Low on virtual memory???

samuela66

Hi

Just turned on my acer aspire 3050 and it cam up it is low on virtual memory wndows I think??? anyway I dont understand why, I only use it for the internet not to store stuff, can anyone help, it also seems to be running real slow,


thanks samx

shadowdragon

Second post down on this thread, give your pc a scan.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=133269

Donnie

Download install and run CCleaner.

Download, install, update and run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

Buy some more RAM.

samuela66

TorrestheGreat wrote: »

Increase size of paging file-default setting is stupidly low- takes 10 seconds. Double check that you have lots of space on your Hd too

Hi Torres can you tell me how to do that please!!

gtd2000

It's possible you are simply running out of storage space on your Hard Drive - that's what it uses for "virtual memory".

You need to have quite a bit of space on your HD to get the best performance as well - if I drop below 1 gigabyte then the effect becomes noticeable and that's even with 2GB of system RAM :cool:

Donnie

gtd2000 wrote: »

It's possible you are simply running out of storage space on your Hard Drive - that's what it uses for "virtual memory".

You need to have quite a bit of space on your HD to get the best performance as well - if I drop below 1 gigabyte then the effect becomes noticeable and that's even with 2GB of system RAM :cool:

According to the OP:

I only use it for the internet not to store stuff....

Nearly 35GB of Temp files would be quite an achievement. CCleaner would have quite a job.

gtd2000

Donnie wrote: »

According to the OP:

Nearly 35GB of Temp files would be quite an achievement. CCleaner would have quite a job.

That would be quite an achievement - but the number of times I've helped friends out with virii on their pc's that never surf on !!!!!! sites.....;)

Sometimes, it does turn out to be the fault of one of their offsping of course....:A