"Your system is low on virtual memory...."

willsonline

"Your system is low on virtual memory. Windows is increasing the size of your virtual memory paging file."

Why does my laptop keep coming up with this? [Yellow popup, right-hand corner].

Ive looked in Windows Task Manager and looked under the 'Processes' tab and the highest applications with VM useage are only MSN Messenger & Avira antivirus.

Is this down to the age of my laptop and RAM etc?

Bowling_4_Gold

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1390481&highlight=low+virtual+memory

macman

Nothing to do with age, you need more RAM, upgrade to the maximum your machine can take. Go to crucial.com, then use the system scanner.

[Deleted User]

1. Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl in the Open box, and then press ENTER.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then under Performance click Settings.
3. Click the Advanced tab, and then under Virtual memory click Change.
4. Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file that you want to change.
5. Under Paging file size for selected drive, click System managed size and then click Set.
6. Click OK to close the dialog box and apply changes.

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

aliEnRIK

Do what daves posted then do what macs posted