Virtual memory minimum too low

"bm" wrote in message
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
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"bm" wrote in message
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When I am viewing I Player I often get an interruption and a message
"Virtual Memory Minimum too low"
Can I change this? and if so how?

VM is your swap file on the hard drive:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307886/en-us
shows how to customize this. Whenever in doubt
check the option "Let Windows manage this."

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

When I looked for Performance Maintenance on Control panel it was not
there
There was a maintenance item but this did not show the items which should
have been there as indicated by Performance & Maintenance
Blair

In the Control Panel, click "System"
In the System Properties panel, click "Advanced"
Then, click "Settings"
Next, click "Advanced"
Finally, click "Virtual Memory"
On that final panel, select the button "System managed size"

This option is buried quite deeply.

Jim

"bm" wrote in message
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
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"bm" wrote in message
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When I am viewing I Player I often get an interruption and a message
"Virtual Memory Minimum too low"
Can I change this? and if so how?

VM is your swap file on the hard drive:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307886/en-us
shows how to customize this. Whenever in doubt
check the option "Let Windows manage this."

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

When I looked for Performance Maintenance on Control panel it was not
there
There was a maintenance item but this did not show the items which should
have been there as indicated by Performance & Maintenance
Blair

In the Control Panel, click "System"
In the System Properties panel, click "Advanced"
Then, click "Settings"
Next, click "Advanced"
Finally, click "Virtual Memory"
On that final panel, select the button "System managed size"

This option is buried quite deeply.

Jim

Blair

Add more RAM. What is your computer make and model?

Changing to a system managed pagefile may eliminate the virtual memory
messages but will not help performance as you have insufficient RAM.


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Gerry wrote:
Blair

Do you have plenty of free disk space? You can set a larger maximum
pagefile but it is normally better to add RAM. Accessing RAM is
quicker than accessing the pagefile.

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?



bm wrote:
Thanks for your reply
I have 512 MB RAM
My min setting is 768 MB and Max is 1536 MB
Which is approx 1.5 and 3 times the RAM size as recommended
Should I change these?
Blair

"David B." wrote in message
...
What is it set to? See step 2 here.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308417 --


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"bm" wrote in message
...
When I am viewing I Player I often get an interruption and a
message "Virtual Memory Minimum too low"
Can I change this? and if so how?
Blair

Blair

Add more RAM. What is your computer make and model?

Changing to a system managed pagefile may eliminate the virtual memory
messages but will not help performance as you have insufficient RAM.


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Gerry wrote:
Blair

Do you have plenty of free disk space? You can set a larger maximum
pagefile but it is normally better to add RAM. Accessing RAM is
quicker than accessing the pagefile.

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?



bm wrote:
Thanks for your reply
I have 512 MB RAM
My min setting is 768 MB and Max is 1536 MB
Which is approx 1.5 and 3 times the RAM size as recommended
Should I change these?
Blair

"David B." wrote in message
...
What is it set to? See step 2 here.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308417 --


--
"bm" wrote in message
...
When I am viewing I Player I often get an interruption and a
message "Virtual Memory Minimum too low"
Can I change this? and if so how?
Blair

On Nov 24, 3:47*am, "bm" wrote:
When I am viewing I Player I often get an interruption *and a message
"Virtual Memory Minimum too low"
Can I change this? *and if so how?
Blair

Unless you (or someone who set up your computer) knows more about
managing memory that XP, set the system up to "System managed size".

Reboot.

If you still see the messages regarding virtual memory they are not
errors, but instead informational messages telling you that XP is
doing it's job.

If you still have the message, THEN decide what to do and if anything
needs to be adjusted.

Some installed programs have optional components that consume a lot of
VM and you may not need them. Right now, it is anybody's guess.
Merely looking at things and guessing will not make the message go
away.

We can look at your system at determine with certainty where your VM
is going and what to do about it if needed.

Please provide additional information about your system.

Click Start, Run and in the box enter:

msinfo32

Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select
All, Copy and then paste
the information 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 it from the pasted
information.

This will minimize back and forth Q&A and eliminate guesswork.

On Nov 24, 3:47*am, "bm" wrote:
When I am viewing I Player I often get an interruption *and a message
"Virtual Memory Minimum too low"
Can I change this? *and if so how?
Blair

Unless you (or someone who set up your computer) knows more about
managing memory that XP, set the system up to "System managed size".

Reboot.

If you still see the messages regarding virtual memory they are not
errors, but instead informational messages telling you that XP is
doing it's job.

If you still have the message, THEN decide what to do and if anything
needs to be adjusted.

