Re: Virtual memory low

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"Marcy" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well this popped up in the bottom tray and has done so on 2 of my 7 year
old
PC's/ I guess that explains why the pcs have been so slow lately.

The balloon that popped up says that the virtual memory is low so windows
is
going to do something with the page filing system (like increase it)
Is there anything that i can change myself to increase performance on my
lagging pc.
*Note that you can outrule malware, and a small 256 ram that i have on the
pc which is nothing to systems that are made nowadays.

Windows xp home edition OEM

1. This error message is anomalous. "Virtual memory" is your
swap file on the hard drive, handled by Windows so as to grow
and shrink depending on current needs. If in doubt you should
reset it to "Let Windows Manage It."

2. The quickest way to get better performance is to double
RAM to 512 Mb. which should cost $15 to $30 depending on
where you live.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


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