Re: Virtual memory leading to complete collapse of all programs


"Charles Charles" <Charles Charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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This is a long and bad one. Virtual Memory low was 1st error indicated.
After
a while, all open windows and prrms stop working and automatically
shutdown.
Restart wouldn't work so i have to do hard reboot. Would solve problem for
a
little while but same thing reoccurs .

I upgrade to 3 gigs of Ram to solve virtual memory shortage but problem
persists. Especially bad when I click out of screen saver. Open windows
are
not complete and can't be closed.

Launching Microsoft word completely freezes computer. Cannot access that
prgm anymore.

Virus?
When XP posts that the virtual memory is low, it means that the pagefile is
too small. Installing more RAM may help sometimes, but the real solution is
to set the pagefile size to system managed.

All of you experiences can be explained as caused by inadequate pagefile
size.

Jim


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