"james cooper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>> I'm very new to windows XP. I keep getting a box
stating
>> that my virtual memory is too low and it is being
>> increased. What is causing my virutal memory to
>> decrease? I never experienced this in windows 98.
Please
>> advise. It's very frustrating. Thank you.
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Hi James;
It sounds like your virtual memory may have been
changed from the default setting? The default setting
is to let Windows determine the size of it.
OR, you may have a memory problem; have you added
memory lately?
Increasing the size of virtual memory is a trivial
annoyance and won't cause you any problems. It just
means RAM is full and it's starting to use your hard
drive for what won't fit in RAM, unless there is some
physical reason preventing RAM from being used for the
right purposes.
Rather than write a missive, do you know how to:
-- Set Virtual RAM to let windows manage it?
-- Check your RAM to be sure it's all being recognized
by the system?
-- Describe any recent changes you made to the system?
-- Check your system for viruses, worms, trojans,
etc.?
The more info you can provide, the better.
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