Was playing a game (starcraft) and after it was done it said virtual memory to low windows is adjusting it. What does this mean, something bad i assume?
What does virtual memory to low mean?
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Lifer
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It means you have a software problem and not a hardware problem.
Maybe a page file in use by some other program. Or even a virus. Might want to check out your task manager and see what task is hogging resources.
You can also run adaware to check for spyware that might be using page file resources.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ - I use it almost daily.
Maybe a page file in use by some other program. Or even a virus. Might want to check out your task manager and see what task is hogging resources.
You can also run adaware to check for spyware that might be using page file resources.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ - I use it almost daily.
Yeah I use adaware every day updating virus scanner now going to run it after it's done. I have kingston 512mb 3200
Faster RAM will not fix it. Nor will more RAM. Here are some potential problems and solutions:
- The setting for Maximum Size of the page file is too low, or there is not enough disk space free to expand it to that size.
- The page file has become corrupt, possibly at a bad shutdown. In the Virtual Memory settings, set to ?No page file,? then exit System Properties, shut down the machine, and reboot. Delete PAGEFILE.SYS (on each drive, if more than just C
, set the page file up again and reboot to bring it into use.
- The page file has been put on a different drive without leaving a minimal amount on C.
- There is trouble with third party software. In particular, if the message happens at shutdown, suspect a problem with Symantec?s Norton Live update, for which there is a fix posted here. If the problem happens at boot and the machine has an Intel chipset, the message may be caused by an early version (before version 2.1) of Intel?s ?Application Accelerator.? Uninstall this and then get an up-to-date version from Intel?s site.
Google being the omnicient presence that it is has dozens and dozens of results regarding this type of problem. I found this page fairly helpful (and is the source of the above - it is far easier to copy/paste than type everything myself).
\Dan
- The setting for Maximum Size of the page file is too low, or there is not enough disk space free to expand it to that size.
- The page file has become corrupt, possibly at a bad shutdown. In the Virtual Memory settings, set to ?No page file,? then exit System Properties, shut down the machine, and reboot. Delete PAGEFILE.SYS (on each drive, if more than just C
, set the page file up again and reboot to bring it into use.- The page file has been put on a different drive without leaving a minimal amount on C.
- There is trouble with third party software. In particular, if the message happens at shutdown, suspect a problem with Symantec?s Norton Live update, for which there is a fix posted here. If the problem happens at boot and the machine has an Intel chipset, the message may be caused by an early version (before version 2.1) of Intel?s ?Application Accelerator.? Uninstall this and then get an up-to-date version from Intel?s site.
Google being the omnicient presence that it is has dozens and dozens of results regarding this type of problem. I found this page fairly helpful (and is the source of the above - it is far easier to copy/paste than type everything myself
).\Dan
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