c-towns Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 How do I do this?Should I have to do this if i get a warning?What is the lack of virtual memory doing to my system?google'd, was too much for my simple mind in these simple times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 It sounds like you've got alot going on and you're running out of RAM. Do you know how much RAM you have? How much room is free on your Harddrive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Virtual memory allows programs to have more memory space than the amount of RAM you actually have. When you run out of RAM, the computer puts things that aren't being used at that instant on your hard drive, then brings them back into RAM when they're needed later. It's slower than RAM, but means you can run more junk than would normally fit into the amount of RAM you have.On WinXP, click on Start, then Settings, then Control Panel. From there, click on System, then click on the Advanced tab. There should be a "Settings" button under performance; click on it, then go to the "Advanced" tab, which should have a "Virtual Memory" section, with a "Change" button.Messing with this, however, takes knowledge and guts, and may not be for the faint of heart.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted August 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 224 mB of RAM22.5 gigs of free space6 BT windows openWinamp running2 Internet Explorer windows openBut I've had way more open before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted August 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Initial size 336mB, Max size 672mBcurrently allocated 355 mB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Here's something else to try: bring up the "Task Manager", which can done by right-clicking on the task bar at the bottom (not in the button for any one task, but on an unused part of the bar).In the "Processes" tab, click on "Mem Usage" to sort processed by how much memory they're using. This will tell you who the hogs are, and how much they're hogging. For example, right now, on my system, the biggest memory user is "iexplorer.exe", at 34MB (with three IE windows open).Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 6 bittorrent sessions at once?holey...that might be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popo weenie Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 i have the same problem ,someone will have to come from ottawa to fix that for me i can click ,but don,t have a clue about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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