Original title: Radeon X300 SE 128mb HyperMemory Secondary device__Have already tried Device manager using the hidden devices and it is not there. Am getting msg: Windows Virtual Memory too low. Eventually will lead to blue screens and death to this computer.

Hi Blueyes229,· When exactly do you get this error message?· What are the blue screen error messages you receive?You may run the “Fix it” tool from this link and check if the issue persists.“Your system is low on virtual memory” error message when you try to start an Office programNote: The “Fix it” present in the link applies To Microsoft Office Programs. However, it holds good for Windows XP as well.Refer: 3 stubborn PC problems you can fixHope the information helps. Please post back and let us know.RegardsDebleena SMicrosoft Answers Support EngineerVisit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

The "Fix-It" tool is the first Microsoft based article to come up in a Bing search results for that message, but it does not mean that it is going to be effective on all systems all the time, but you can try it and check the results. The Fix-It tool also doesn't tell you what it is doing to your system or what changes it is making and not knowing what is going on with my system would bother me.I would also certainly not recommend what the other referenced article says:Solution 1: Bump up the virtual memory size on your computerThat is not a solution, it is something to try.It sounds like whoever wrote that article has no idea what is going on with the system and what to do about it.One should not just "bump up" the virtual memory size. What if you bump it too far, do not bump far enough and how big a bump do you need? Do you just keep bumping until the problem goes away and what would you do if after all your bumping, you still have the problem?One should determine the system specifics first and then make adjustments that will fix the problem with certainty - unless you just want to keep bumping until you find a spot where you no longer see the message - and even then your system still may not be adjusted properly (you might get lucky though).If you still have problems or want to better understand what is going on, do this:If you mean you are seeing an informative message like this:Virtual Memory Minimum Too Low: Your system is low on virtual memory. Windows is increasing the size of your virtual memory paging file.That means Windows XP is letting you know it is doing it's job. The message is not an error message - it is an informational message.If XP thinks the size of the paging file (usually c:\pagefile.sys) is too small to accommodate your current operations it will adjust the paging file to make the paging file larger and display that message as it does so. It is not necessarily a "problem", but the message is annoying.Sometimes the message indicates somebody has been tampering with the XP paging file settings to try to solve some other problem that usually has nothing to do with their paging file and adjusted things in an inefficient manner. It could mean that the settings were adjusted to some values that do not make sense for the system configuration. Unless more is known about the system, you can't just pick some values out of thin air and expect your system to behave efficiently. You might not see the message again but that does not mean the settings are correct.It could also mean that the settings were never set properly in the first place when XP was first installed.Unless you know more about managing memory that Windows XP, it is usually best to just let XP handle the size of your virtual memory paging file.To see what your current settings are, right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Performance Settings, Advanced tab, Virtual Memory, then click the Change button.Make a note of the current settings in case you need to change them back later.The best setting for the Paging file size is usually going to be:System managed sizeRight click My Computer, Properties, Advanced tab, Performance... Settngs, Advanced tab, Virtual memory... Change.Set the Paging file sie to:System managed sizeBe sure to click Set (to set it), OK (several times) and then restart your computer.Windows XP will try to allocate a paging file approximately 1.5 times the total amount of the RAM installed in your system. Letting Windows XP handle the paging file size is adequate for most configurations.If your system is not set to System managed size, you need to determine how it got changed and why (usually some wrong reason), make a note of the current settings so you can change them back later if needed, then change the setting to System managed size, click the Set button and then click Apply to commit the changes (you will be asked to reboot). "Because somebody told me to" is not a good reason to start making adjustments to the paging file size. Just adjusting it to make it larger by some arbitrary value may relieve the symptom of the problem and stop the message, but may not result in the best configuration for your system.If you want your system to run as efficiently as possible, you need to figure out what is going on and fix it properly and not just start trying things or make some arbitrary adjustments. The size of the paging file may really need adjusting, but you should at least try to know what you are doing and why you need to do it. It is unlikely that anybody can tell you how to adjust your settings properly without more information.If you are not sure what the best settings are or if you are not sure what your settings need to be, do this:Click Start, Run and in the box enter:msinfo32Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select All, Copy and then paste the results back here.There will be some personal information (like System Name and User Name), and whatever appears to be private information to you, just deletethe personal information from the pasted information. This will minimize back and forth Q&A and eliminate guesswork and assumptions.Without this system information, suggestions for adjustments are most likely to be only guesses.After making any adjustments to your settings, reboot, then check the paging file settings again to make sure they "stick", then test your system again and see if you still get the message. If you are still seeing the message, you can determine what applications are running that are consuming so much of your virtual memory that Windows XP needs to keep adjusting it. When you know that information, then you can decide what to do to resolve the issue.Some antivirus and antimalware applications are notorious for consuming large amounts of virtual memory (like the Spybot Teatimer).Describe your current antivirus and anti malware situation: McAfee, Symantec, Norton, Spybot, AVG, Avira!, MSE, Panda, Trend Micro, CA, Defender, ZoneAlarm, PC Tools, Comodo, etc.Do, or do not. There is no try.I decided to save up points for a new puppy instead of a pony!