virtual memory???

[albal]

Anyone know what this is??? my lappie pops up and states;' virtual memory low.' What does it do And what can i do ???? Thanks

 

[gaz]

Your probably running out of space on your Hard Drive. Check how much space you have. Anything under 10GB can affect performance.

 

[rh100]

as Gaz said, or you are running to many app's at the same time. Virtual Memory is disk space that is used for temporary storage of information if you do not have enough RAM, but it is slower than RAM - so the more you use it the slower the PC can run. A RAM upgrade is always a good route to better performance - depends how much you have at the moment.

Best bet is to set VM to system managed - follow this link - but make sure it is set to windows managed, rather than custom as this guide suggests, this keeps it simple.

 

[numbnuts]

I get that too and I have 17.5GB of free space

 

[albal]

thanks rh100,
done that & it seems to have speeded it up a little as it was running slow.