Re: VIRTUAL MEMORY
- From: "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:49:31 -0000
Susan
How large is your hard drive? Is it partitioned? How much free space on
each drive / partition. To get this information whilst in Windows Explorer
place the cursor on each drive in turn, right click and select Properties.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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"Susan" <Susan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8BBF487B-BF8D-4848-8243-A0AA13E7210A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Okay I downloaded that software u suggested except I am afraid to delete
> anything because I dont know what I should or should not delete. I did
> run a
> virus scan both from the nortons that I have and also from live update,
> microsoft, and it did find a virus and supposedly fixed it, although my
> nortons did not pick anything up.
>
> In task manager, I have Total physical memory of: 523568; available
> 80,288
> (keeps changing) and system cahce 180332 (keeps changing) and I'm not sure
> what any of those things are on the process list, I recognize some of
> them,
> but some of them I dont know what they are.
>
> I dont know why i am using fat32..thats what came with my computer I
> guess,
> when I loaded from the disc that was supplied to me upon purchase of the
> computer is that what u are talking about ? I dont know what u mean about
> upgrading from 9x...ahhh i dont know a lot of things!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Glen" wrote:
>
>> Make sure the anti virus and anti spyware have up to date definitions and
>> run full scans. Some antisypware dont have real time protection they only
>> detect malware when you run full scans. Do Ctrl + Alt + Del have a look
>> at
>> the the performance tab, physical memory. Repost with available.
>> Have a look on the process tab for unusual processes or any using large
>> amounts of ram. Download hijack this
>> from http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html it is a more
>> thorough
>> process list. Is there any reason you are using fat32 instead of
>> ntfs. You probably upgraded from 9x if so you should convert to ntfs.
>> This
>> wont fix your problem but its a far superior file system.
>>
>> Glen P
>>
>> "Susan" <Susan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:61ECAB96-5DCB-4260-8055-48251A1CED26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Okay guys....I changed to s ystem manage size for my RAM and i am still
>> > getting the message that i am low on virtual memory. I have basically
>> > nothing in this computer so I know it isnt possible to have no memory!
>> > I
>> > have virus protection and spyware protection in my system..but my
>> > question
>> > is, is it possible there is a virus in my computer that my virus scan
>> > is
>> > not
>> > picking up ? and that is why i have no memory? I am wondiering if I
>> > should
>> > just take everything out of my computer and start over again..any
>> > thoughts
>> > ?
>> >
>> > Thanks again : ) Sue
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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