What is Virtual Memory?
Virtual memory, or a page file or swap file as it’s otherwise known, is a file on your hard drive that Windows and other applications use in addition to physical memory (your RAM) on an as-needed basis. The usual size of this file is 1.5 times the amount of physical memory or RAM your machine is running. Virtual memory is the sum of physical memory and the page file, so if your system is running 512 MB of RAM, it will have a 768 MB page file by default, for a total of 1.25 GB of physical + virtual memory. In other words, Windows creates “virtual memory” when it doesn’t have enough RAM to run the applications and/or processes you’re using at the moment.
Reasons for low Virtual Memory.
There are several reason you would receive an error stating your system is running low on virtual memory, but most likely it’s because of two main culprits. The first being the simplest- you don’t have enough RAM on your system to keep up with the work you’re doing. In this case, you can simply upgrade your memory, which is a cheap proposition these days, or simply buy a more updated computer. The second reason is more common, and involves faulty and buggy software that more or less hogs your memory until Windows doesn’t know what else to do, thus giving repeated “your system is running low on virtual memory” errors.
Problem Solving Trick
Normally this warning message shows when you run many programs same time than the RAM installed on your computer is designed to support. Your can solve this problem by increasing the system paging file size also called as virtual memory. Using this virtual memory windows moving information to and from the paging file for fast processing. This will free up enough RAM for other programs to run properly.
To increase the system page file follow the give path:
Control Panel > System > Advanced > Click on Settings (Under Performance) > Advanced > Change
Here under Drive (Volume label), you have option to select any of your hard disk drive, but the best choice is, select any drive other than C drive for virtual memory.
Set the double Initial & Maximum Size of your Virtual Memory. Here set initial size 700 MB and maximum size up to 1000MB; you can change this size according to the free space available on your hard drive.
Virtual memory, or a page file or swap file as it’s otherwise known, is a file on your hard drive that Windows and other applications use in addition to physical memory (your RAM) on an as-needed basis. The usual size of this file is 1.5 times the amount of physical memory or RAM your machine is running. Virtual memory is the sum of physical memory and the page file, so if your system is running 512 MB of RAM, it will have a 768 MB page file by default, for a total of 1.25 GB of physical + virtual memory. In other words, Windows creates “virtual memory” when it doesn’t have enough RAM to run the applications and/or processes you’re using at the moment.
Reasons for low Virtual Memory.
There are several reason you would receive an error stating your system is running low on virtual memory, but most likely it’s because of two main culprits. The first being the simplest- you don’t have enough RAM on your system to keep up with the work you’re doing. In this case, you can simply upgrade your memory, which is a cheap proposition these days, or simply buy a more updated computer. The second reason is more common, and involves faulty and buggy software that more or less hogs your memory until Windows doesn’t know what else to do, thus giving repeated “your system is running low on virtual memory” errors.
Problem Solving Trick
Normally this warning message shows when you run many programs same time than the RAM installed on your computer is designed to support. Your can solve this problem by increasing the system paging file size also called as virtual memory. Using this virtual memory windows moving information to and from the paging file for fast processing. This will free up enough RAM for other programs to run properly.
To increase the system page file follow the give path:
Control Panel > System > Advanced > Click on Settings (Under Performance) > Advanced > Change
Here under Drive (Volume label), you have option to select any of your hard disk drive, but the best choice is, select any drive other than C drive for virtual memory.
Set the double Initial & Maximum Size of your Virtual Memory. Here set initial size 700 MB and maximum size up to 1000MB; you can change this size according to the free space available on your hard drive.
