Low Virtual Memory - Comments Page 3

Could you please help me. I would like to buy more memory. What kind of information do I need about my computer when I go shopping and how can I get that information.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This should help: http://askbobrankin.com/adding_memory.html

i made what you have say but still my computer is very slow... please help of these.....

why are you saying to fix registry problems are completely 100% free on one of your sites when you get on them the want to charge you for the fix-I don't get it why don't you tell where the completely free-free sites are-they don't fix any problems without a registration number which you can't get without paying for it.

EDITOR'S NOTE: You're on the wrong page. See http://askbobrankin.com/do_i_need_a_registry_cleaner.html

I have low virtual memory and my computer has been updating or something for about 12 hours now. Apparently it is windows doing something that is set up to do automatically. How long will it take to complete?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Maybe a defrag in process? Or downloading XP SP3 on a dialup line? Ouch.

Hi I'm having this virtual memory problem also. I have 2 gigs of Ram. My comp is defraged and everything. According to a software program I have, my memory was at like 70 percent free about 10 minutes before it happened. My comp had a virtual memory crisis when opening a program that appears to only use 10,000 Virtual memory. It was processing for about 5 minutes and still going before I decided to manually shut off the computer. That error message did come up in task bar.

I'm checking my virtual memory usage through task manager. I can post a screenshot if that would help, but I'm having a hard time finding the memory leak. 1 program does seem to stick out, though. It seems to be using 5,000 k on mem usage but 250,000k on Virtual memory. It seems stuck there though. It's ssu.exe which is a Spysweeper program that keeps my comp clean of spyware, especially when visiting certain sites with bad advertisers.

I'm not sure if that's abnormal or not, as I don't see the virtual or regular memory getting bigger, like I think happens with memory leaks?

I have also been having trouble with Internet Explorer. I open a few tabs and a tab will get stuck on a blank white page with the name saying it's connecting but nothing is processing. I think it may be linked to the virtual memory problem but not sure. Thanks for the help.

Thanks for the site, information on the virtual memory has proved quite useful.

thanks for your help my pc start working perfectly well

I get random VM crashing when i surf the internet or just sit and watch the screen. Only time it doesnt crash is when i am playing games. I have reformated the drive to nothing but the basics and it still does it. Currently have 3 gig of memory and tons of drive space now ( 121 gig on C ). Running windows XP with all the latest updates and i have no clue whats causeing it. My only thought is that its something to do with one of the Windows updates not likeing something on my system. Only reason for that thought is my dads laptop has vista and he installed an update and his wireless mouse no longer worked untill he restored back to a previous setting. Any help regarding this issue would be greatly appreciated.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Sounds like you may have a flaky RAM stick. Try swapping them out one at a time.

Well i tried swapping out the memory sticks and it still does it. BUT, when i move the same memory to the other bank it runs fine..atleast so far it has been. Would a bad memory bank on the board cause something like that to happen ? Doesnt make any sense to me but then again i have had stranger things happen.

Well as soon as i hit Post Comment button..BANG!! The low VM window pops up. I'm at a complete loss as to whats causeing this to happen.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Did you try changing the virtual memory settings in Windows?