Re: Low Virtual Memory
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:24:48 -0700
On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:59:03 -0700, phillipo
<phillipo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The question is how do I speed up my computor? At present it runs very slow
That's an extremely difficult question to answer since you've told us
essentially nothing about the problem. Please answer the following
questions:
1. How slow is "very slow"? Put a number on it, even if approximate.
2. Is it slow doing everything, or just some things? Which things?
3. Has it always been slow, or has it gotten slower over time?
4. If it got slower, what changes did you make, or what software did
you install just before it got slower?
5. What is your hardware configuration? In particular, how much RAM do
you have?
6. How old is the computer?
7. What applications do you run?
8. What anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall programs do you run?
Are they kept up to date?
9. What programs start automatically when you boot and run in the
background.
and the Virtual Memory message always appears. My computer is always trying
to increase or upgrade memory. Still very slow
--
lost in xp
"Kevin" wrote:
Virtual Memory is actually unused hard drive space that Windows will access
and use as it needs it. It is sometimes called the Page File. Be wary of
windows that pop up when surfing the web, they are not all legitimate
Windows messages. Unless you have limited hard drive space there is no
worry that your Virtual Memory is "low".
"tecko" <tecko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1B03A466-F988-4480-9B07-C2FA7128FA65@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"So I was on the web & get this warning about my "Virtual Memory" beinglow(what the....?!). Can somebody please tell me what this means & what
virtual memory is? Is it my fault that it's low & if so what can I do to fix
this? Does it have anything to do with downloading & such? Thanks for all
replies.
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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