Some installed programs have optional components that consume a lot of
VM and you may not need them. Right now, it is anybody's guess.
Merely looking at things and guessing will not make the message go
away.

We can look at your system at determine with certainty where your VM
is going and what to do about it if needed.

Please provide additional information about your system.

Click Start, Run and in the box enter:

msinfo32

Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select
All, Copy and then paste
the information 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 it from the pasted
information.

This will minimize back and forth Q&A and eliminate guesswork.

I had a suspicion that more RAM was required
My PC is a Dell Desktop 1100 and has 512MB RAM
Would it be worth increasing it to 1GB and is it practical?
Blair


"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Blair

Add more RAM. What is your computer make and model?

Changing to a system managed pagefile may eliminate the virtual memory
messages but will not help performance as you have insufficient RAM.


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Gerry wrote:
Blair

Do you have plenty of free disk space? You can set a larger maximum
pagefile but it is normally better to add RAM. Accessing RAM is
quicker than accessing the pagefile.

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?



bm wrote:
Thanks for your reply
I have 512 MB RAM
My min setting is 768 MB and Max is 1536 MB
Which is approx 1.5 and 3 times the RAM size as recommended
Should I change these?
Blair

"David B." wrote in message
...
What is it set to? See step 2 here.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308417 --


--
"bm" wrote in message
...
When I am viewing I Player I often get an interruption and a
message "Virtual Memory Minimum too low"
Can I change this? and if so how?
Blair

I had a suspicion that more RAM was required
My PC is a Dell Desktop 1100 and has 512MB RAM
Would it be worth increasing it to 1GB and is it practical?
Blair


"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Blair

Add more RAM. What is your computer make and model?

Changing to a system managed pagefile may eliminate the virtual memory
messages but will not help performance as you have insufficient RAM.


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Gerry wrote:
Blair

Do you have plenty of free disk space? You can set a larger maximum
pagefile but it is normally better to add RAM. Accessing RAM is
quicker than accessing the pagefile.

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?



bm wrote:
Thanks for your reply
I have 512 MB RAM
My min setting is 768 MB and Max is 1536 MB
Which is approx 1.5 and 3 times the RAM size as recommended
Should I change these?
Blair

"David B." wrote in message
...
What is it set to? See step 2 here.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308417 --


--
"bm" wrote in message
...
When I am viewing I Player I often get an interruption and a
message "Virtual Memory Minimum too low"
Can I change this? and if so how?
Blair

"Jose" wrote in message
...
On Nov 24, 3:47 am, "bm" wrote:
When I am viewing I Player I often get an interruption and a message
"Virtual Memory Minimum too low"
Can I change this? and if so how?
Blair

Unless you (or someone who set up your computer) knows more about
managing memory that XP, set the system up to "System managed size".

Reboot.

If you still see the messages regarding virtual memory they are not
errors, but instead informational messages telling you that XP is
doing it's job.

If you still have the message, THEN decide what to do and if anything
needs to be adjusted.

Some installed programs have optional components that consume a lot of
VM and you may not need them. Right now, it is anybody's guess.
Merely looking at things and guessing will not make the message go
away.

We can look at your system at determine with certainty where your VM
is going and what to do about it if needed.

Please provide additional information about your system.

Click Start, Run and in the box enter:

msinfo32

Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select
All, Copy and then paste
the information 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 it from the pasted
information.

This will minimize back and forth Q&A and eliminate guesswork.

Unfortunately I got a message "Cannot access Windows management
Instrumental Software
Windows Management files may be moved or missing"
Blair

"Jose" wrote in message
...
On Nov 24, 3:47 am, "bm" wrote:
When I am viewing I Player I often get an interruption and a message
"Virtual Memory Minimum too low"
Can I change this? and if so how?
Blair

Unless you (or someone who set up your computer) knows more about
managing memory that XP, set the system up to "System managed size".

Reboot.

If you still see the messages regarding virtual memory they are not
errors, but instead informational messages telling you that XP is
doing it's job.

If you still have the message, THEN decide what to do and if anything
needs to be adjusted.

Some installed programs have optional components that consume a lot of
VM and you may not need them. Right now, it is anybody's guess.
Merely looking at things and guessing will not make the message go
away.

We can look at your system at determine with certainty where your VM
is going and what to do about it if needed.

Please provide additional information about your system.

Click Start, Run and in the box enter:

msinfo32

Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select
All, Copy and then paste
the information 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 it from the pasted
information.

This will minimize back and forth Q&A and eliminate guesswork.

Unfortunately I got a message "Cannot access Windows management
Instrumental Software
Windows Management files may be moved or missing"
Blair

"Jim" wrote in message
...

