low on virtual memory

[greg]

I am getting a messege saying"low on virtual memory", what
does this mean and how do i increase or raise memory<thks

 

[Steven L Umbach]

The link below may help. You may be running out of hard drive space. Windows uses a
"page file" on your hard drive to store often used information that is not kept in
ram and by default it is dynamic in that it may not be the same size and as your
computer runs low on drive space it is at the minimum. Other times I have seen it for
no apparent reason and a reboot can clear it up [memory leak maybe]. You can enter
taskmgr in the run box to bring up task manager and look under performance to see
info on memory usage. To see hard drive space go to Windows Explorer, select your
drive and choose properties. --- Steve

http://www.answers.vt.edu/ask4help/desktop/vtkb1550.htm

 

[Guest]

And try a reboot before you make any changes. Many older apps don't release memory as they should when they exit and produce these kinds of errors over time.

 

[Nimit Mehta]

My computer, properties, advanced , performance options ,
virtual memory change pagefile size.