You already know that well.

  I think it would be best to ask a few questions first, check a few things, see what you have now and then decide what to do:

  Since the Microsoft Answers forum does not have any kind of information system request when a new question is asked, we know absolutely nothing about your system.  Not knowing the basic information a problem prolongs the frustration and the agony of these issues.

  Thank you MS Answers, allowing the resolution of simple problems as frustrating and a lot of time as possible.

  Provide information on your system, the better you can:

  What is your system brand and model?

  What is your Version of XP and the Service Pack?

  Describe your current antivirus and software anti malware situation: McAfee, Symantec, Norton, Spybot, AVG, Avira!, MSE, Panda, Trend Micro, CA, Defender, ZoneAlarm, PC Tools, Comodo, etc..

  If the system works, what do you think might have changed since the last time it did not work properly?

  This will minimize back Q & A and eliminate guesswork.

  If you mean that you see a message like this:

  Virtual memory minimum too low: your system is low on virtual memory.  Windows is increasing the size of your virtual memory paging file.

  This means that Windows XP is to let you know that he does his work.  The message is not an error message - this is an informational message.

  If XP thinks that the size of the swap file (usually c:\pagefile.sys) is too small to accommodate your day-to-day transactions, it will adjust the paging file to expand the pagefile and display this message as it does.  It is not necessarily a 'problem', but the message is boring.

  Sometimes, the message indicates someone was tampering with the XP of the paging file settings to try to solve another problem that usually has nothing to do with their paging file and resolve things inefficiently.

  This could mean that the settings have been adjusted for certain values that don't make sense for the configuration of the system.  Unless we know the system better, you can't just pick certain values out of the air and that your system behaves effectively.  You might not see the message again, but this does not mean that the settings are correct.

  This could mean that the settings have never been properly in the first place when you first install of XP and things must be properly configured.

  Sometimes, as your system configuration changes over time and other applications are running and get bigger, you may add additional RAM to your system to accommodate things (or run the number of requests).

  At least that learn you more about managing memory than Windows XP, it is usually best to simply let XP manage the size of your virtual memory paging file.

  To see what your current, make settings right click post work, properties, advanced, performance settings, Advanced tab, virtual memory, and then click the button change.

  Make a note of the current settings in case you need to change their return more later.

  The best setting for the size of swap file is usually going to be:

  System managed size

  Right click my computer, properties, Advanced tab, Performance... Settings, Advanced tab, virtual memory... Change.

  Set the paging file size on:

  System managed size

  Don't forget to click on Set (to be defined), OK (several times) and then restart your computer.

  Windows XP will attempt to affect a swap file approximately 1.5 times the total amount of RAM installed on your system.  To manage the size of paging file Windows XP is enough for most configurations.

  If your system is not set to the size of the managed system, you must determine how it changed and why (usually a bad reason), make a note of the current settings to change them back later if necessary, and then change the setting to the size of the managed system, click on the Set button and then click on apply to apply the changes (you will be asked to restart).

  "Because someone told me to" is not a good reason to start making adjustments to the size of pagefile.  Setting just above to enlarge it by an arbitrary value can ease the symptoms of the problem and stop message, but may not result in the best configuration for your system.

  If you want your system to operate as efficiently as possible, you must understand what is happening and fix it properly and not only begin to try things or make some arbitrary adjustments.

  The size of the pagefile can really need adjustment, but you should at least try to know what you're doing and why you need to do.  It is unlikely that anyone can tell you how to adjust your settings properly without more information.

  If you don't know what are the best settings, or if you are not sure what should be your settings, follow these steps so that we can see what you have:

  Click Start, run and enter in the box:

  Msinfo32

  Click on OK and when the system info summary appears, click on Edition, select all, copy, and then paste the results here.

  There will be some personal information (such as the user name and the name of the system), and what appears to be personal information for you, simply delete the personal information of the pasted information.

  This minimize back Q & A and eliminate the guesswork and assumptions.

• Windows XP in IE5 ~ runs slowly, freezes. Get the message: virtual memory is low. Some applications will not work.

  Windows XP in IE5 ~ runs slowly, freezes.

  Get the message: virtual memory is low.

  According to the report of diagnosis of Norton 360: need to upgrade RAM for best performance.

  Need to clean IE (32 MB) & temp of Windows (60 MB) files every day.

  The speed is 5.2 download,.6 upload. Turns fast in 'Safe Mode '.

  What do you do now?

  Thank you

  What Windows XP SP updates are installed.

  Internet Exp [lorer 5 is long it's sell by date!] Why have you not updated to a later not necessarily the latest version of Internet Explorer.

  What is the processor and RAM how much your computer have? Make a right-click on the icon my computer on your desktop and select properties for this information.

  Try Ctrl + Alt + Delete, select Task Manager, and then click the performance tab. Under Commit Charge, which is the Total, limit, and the pic?

  I'd be interested to see a report of Disk Defragmenter. Open Disk Defragmenter and click analysis. Select view report, and then click Save as and save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents folder. Open the file, and place the cursor anywhere in the file, select Edition, select all to select all the text and copy and paste into the body of your message. To do this, before you run Disk Defragmenter because it is more informative.

  Norton 360 is a bad choice of security for any computer software but especially so for an old computer. There is a lot more suitable alternatives to freeware.