Re: Virtual Memory problem

From: Ron Martell (ron.martell_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 05:40:19 GMT

"dot" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I constantly get a message saying that my virtual memory
>is too low and that windows will reconfigure my paging. My
>computer continues to run VERY VERY slowly with some
>applications not responding at all even after the
>reallocation has been completed. I notice that in the
>processing running that something called SVCHOST.EXE seems
>to be very high and listed multiple times. Is this the
>source of the problem? Is there a way to fix it? I am
>waiting for Service Pack 2, so I have not yet installed
>that if the fix is there. Any help appreciated.

Multiple listings for SVCHOST.EXE in Task Manager are normal and do
not in themselves indicate any sort of a problem.

Next time you open Task Manager click twice on the CPU column header.
That will sort the processes list by CPU usage in descending order so
that the proceses using the most CPU time will be at the top.

Make a list of the half dozen or so highest CPU usage items and post
that information back here. I have 6 entries for SVCHOST.EXE on my
system at present and the most demanding of these has consumed a total
of 20 seconds of CPU time in the 12 plus hours since I booted up the
computer.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada 

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