Saturday, May 15, 2010

How to solve 'Your System Is Low On Virtual Memory' Problem

Warning: If you are not facing problems with your Page File (i.e your system is not giving warning about low virtual memory) DON'T CHANGE IT. And under no circumstance do not assign lesser memory than what Windows has automatically assigned. It may result in FATAL error.


Windows XP

Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.


In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.

In the Performance pane, click Settings.

In the Performance Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab.

In the Virtual memory pane, click Change.

Change the Initial size value and the Maximum size value to a higher value, click Set, and then click OK.

Click OK to close the Performance Options dialog box, and then click OK to close the System Properties
 
Windows 7
 
Open Computer


up and hit the System Properties button, or Right Click on computer and hit Properties, or even still, go to the Control Panel and open the System button

Then on the left hand side, there’s a button marked Advanced System Settings

On the popup that opens, make sure you’re on the Advanced tab, then hit the button marked Settings under the Performance subsection

After that, hit the Advanced tab on that new popup, then hit the Change button for the Virtual Memory sub-section

Finally, once here, uncheck the “Automatically Manage Paging” option and increase the size manually.

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