What is virtual memory? How can I increase it?
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Often, that amount of RAM is not enough to run all of the programs that most users expect to run at once. For example, if you load the Windows operating system, an e-mail program, a Web browser and word processor into RAM simultaneously, 64 megabytes is not enough to hold it all. If there were no such thing as virtual memory, your computer would have to say, "Sorry, you cannot load any more applications. Please close an application to load a new one." With virtual memory, the computer can look for areas of RAM that have not been used recently and copy them onto the hard disk. This frees up space in RAM to load the new application. Because it does this automatically, you don't even know it is happening, and it makes your computer feel like is has unlimited RAM space even though it has only 32 megabytes installed. Because hard-disk space is so much cheaper than RAM chips, virtual memory also provides a nice economic benefit. \n\nThe area of the hard disk that stores the RAM image is called a page file. It holds pages of RAM on the hard disk, and the operating system moves data back and forth between the page file and RAM. \n\nTo change the size of the virtual memory paging file\n-----------------------------------------------------\nRight click on 'My computer' Icon and go to properties\nOn the Advanced tab, click Performance Options, and under Virtual memory, click Change. \nIn the Drive list, click the drive that contains the paging file you want to change. \nUnder Paging file size for selected drive, type a new paging file size in megabytes in the Initial Size (MB) or Maximum Size (MB) box, and then click Set. \nIf you decrease the size of either the minimum or maximum page file settings, you must restart your computer to see the effects of those changes. Increases generally do not require a restart.
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2GB is the most memory your machine can handle
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There may be some valuble information on this page, especially at the bottom of the page.  Good reading for your situation. But check the seating of your ram too.\nhttp://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php\nOther thoughts...  Is your computer a server whether peer to peer or dedicated?\nOr, could you have a defective ram chip? In other words, you may detect the memory, but it is not being accessed.  this could be a mother board thing or the memory. Make sure it is COMPLETELY seated in the slot, and see if you continue to have problems.  \n\nAgain, if you work with photo software, where you are opening several photos ( I mean several ) then that could be tying up your memory.  But I am leaning towards a bad chip or a mis-seated chip.  Just another option to check.\n\n\nYou may have a virus, actually.  If you see your resources slowly being used up over time, then you probably do.\nOF course, this is a possible long answer.  But you could try a system restore (reversible),  or scan for viruses, either online or with your current installed one.\nOr, check your virtual memory settings.  Maybe you need to raise them.  And make sure your memory is allocated to programs instead of "background services".\nAlso it is possible that Windows is "reserving" memory for the programs you open, hence tying up memory for the possible resources needed to run the specific program.  If you use memory intensive programs, this is an issue, even with 3gigs, although it should not happen too much, unless you are working with HUGE files.
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A virtual machine is a program running on a computer that creates a self-contained operating environment and presents the appearance to the user of a different computer. A virtual machine simulates at a minimum the instruction set of the computer it emulates.\n\nA virtual memory is a technique for creating the illusion that a computer has more memory than it really has by swapping blocks or pages of data between memory and external storage.
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You don't. The amount of video memory you have depends on how much is built into your video card, or your motherboards on board video. You can't increase it without getting a new video card, anymore than you can increase the amount of ram you have without buying and installing new ram.
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Hi. You should set your virtual memory to 1 1/2 times your actual memory. If you have 128MB memory, you should set virtual memory to 192MB. On Win XP, you should right-click on My computer, go to Properties, go to Advanced, select Settings under Performance, click the Advanced tab, then Change button at bottom of this screen. Select Custom Size, and put 192 in the initial AND max sizes. This will probably cause your system to have to reboot. \nCheers.
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increase it\nright click on my computer>>>properties>>>>\nadvanced>>>\nperformance>>>settings\n>>>advanced\nhere you can increase it\nincrease it to about 3 times your ram
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You've got to have more RAM.
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Your computer has so much memory (128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, 1GB etc ...)  But sometimes your computer needs more, so Microsoft found a way to utilize a portion of your hard drive and called it "Virtual Memory".
