Thread: Windows Virtual Memory is too low--what's that all about?

Can someone clarify why I continue receiving this message whenever I start my PC the following is the message “Windows Virtual Memory is too low” your system is low on virtual memory. Windows is raising the size of your paging file. During this process requests for some applications may be unused to. For more details click on help." What causes this and is there somewhat I can do to determine this or is it and problem at all? Any help will be respected.

It is due to an overfull (more than 50% used) hard drive. Start disk cleanup as well as defragmenting the drive. Maybe moving some files off the drive to cdrs or external drives.

How to raise your virtual memory size. Pursue my instructions at your own risk:

1. Right click on my computers, click on properties

2. Go off to the advanced tab

3. Below the performance section, there is a settings button, click it

4. Set off to the advanced tab

5. You will see three sections: processor scheduling, memory usage, and virtual memory

6. Below virtual memory, there is another settings button, click it

7. Below the section called "paging files size for selected drive"

8. You will notice two fill in boxes that says initial size as well as maximum size.

As the name demand, original size is how much of the hard drive is used to provide as memory at the very least, while the utmost is the limit of how much the hard drive is used to provide as memory at the majority. Your get your error messages when that maximum limit is breached. You can also choose the system manage size choice.

9. Leave the initial box unchanged, for the maximum box, it has been suggested that you put twice of whatever your RAM size is.