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AlexS
December 11th 03, 11:38 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>I'm getting this message: "System is low on virtual
>memory. Windows is increasing the size of virual memory
>paging file. During this process memory request for som
>applications may be denied". I can barely do anything
>with my system. I'm running MS XP Home Edition on a 2GB
>processor, 40GB HD and 256MB of RDRAM. I have run clean
>disk, defragmentor and my McAfee antt-virus software.
All
>of these actions were successful. This has not help.
I,
>also check, task manager and notice that process
>Explorer.exe memory usage is: 165,789kb; Page fault is:
>1,342kb; virtual memory size is: 784,468kb. This can't
be
>normal. The last three things that I have done was
loaded
>MS Visio, upgraded McAfee Virus Scan and started my fax
>utility. Please provide some insight. Thanks!!
>.
>
What are the "Commit Charge" figures when you look at the
Performance tab on the Windows Task Manager (ctrl-alt-
delete)?

These entries are the Virtual memory data. If the limits
is close to the peak you need to add more virtual memory.
The following URL will show you how to do this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;308417

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