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U r using 915 chipset motherboard this chipset allocates video memory according the physical memory u have\nFor ex- for 128MB main memory the video memry is 32MB\n        for 256MB main memory the video memry is 64MB\nand so on..\nIf u inc system memory this will increase video memory also
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Since the main memory (RAM) is expensive, it usually has lesser capacity than the hard drive.  However, the problem with that is the RAM gets filled quickly with all your running programs.  However, the CPU (processor) multi-tasks, hence it doesnt need the programs (data and instruction words in the RAM) all the time.  Thats where the virtual memory comes into picture.  Virtual memory is basically part of the drive which is used as a temporary "parking space" for data and instruction words which can't be held in the RAM.  When programs are no longer requred they are "swapped" to the hard drive from the RAM and shuttled back to the RAM when the CPU gets ready to process them (depending upon the scheduling algorithm).\n\nYou are getting the error because you have assigned less virtual memory (or the system has assigned less vitual memory).  Hence, when the RAM gets full, its doesn't get any "parking space" on the hard drive and you get the error.\n\nIn order to bump up the virtual memory and improve system performance, view the following page.  It is really helpful!
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You go to Start Menu.\nControl Panel.\nSystem.\nAnd then click on the Advanced Tab.\nUnder Performance there is a settings tab.\n\nYou can increase your virtual memory there, but I wouldnt touch it because it usually allocates it the best way possible so that your computer and your graphics card gets the most from your memory.\n\nIt usually means you might need to upgrade your memory. Go to control panel again, then system, and then check your computer information and see how much memory you have. If you only have 128MB RAM, which is the standard that new computers come in, then you might need to add more RAM.\n\nThe more the RAM, the better performance of your computer. If you only have 128MB RAM then that basically means that you cant have much more than maybe 3 or 4 programs opened at the same time.\n\nIf you need more help or if you want instructions on how to install more memory, then contact me in my profile.
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i'd say it's your RAM. no other good solution except to buy a new one. but i do have a slightly improving solution (but far from as good as buy a new RAM). go to control panel, open the system, and click the performance tab.\n\ncheck the "adjust for the performance" and click "apply". DON'T click on the "ok" button first. click on "advanced" tab.\nin the "virtual memory" section, click change.\n\nincrease the seize of the paging. this won't be a problem if you have a lot of free space on your hard disk. this be will added up to your physical memory(RAM) as a virtual memory. it will not be as fast as physical RAM, but will at least increase your computer's speed. click "ok" and that's it...
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My corporation uses a program called: Encryption Plus Hard Disk from a company called PC Guardian\n\nalso to increase virtual memory you can adjust the available memory limit under the advanced tab of the system properties dialog
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What is going on in your system is that all the programs your running take up a certain ammount of RAM and the system alots a certain amount of RAM for each program. Virtual Memory is not "actual" RAM instead it is swap space created by the system to switch out processes that need to use the actual system memory. Now what is happening is that the processes that your are running are taking up so much memory that the ram nor the v-memory can handle it so your system will start to slow down and this will also cause damage to your HDD. There are 2 ways to fix this 1. get more memory, clean out the dust in your case, & defag your HDD or 2. encress the size of v-memory but i warn against this because over time i can thrash your HDD up and may eventually crash it.
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If only want to increase virtual memory or heap size of a specific application, you can it via command prompt. For example, for java applications, in the command prompt, you can specify:\n\n-java -Xmx1000 -Xms1000 -jar application_name.jar
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Virtual Memory is the memory your computer uses when it runs out of Normal Memory. Normal Memory is RAM, Virtual Memory is a temporary file on your hard drive. If your computer is running low on Virtual Memory, it means your hard drive is near full. (As a general guide, you shouldn't run your hard drive at more then 90% full. You can check how full your hard drive is in "My Computer".) \n\nHard drives are very cheap right now. I suggest you buy a new one. Check out newegg.com for good prices and service. (One thing to watch for, your computer probably only supports ATA hard drives, so make sure you get either an ATA100 or an ATA133 hard drive.)\n\nIf you don't want to buy a new hard drive then you can always burn your files to CD, and then delete them. But you're going to need a LOT of CD's. 10 CD's will hold about 6.5 Gigs of data.\n\nThe other question you might be asking is, if Virtual Memory is the memory my computer uses only when I run out of Normal Memory, then do I need more Normal Memory (aka, RAM). The answer is no. It's normal on a computer to run out of normal memory, it isn't a big deal at all - that's why they have virtual memory. However, your computer will run faster if it doesn't need to use virtual ram. You will probably notice a big speed boost by increasing the amount of RAM in your system.\n\nSidebar:\nIf you continue to run your hard drive at a very full capacity, it's more likely to crash, in which case you might lose all data on the drive.\n\nAlso, Normal Memory is also called Physical Memory.