Virtual memory error

[Radha Damera]

My computer has Windows XP Home edition.It was ok till 7am
today.I don't know what has happened.Since then,it is
taking a whole lot of time to do even trivial tasks such as
switching between windows,clicking etc.When i press
Ctrl,Alt and delete,it is not even recognising that key
combination.When i re-start my computer,it will be ok for
the first 5 min,and later on it starts
freezing.Ocassionally it is giving an error message saying
that the computer has too low virtual memory.Sometimes,it
is giving a message saying that windows is increasing the
paging file size and thus during this process,it is not
taking requests any more.

Can anyone please help me,as i have to do a lot of
assignments today.
Thank You,
Radha.

 

[Ron Martell]

My computer has Windows XP Home edition.It was ok till 7am
today.I don't know what has happened.Since then,it is
taking a whole lot of time to do even trivial tasks such as
switching between windows,clicking etc.When i press
Ctrl,Alt and delete,it is not even recognising that key
combination.When i re-start my computer,it will be ok for
the first 5 min,and later on it starts
freezing.Ocassionally it is giving an error message saying
that the computer has too low virtual memory.Sometimes,it
is giving a message saying that windows is increasing the
paging file size and thus during this process,it is not
taking requests any more.

Can anyone please help me,as i have to do a lot of
assignments today.
Thank You,
Radha.

Is your antivirus software completely up to date, with the virus
definition files not less than a week old?

Have you done a complete virus scan recently?

Have you checked for spyware on the computer? Try AdAware 6 (free)
from www.lavasoft.de

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

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