"bm" wrote in message
...

"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
...
"bm" wrote in message
...

When I am viewing I Player I often get an interruption and a message
"Virtual Memory Minimum too low"
Can I change this? and if so how?

VM is your swap file on the hard drive:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307886/en-us
shows how to customize this. Whenever in doubt
check the option "Let Windows manage this."

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

When I looked for Performance Maintenance on Control panel it was not
there
There was a maintenance item but this did not show the items which
should have been there as indicated by Performance & Maintenance
Blair

In the Control Panel, click "System"
In the System Properties panel, click "Advanced"
Then, click "Settings"
Next, click "Advanced"
Finally, click "Virtual Memory"
On that final panel, select the button "System managed size"

This option is buried quite deeply.

Jim
Thanks Jim. Have carried it out
Blair

"Jim" wrote in message
...

"bm" wrote in message
...

"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
...
"bm" wrote in message
...

When I am viewing I Player I often get an interruption and a message
"Virtual Memory Minimum too low"
Can I change this? and if so how?

VM is your swap file on the hard drive:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307886/en-us
shows how to customize this. Whenever in doubt
check the option "Let Windows manage this."

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

When I looked for Performance Maintenance on Control panel it was not
there
There was a maintenance item but this did not show the items which
should have been there as indicated by Performance & Maintenance
Blair

In the Control Panel, click "System"
In the System Properties panel, click "Advanced"
Then, click "Settings"
Next, click "Advanced"
Finally, click "Virtual Memory"
On that final panel, select the button "System managed size"

This option is buried quite deeply.

Jim
Thanks Jim. Have carried it out
Blair

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:14:15 -0000, "bm" wrote:

I had a suspicion that more RAM was required
My PC is a Dell Desktop 1100 and has 512MB RAM
Would it be worth increasing it to 1GB



Maybe.


And is it practical?


Yes, but not necessarily worthwhile.

How much RAM you need for good performance is *not* a
one-size-fits-all situation. You get good performance if the amount of
RAM you have keeps you from using the page file significantly, and
that depends on what apps you run. Most people running a typical range
of business applications under XP find that somewhere around 512MB
works well, others need more. Almost anyone will see poor performance
with less than 256MB. Some people, particularly those doing things
like editing large photographic images, can see a performance boost by
adding even more than 512MB--sometimes much more.

If you are currently using the page file significantly, more memory
will decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance.
If you are not using the page file significantly, more memory will do
nothing for you. Go to
http://billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/winxp%5Ftweaks/ and download
WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your page file usage. That should
give you a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how
much more.



--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:14:15 -0000, "bm" wrote:

I had a suspicion that more RAM was required
My PC is a Dell Desktop 1100 and has 512MB RAM
Would it be worth increasing it to 1GB



Maybe.


And is it practical?


Yes, but not necessarily worthwhile.

How much RAM you need for good performance is *not* a
one-size-fits-all situation. You get good performance if the amount of
RAM you have keeps you from using the page file significantly, and
that depends on what apps you run. Most people running a typical range
of business applications under XP find that somewhere around 512MB
works well, others need more. Almost anyone will see poor performance
with less than 256MB. Some people, particularly those doing things
like editing large photographic images, can see a performance boost by
adding even more than 512MB--sometimes much more.

If you are currently using the page file significantly, more memory
will decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance.
If you are not using the page file significantly, more memory will do
nothing for you. Go to
http://billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/winxp%5Ftweaks/ and download
WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your page file usage. That should
give you a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how
much more.



--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

"Jose" wrote in message
...
On Nov 24, 3:47 am, "bm" wrote:
When I am viewing I Player I often get an interruption and a message
"Virtual Memory Minimum too low"
Can I change this? and if so how?
Blair

Unless you (or someone who set up your computer) knows more about
managing memory that XP, set the system up to "System managed size".

Reboot.

If you still see the messages regarding virtual memory they are not
errors, but instead informational messages telling you that XP is
doing it's job.

If you still have the message, THEN decide what to do and if anything
needs to be adjusted.

Some installed programs have optional components that consume a lot of
VM and you may not need them. Right now, it is anybody's guess.
Merely looking at things and guessing will not make the message go
away.

We can look at your system at determine with certainty where your VM
is going and what to do about it if needed.

Please provide additional information about your system.

Click Start, Run and in the box enter:

msinfo32

Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select
All, Copy and then paste
the information 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 it from the pasted
information.

This will minimize back and forth Q&A and eliminate guesswork.

Unfortunately I got the following message "Cannot access the Windows
Management Instrumentation Software
Windows Management files may be moved or missing
Blair