Low Virtual Memory messages

[Mr Shed]

I've recently been bugged by a lot of low virtual memory messages, which is
puzzling me somewhat.

I've got a PIII 500 with 256mb ram, and two sizeable hard drives, each of
which has 256mb of virtual memory allocated. I wouldn't have thought that
512mb of virtual memory could be insufficient, on top of 256mb ram. The low
virtual memory messages also appear when I've done very little on a
particular boot - it's not as if I've been running a load of huge
applications on that boot. And aside from Norton AV and Firewall, a minimum
of stuff is running in background.

I'm bemused - any advice would be welcome!

Mr S

[Chris Lanier]

Optimize Virtual Memory for Performance in Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/mcfedries/03june16.asp

Change the size of the virtual memory
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/sysdm_advancd_perform_change_vmpagefile.asp

"Mr Shed" > wrote in message
.. .
> I've recently been bugged by a lot of low virtual memory messages, which
is
> puzzling me somewhat.
>
> I've got a PIII 500 with 256mb ram, and two sizeable hard drives, each of
> which has 256mb of virtual memory allocated. I wouldn't have thought that
> 512mb of virtual memory could be insufficient, on top of 256mb ram. The
low
> virtual memory messages also appear when I've done very little on a
> particular boot - it's not as if I've been running a load of huge
> applications on that boot. And aside from Norton AV and Firewall, a
minimum
> of stuff is running in background.
>
> I'm bemused - any advice would be welcome!
>
> Mr S
>
>
>

[Mr Shed]

I've done all that.



"Chris Lanier" > wrote in message
...
> Optimize Virtual Memory for Performance in Windows XP
>
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/mcfedries/03june16.asp
>
> Change the size of the virtual memory
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechn
ol/winxppro/proddocs/sysdm_advancd_perform_change_vmpagefile.asp
>
> "Mr Shed" > wrote in message
> .. .
> > I've recently been bugged by a lot of low virtual memory messages, which
> is
> > puzzling me somewhat.
> >
> > I've got a PIII 500 with 256mb ram, and two sizeable hard drives, each
of
> > which has 256mb of virtual memory allocated. I wouldn't have thought
that
> > 512mb of virtual memory could be insufficient, on top of 256mb ram. The
> low
> > virtual memory messages also appear when I've done very little on a
> > particular boot - it's not as if I've been running a load of huge
> > applications on that boot. And aside from Norton AV and Firewall, a
> minimum
> > of stuff is running in background.
> >
> > I'm bemused - any advice would be welcome!
> >
> > Mr S
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[cjordy]

Try this link and see if it helps
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nip.nsf/e584eff20b611f7988256a9b007e63c1/7f4761e776f63f3488256b82006dee3b?OpenDocument

cj


"Mr Shed" > wrote in message
.. .
> I've done all that.
>
>
>
> "Chris Lanier" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Optimize Virtual Memory for Performance in Windows XP
> >
>
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/mcfedries/03june16.asp
> >
> > Change the size of the virtual memory
> >
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechn
> ol/winxppro/proddocs/sysdm_advancd_perform_change_vmpagefile.asp
> >
> > "Mr Shed" > wrote in message
> > .. .
> > > I've recently been bugged by a lot of low virtual memory messages,
which
> > is
> > > puzzling me somewhat.
> > >
> > > I've got a PIII 500 with 256mb ram, and two sizeable hard drives, each
> of
> > > which has 256mb of virtual memory allocated. I wouldn't have thought
> that
> > > 512mb of virtual memory could be insufficient, on top of 256mb ram.
The
> > low
> > > virtual memory messages also appear when I've done very little on a
> > > particular boot - it's not as if I've been running a load of huge
> > > applications on that boot. And aside from Norton AV and Firewall, a
> > minimum
> > > of stuff is running in background.
> > >
> > > I'm bemused - any advice would be welcome!
> > >
> > > Mr S
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>