my pc keeps having a warning sign pop up. its about vertual memory, needing to be expanded, what it mean?
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You can compare the RAM in you computer to the workspace on a desk. The more memory you have, the larger the workspace and the smoother things run. Windows uses "Virtual Memory" to make sure you always have some RAM free to use. It writes some of the less important items to a "Swap File" or" Page File" on your hard drive, and keeps them ready to be reloaded after you finish using which ever program needed the memory more. Its kind of like taking the least important papers off of your desk and putting them in a drawer to make room for something more important. They're still there, safe and sound waiting for you to grab them up again, but they're not on your dektop with everything else. Understand the metaphor? You can run out of Virtual Memory for a couple of reasons. Is your hard disk getting pretty full? Since your hard drive is where the "Swap file" needed for virtual memory is stored, with your disk full, you may no longer be able to store the file in its entirety. If thats not the case, you may want to change the size of your Virtual Memory. You can do it by right clicking on MY COMPUTER go to PROPERTIES, click on the ADVANCED tab, where you see it say PERFORMANCE  click on SETTINGS, then click on the ADVANCED tab, down where it says VIRTUAL MEMORY click change. Usually "System Managed Size" works fine, but if you're having trouble with this one, then up it a couple hundred MB with "Custom Size." And of course, getting more RAM never hurts either.
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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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No it is not a problem.  You prob have an onboard video card that is using that memory.  Most likely the video card is 32MB, but there is a slight chance that it could be 64MB card, but its only using half of its resources.  A good way to tell is go to the manufacturers website and look up your model number.  Usually they divide up the components so just look under the video category and it should tell you the size.  If its 32MB then that is most likely your issue.
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Your PC is trying to tell you to upgrade!!!
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it is a virus that replaces the userint file eventually and then it will keep you from booting windows use \nAVG to get rid of it
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Virtual Memory is space allocated on your hard drive for those times that your physical memory (RAM) is not enough.  \n\nTo increase the amount of virtual memory go to Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance > Settings > Advanced > Virtual Memory "Change" > Custom Size > adjust as needed. 1.5 times your physical RAM  is a good minimum and 3 times your physical memory in MB is good for your maximum.
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Contact your computer technician because if the RAM is excess the OS will be crash.
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Check the BIOS, maybe 128MB is used as Video RAM.  If that's the case, you are really OK.  But you might be looking at getting more RAM.   Visit http://www.coastmemory.com and look up your system. \n\nGood luck
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This only means that your exe is corrupt .. replace it with new installation .. the best thing you should do is stop using IE (this is worlds most junk software) - switch to more secure FireFox .. \n\nThe error is due to some virus which has replaced few settings from ur IE's exe file , so memory place is not read... also do a full virus, spyware scan ...
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is there show any error message... other wise it is memory overflow try to restart you PC
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I believe it's indicating a damaged part of your hard drive.\n\nI would conduct a defragmentation of the drive.\n\nIdeally back up your data and then re-format your hard-drive and start again.  Timely but effective.
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All that means is you may have to run and install some updates.  You could ignore the warning but it'll keep coming up until you update.  Here are some pages I kinda like!
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Of course there could be a number of issues, but my first suggestion is to check how much RAM you have installed.  Adding more memory on a system that crashes a lot or runs poorly can't hurt.  Right click on My Computer/Properties to see how much memory is installed.  Anything below 512 MB should be upgraded.
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This means that some hardware component has not been completely installed. Go to Device Manager and check if any of the listed components has a yellow exclamation mark next to it. Select this component and click uninstall in the toolbar.\n\nYou have not mentioned the version of your operating system.
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your problem is not the ammount of memory your pc can handle but the type it can use, see computer memories have different names and numbers those mean the type of memory that it is and the ammount of Hertz that the speciffic stick is rated at. The best thing to do is to get the same kind of memory stick that you were previously using and make it 2Gigs or 3 that way, dont worry, nothing is broken, it is just a symple mistake.
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One option is to buy more memory. If that's not a possibility then you can change the amount of disk space your computer uses for virtual memory. Open the System properties task pane. Assuming you are using windows, right click on My Computer and click properties. Click on parameters under performance. Click  on Advanced then Modify and set the  initial size as about 1OOmb more than is shown. Increase the max size by 200mb. Click ok and see if the warning keeps coming up. Try not to open too many applications at once. Again the best advice is to buy and install more RAM.
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Virtual Memory is hard drive space that windows uses when it thinks that it ran out of real memory, but its use of memory is so horrible that the likelihood of actually running out of real memory is slim.  Right click My Computer, click Advance.  under performance, click settings, and click the advanced tab there.  Click the change button.  For the initial size and maximum size put in 4096.  This creates a static sized swap file.  4GB is a big swap file, but with a 250GB hdd you will hardly notice it.  Also make sure that windows is up to date, as well as any hardware that you have, like video cards, sound cards, add-ins that sort of stuff, and software that you run all the time (bad software can cause memory 'leaks' which will suck away virtual memory).  All this updating can be tedious, but your PC will thank you for it.