Windows Virtual Memory running on low......

achtunglady

........some programs may not respond




Occasionally i get this message. I have deleted old files, uninstalled programs i dont use, have saved my pictures onto cd and have re-fragged the computer and every time i am finished with the computer, i delete browsing history.

Does this mean my hard drive is full or does it mean i need more memory, i think its had a dimm fitted a while back, not sure of size.

If its a new hard drive i need, can the old info be transferred to the new?

It is a Packard Bell computer intel celeron, approximately 10 years old running on xp i dont know much else.

aliEnRIK

Press the 'WINDOWS' key and the 'PAUSE/BREAK' keys together
The size of your RAM should come up

achtunglady

Intel Celeron processor
801 mhz
320mb of ram

aliEnRIK

crikey

Thats a slow processor

You need more RAM for sure (Id recommend 1 gig or more, but your computer might have a limit of 0.75)

achtunglady

it is a dinosaur of a computer, but it does me well until i get the windows virtual memory message coming up.

It had a dimm module fitted a while back, not sure if theres another slot to put another one into, shall i take it to pc world for them to have a look? Surely cheaper than buying a new computer?? Thanks

aliEnRIK

well I sure as hell wouldnt take it to PC World. Theyre the LAST people id take it to

Id suggest getting a friend round who might know how to do it, or take to a local highstreet computer repair shop. (Or you can tackle it yourself if you feel upto it?)

Lorian

Add 512Mb to your system paging file. It wont make they system go any faster but it will probably get rid of the warning message.

See here for how to do it:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308417

If you dont want to use the autoguide scroll down for manual instructions.

Adding more memory would be best.

weegie.geek

I'm willing to bet that PC world wouldn't even have old SDR dimms.

achtunglady

Been offered a tower with windows xp, microsoft excel, access, powerpoint, word, front page,outlook
its 3.3ghz and 512 ram is this good for £100?

aliEnRIK

achtunglady wrote: »

Been offered a tower with windows xp, microsoft excel, access, powerpoint, word, front page,outlook
its 3.3ghz and 512 ram is this good for £100?

0.5 gig of ram is too slow. You need at LEAST 1 gig for xp to run ok

I highly doubt its 3.3 Ghz cpu either. Do you not mean 2.2 or even 1.3?

tomsolomon

Rik that's physical memory not vitual memory....;)
OP needs Hit windows key and Pause/Break then click the Advanced tab...
Where it says Performance, click settings and click Advanced Tab.
At the bottom it will say Virtual Memory, click Change.
Click on the C: drive and click where it says custom size. Type 1000 in the two boxes, click OK then apply and so on and so forth, may need to reboot.....