My system constantly goes slow and stops running. A message saying "increasing your virtual memory" often appears. How can I fix this problem?1 person needs an answerI do too

What is the size of C, your win drive, and how much free space is there? (properties of My Computor)Does the msg appear when using a particular program, and how much ram?

The 3 problems with Low Virtual Memory is1)Not enough free space.2)Not enough pagefile.3)Not enough Ram.It is recommended to have at least 10-15% free space and 1gig of ram for XP to run smoothly. You can right click on the taskbar and click task manager, go over to the Performance tab and you can see how much PF is used and free. PF usage. If it is more than half way then it would be slower than normal. Also does it say it all the time? OR only when your on for awhile? It is best to reboot once a day or so many hours if your doing a lot to refresh cache and pagefile and other temp files."There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those that don't." [_1337_Pete_]

Thankyou for your reply.The c drive is 24.4gb and the free space is 3.08gb.The ram is 1.50ghz 240mb of ramThe message appears on all programmes.

Thankyou for your reply.The pf usage is 393mb. The c drive is 24.4gb and the free space is 3.08gb.The ram is 1.50ghz 240mb of ramThe message would appear after I had been on for a while but today it appeared as soon as I switched on.

Thankyou for your reply. Please could you tell me how to increase free space?

There is many ways...1) uninstall unwanted programs or games that you do not play or use.2) run system cleanup for it to clean temp files.3) add a 2nd hard drive. But your issue is most likely ram. I would recommend at least 512mb of ram. But if you can get 1gig of ram that would be better.Sorry about the delay..."There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those that don't." [_1337_Pete_]

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 sizeof 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 accommodateyour current operations it will adjust it to make it larger and display that message.Most of the time it means somebody has been tampering with the paging file to try to solve someother problem that usually has nothing to do with their paging file.To see what your current settings are, right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced,Performance Settings, Advanced tab, Virtual Memory, Change button.Unless you know more about managing memory that Windows XP, you should let XP handle the sizeof your virtual memory paging file.The best setting for Paging file size is usually going to be:System managed sizeWindows XP will try to allocate a paging file approximately 1.5 times the total amountof the RAM installed in your system. Letting Windows XP handle the paging file sizeis adequate for most configurations.If yours is not set to System managed size you need to determine how it got changed and why (usually somewrong reason), make a note of the current settings, change the setting to System managed size, click theSet button and Apply the changes (you will be asked to reboot). "Because somebody told me to" is not a good reason to just start making adjustments to the paging file size. You need to figure it out and fix it properly - not just try things. It may really need adjusting, but youshould at least try to know what you are doing and why you need to do it at all.After making the adjustments, 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 messages. If you are still seeing the message, you should determine what applications you are runningthat are consuming so much of your virtual memory that Windows XP keeps needing to adjust it. Some antivirus applications are notorious for consuming large amounts of virtual memory (like the SpybotTeatimer - do you have that installed?).You can determine how applications are using your virtual memory using Task Manager.To do that:Right click the Taskbar, choose Task Manager and select the Processes tab.Click View, Select Columns, check the box that says: Virtual Memory Size. Expand the height andwidth of the Task Manager by dragging the corners and edges so you can see all the columns andprocesses in one window if possible.Double click a column heading in TM to sort by the column. For example, sort Task Manager by the CPU orVirtual Memory size column.What are the processes on top using the most Virtual Memory? If you need another set of eyeballs on your settings, describe the top 5 applications you see inTask Manager that are using the most virtual memory and, 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 pastethe results back here.There will be some personal information (like System Name and User Name), and whatever appears tobe private information to you, just delete the personal information from the pasted information.This will minimize back and forth Q&A and eliminate guesswork and assumptions.I need YOUR votes and points for helpful replies and Propose as Answers. I am saving up for a pony!

Thankyou. Would you tell me how to increase ram please? I have windows xp.

Thankyou for your reply. I have checked TM and one item "iexplore.exe" is using the most vm-123,028k. How can I see what this is please?

You should do this part too: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 delete the personal information from the pasted information.This will minimize back and forth Q&A and eliminate guesswork and assumptions.Do you really think suggestions that begin with the words try, might or maybe are going to be helpful?I need YOUR votes and points for helpful replies and Propose as Answers. I am saving up for a pony!

Right click My Computer, click the Advanced tab, click the settings button under Performance, click on the advanced tab, click the change button at the bottom, click on Custom size, put 384 for the initial size, put 1152 for the maximum size, click set, then click ok. It may ask you to reboot. If not reboot anyways to have a fresh start. If you still get the message then you need to buy more Ram. Cheers!"There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those that don't." [_1337_Pete_]