Virtual memory is a file on your hard disk that the computer uses as if it were RAM. Your computer is doing this because it is running out of space in that file. If you're running XP you can incr...
But is increasing the virtual memory size a good idea? or is it going to make my comp go slow?
Your computer definitely slows down when it has to access virtual memory, but Windows is such a memory hog that it really needs a lot of virtual memory. How much physical memory do you have and wh...
yeah, how much RAM do you have? To find out: While holding the WINDOWS key, press the PAUSE/BREAK key. It'll tell you right on that screen.
That's an ok amount of memory. What's your virtual memory set to? (To find out go through the same steps I mentioned in my first post only don't change the settings on the final page.)
Really? That should be enough for most purposes. My computers rarely even get up to 400MB of total memory used. Are you running a lot of memory-intensive applications at once?
I have no idea why you'd be running out of virtual memory then. Those applications shouldn't come anywhere near to using up the 1024MB of total memory that you have on your computer.
might be some background application. is Kazaa or anything running? If you bring up the Task Manager (hit CTRL-ALT-DELETE), look under Processes, and sort by Mem Usage. What's the largest one, and ...
yo. e. it's probably all the ram hogging apps like quicktime, realplayer, that stupid weather thing, spyware, AOL, norton, all that crap that sneaks into your system tray. XP hides that sometimes, ...
OS means Operating System, which means "Which version of Windows are you using? For example: Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98, etc." And, basically yes, rebooting means turning your computer o...
ok. good. NOW. what is in that little system tray in the bottom right hand corner of the screen OTHER than the clock and your volume control. tell me EVERYTHING. and if there is a little arrow - hi...
New Updates are ready to install; yahoo messenger (I never use that..); AIM; Quick Time; Date Manager; AOL; Notron Antivirus; Safely Remove Hardware; Printer.
ok...date manager is unnecessary - if no one in your family uses it, uninstall it. same for quicktime (although, you can always just right click and close it). set AIM NOT to start with windows (th...
hey, while you're saying all this helpful stuff....i was wondering if there was any way to make the stuff that appears when i hit ctrl alt del not appear anymore, there are like 20 programs that co...
wow. dude. can you say ADAWARE...HAHA ok, anyway. start - programs - startup - delete whatever is in that folder. EVERYTHING. nothing in there is necessary. apart from that...start - run -...
okay, that helped....so what stuff DO I NEED? cause i have a lot in there...and half of it ussually says not responding when i try to close it...like, do i need: ocraware.exe hidserver.exe r...
what operating system are you running, tinser... you should be really nice to mattytty, he can come over and do this for you in about 5 seconds...(hopefully)...actually, on 2nd thought, maybe not
OMG, there are people that are still running that horrible, horrible piece of crap OS???
Yeah, but only barely. I feel sorry for people who are still running those versions of Windows.
well, you shouldn't. who cares what OS you're running?? like XP makes you happy and healthier. it's an OPERATING SYSTEM. Courtney, you're fine with 98 or whatever you have. keep it clean - run a...
So sad..I was using 3.1 when people at 98