Low on memory message...damage?

[anonymous]

Hi.

When I burn CDs, I always get a Windows message saying
that I'm low on virtual memory and that some programs will
be cut back on memory so I can continue to successfully
burn the CD.

I usually have low memory to begin with (I've already
maxed out the memory on this oldddddd computer) and I use
my computer fine, except this memory thing. After the CD
is burned, I check my memory to see I have more left over.

My question is, any damage being done in taking memory
away from other things just to burn the CD? (For example,
I notice my firewall takes up about 6 million, but then
after I burn a CD and check Task Manager, the memory
devoted to firewall is down to 2 million, even though the
firewall appears to be working properly, as is everything
else.)

 

[Read]

You'll waste (damage) blank CDs making them unreadable.

Use task manager to quit all programs you can before burning a CD

 

[Kristofer Gafvert]

Hello,

No, there is no damage in getting this message. Windows knows how to handle
this issue, and tells you that it is gonna do something it is normally not
doing, and notifies you that some application might run slowly.

Close all applications you are not using, while burning CDs.

 

[anonymous]

Really? I've never had any of my burned CDs come out
unreadable because of the "low on virtual memory" message
or letting Windows take memory away from other
applications so that the burning of the CDs can continue.

Also, I can't really turn off any programs. Again, I only
have so much memory already (which I maxed out, I couldn't
add more if I wanted to), and between anti-virus,
firewall, services.exe, etc., I don't have a lot left over
for "big" things.

I know I need a new computer soon, just from the memory
restrictions alone.