Re: VIRTUAL MEMORY
- From: "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:12:06 -0000
Sue
Leave the issue of whether to convert the drive from FAT32 to NTFS. NTFS
has it's advantages but it is not part of the problem you are reporting.
Equally
spyware does cause problems and slow a computer but it does not cause
"low on virtual memory" messages.
To investigate how you are using hard disk space you need to make sure that
you can see all files. Go to Start, Control Panel, Folder Options, View,
Advanced Settings and verify that the box before "Show hidden files and
folders" is checked and "Hide protected operating system files " is
unchecked. You may need to scroll down to see the second item. You should
also make certain that the box before "Hide extensions for known file types"
is not checked.
It seems to may need to learn about Windows Explorer. This is a Windows
application within Windows XP, which displays the structure of folders and
files on your hard disk. It is a major source of information about your
computer and is an alternative route to editing Word and Excel files.
To access Windows Explorer select Start, All Programs, Accessories,
Windows Explorer. In Windows Explorer make sure View, Details is selected
and then select View, Choose Details and check before Name, Type, Total
Size, and Free Space.
In Windows Explorer you can have many different view settings, which until
you master them can be frustrating. The screen is normally divided into two
windows, the right window containing detail. The left screen often defaults
to
a Search menu. You can switch from Search to Folders by clicking on the
Folders button under the Menu bar. To revert to Search click on the Search
button
Having selected the folders view you will see the Directory Tree in the left
Window. The head of the Tree is Desktop and My Computer is one of
several sub-folders. Listed under My Computer are your drives and
partitions. Usually but not always these also have letter designations.
Your floppy drive is invariably your A drive. Commonly C is the main hard
drive but it may only be the first partition of the main hard drive. Further
drives and partitions are lettered as they are added. You will also see your
CD and / or DVD drive(s). You can have more than one hard drive and
some users have removable drives.
To find out about free space on any drive ( try C drive ) place the cursor
on
the drive in the left window, right click, select Properties and this will
tell you
the size of the drive. the used space and the free space. Post this
information and we can determine whether the amount of free space is
your problem.
Putting a shortcut on your Desktop can be helpful.
How To Customize the Windows Explorer Views in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307856/en-us
How to Change Column Settings in Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310297/en-us
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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"Susan" <Susan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:862DC6FE-8897-42AB-A39C-8353C52B2874@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Yes, I did click "set" and the settings did stay because I did check
> that. I
> have also downloaded the microsoft antisypware, along with other spyware
> software i have in my computer and the computer comes out clean when i run
> the software.
>
> I dont know if this will help but Im gonna try to explain...I'm not really
> sure if my hardrive is partitioned or not (i dont know how to tell), the
> reason being, there was someone who worked on my computer when I first got
> it
> and instead of him loading the XP that came with he he chose to install
> W/2000, which was fine until i started having some problems ( i believe at
> the time he DID partition the hardrive). Once I started having problems I
> decided to just wipe out adn go back to my original XP that was given to
> me
> when i purchased the computer because the 2000 disc I didnt have any
> longer,
> as it didnt belong to me. Anyway I did not partition my hard drive to my
> knowledge but since I really dont know too much about computers, I dont
> know
> if it stayed that way, if you understand what I am trying to say. Also, I
> did notice today when I was searching the files on my hardrive, I think
> there
> are still traces of 2000 in my computer, dont know if they are suppose to
> be
> there or not.
>
> So should I go ahead and still upgrade to the ntfs ? I don't know its so
> much, I feel like Im not undersanding it all...ahhhhh
>
>
> Anyway, thank you Glen for helping me out I appreciate it more then u
> know!!!!!
>
>
> Sue
>
>
>
> "Glen" wrote:
>
>> One thought I just had. When you changed the setting from a fixed page
>> file
>> to system managed, did you click the "set" button because if you only
>> selected system managed but didn't set it the system wouldn't change it.
>> Double check before doing anything else. If you do need to reset it
>> reboot
>> after.
>>
>> Download microsofts antispyware program as its quite good at picking up
>> things. In task manager look at the performance tab and repost the PF
>> Usage
>> (page file usage). I dont quite understand what program you say found the
>> virus. Live update is Nortons update feature. Windows update is Microsfts
>> update feature but it wont find viruses it updates Windows. What virus
>> was
>> found? Essentially you need to have enough ram for the programs you want
>> open, enough free space on the C: drive and you said over 70 GB free.
>> There
>> are limitations with fat32 and partition size so you should convert as
>> soon
>> as possible. However, make sure you have no virus or malware before you
>> start. 9x is the term given to the old Windows 95, 98, 98SE and ME line
>> of
>> operating systems. Quite often computers that have been upgraded from one
>> of
>> those to XP have fat32 as the file system. You can convert to ntfs quite
>> easily and it is recomended. Read the article
>> http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.php for the relevent info.
>>
>> When you looked at task manager did any of the running proccesses use a
>> large amount of memory. I have 512 mb ram and my page file usage is 695
>> mb
>> with 10GB free space. Most of my running processes are under 2mb with
>> about
>> 7 processes using over 10 mb with one of those using 55mb. I tell you
>> this
>> just to give you an idea. You need to see if anything is using more than
>> would seem reasonable. Hard to know if you dont know about computers I
>> know.
>> Are you using one of those memory managers which free up memory. They do
>> it
>> by pushing programs out of ram into the page file filling it up. They are
>> a
>> complete waste of money. After you've looked at memory usage noting
>> anything unusual click start run and type msconfig. On the startup tab
>> remove ticks from all programs except essential programs like AV. Reboot
>> and
>> use the computer as you would normally and see how the system performs.
>> My
>> guess would be something is using a lot of ram forcing the computer to
>> swap
>> out and the page file is limited in some way.
>>
>> Glen P
>>
>>
>> "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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