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virtual memory
Name: ivroom100 Date: October 28, 2004 at 15:47:50 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:
Hi- I just got a message on my screen, "low virtual memory". I went into, my comp., ck'd properties and etc. I raised my memory higher than recommended. Is this going to mess up my system in any way? Thanks
Name: prestonspcworx Date: October 28, 2004 at 17:53:05 Pacific
Reply:
mr. taylor,
for all intents and purposes increasing the amount of virtual memory on a system won't hurt it. however it my slow the system's hard drive access down a bit. see, virtual memory is what windows uses when it runs out of normal memory (ram); and it creates "virtual memory" on the hard drive. the hard drive is much slower than ram, b/c ram is electrical. how much ram is in the system now? if <128MB increasing the amount of ram may fix the problem. you may also want to check for any unnecessary programs running in the background. hope this was helpful!
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Response Number 2
Name: ham30 Date: October 28, 2004 at 18:32:25 Pacific
Reply:
You should let Windows manage your virtual memory. Do not put a limit on it.
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