Re: System is low on virtual memory

From: websifter (websifter_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/05/04 

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 21:59:07 -0700

you probably need to create a respectable page file, also make it static.
unless you are short on disk space, set it at 1000 mb.

"davexnet02" wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 21:23:01 -0700, "Paul Koluvek"
> <koluvek@mail.grrtech.com> wrote:
>
> >Problem: Get message that says"Your system is low on
> >virtual memory"
> >
> >My grandson has a HP Notebook Pavilion Model zt1000b that
> >he uses for email and IM, listen to music, play dvd's,
> >internet research and term paper writing. Then just
> >recently, the icons suddenly went missing, background
> >images changed, programs would not work (MSWorks,
> >RealPlayer) and music files were missing. My daughter
> >reinstalled Windows XP Home Edition with the HP Recovery
> >Disk. She also installed Corel 9, some music files, and
> >Norton SystemWorks 2004 and ran Norton AntiVirus, with no
> >detection of any viruses.
> >All was good. For one week. Now it's back to where it was
> >before, with the background changing, icons missing,
> >programs not working and the computer does not have enough
> >memory to run anything. At startup the following message
> >is displayed: "Your system is low on virtual memory.
> >Windows is increasing the size of your virtual memory
> >paging file. During this process, memory requests for some
> >applications may be denied. For more information, see
> >help". When help is clicked on, the following message is
> >displayed: "application failed to initiate properly. Click
> >on OK to terminate."It seems one can open folders, but can
> >not use any programs.
> >Does anyone out there know what is causing this problem and
> >has a solution??
> >
> >Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Paul Koluvek (a grandfather with some computer knowledge,
> >but not enough to solve this problem)
> >
> >HP Notebook info
> >from above the mousepad: HP Pavillion ZT 1235
> >from the laptop underside:
> >Pavilion Model zt1000b
> >PZ339/2001
> >Serial Number TW24002333
> >F5553h
> >Has 128MB memory -- which is minimum, but worked with WinXP
> >for over 2 years, before this problem
> >Loaded with WinXP
> >Notebook is 2 years, 8 months old, 8 months beyond warranty.
> >
> 128 MB does work, but the cost is extra delays as stuff is
> swapped in and out. Have you checked the virtual memory settings
> to make sure it's reasonable and not too small?
> Have you opened task manager when it seems low on memory
> and identified the application that's using all the memory?
> That's the first level troubleshooting.
>
> Dave
>

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