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Thread ID: 57832	2005-05-14 00:55:00	virtual memory problem	susievb (4439)	Press F1

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354869	2005-05-14 00:55:00	Pretty much since I go my computer in Jan this year :Packard Bell Intel Celeron 2.8gz, 256 ram, 40gb HDD, with windows XP. I have been getting these pop up messages saying my virtual memory is too low. I click on the message and it goes away and everything still works as usual. I checked under the system advanced, under the control panel and it said Total paging file size for all drivers set at default 247mb. I could understand the message if I had lots of programmes going at once but except for when I am checking my email and surfing the net at the same time I don't have more than one programme open at any one time. Should I be worried? would putting another 256mb ram end the messages? Any thoughts	susievb (4439)
354870	2005-05-14 01:05:00	more ram is always good :) otherwise just increase the amount of virtual memory. bump it up 200 meg.	tweak'e (69)
354871	2005-05-14 02:34:00	Check how full your hard drive is - maybe getting too full.	pctek (84)
354872	2005-05-14 05:58:00	The harddrive is only 1/4 full.	susievb (4439)
354873	2005-05-14 06:34:00	Virtual Memory:- space reserved on the hard drive for temporary storage of programe instructions that would normaly be stored in RAM, these program instructions are continually being swapped between Virtual Memory and RAM, 256 megs is the mininium amount reccomended RAM for XP Your operating system is detecting that its needs more hard drive space (Virtual Memory) to temorarly store these program instructions (and informing you of this) It has already automatically allocated more Hard Drive space to Virtual Memory. In my opinon xp is good at managing virtual memory. There is one way of reducing the possiblities of receiving this message, put more RAM in. It is said that the cheapest and easiest upgrade is more RAM The message you are recieving is informative, nothing in it self to worry about, except that it is an indication that the pc is using all available RAM and Virtual Memory and needs more Vitrual Memory to enable the OS to complete the current tasks .	beama (111)
354874	2005-05-14 07:12:00	Problems with Virtual Memory It may sometimes happen that the system give ‘out of memory’ messages on trying to load a program, or give a message about Virtual memory space being low. Possible causes of this are: * The setting for Maximum Size of the page file is too low, or there is not enough disk space free to expand it to that size. * The page file has become corrupt, possibly at a bad shutdown. In the Virtual Memory settings, set to “No page file,” then exit System Properties, shut down the machine, and reboot. Delete PAGEFILE.SYS (on each drive, if more than just C:), set the page file up again and reboot to bring it into use. * The page file has been put on a different drive without leaving a minimal amount on C:. * There is trouble with third party software. In particular, if the message happens at shutdown, suspect a problem with Symantec’s Norton Live update, for which there is a fix posted here. It is also reported that spurious messages can arise if NAV 2004 is installed. If the problem happens at boot and the machine has an Intel chipset, the message may be caused by an early version (before version 2.1) of Intel’s “Application Accelerator.” Uninstall this and then get an up-to-date version from Intel’s site. * Possibly there is trouble with the drivers for IDE hard disks; in Device Manager, remove the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers (main controller) and reboot for Plug and Play to start over. * With an NTFS file system, the permissions for the page file’s drive’s root directory must give “Full Control” to SYSTEM. If not, there is likely to be a message at boot that the system is “unable to create a page file.” aumha.org	pctek (84)
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