Low Virtual Memory - Comments Page 5

hi,bob
My computer is very slow what can i do to speed it up? thank you

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Had no clue what the message "low on virtual memory" meant until I read your article. Bought
more RAM and all's working well.

Thank you.

HOW TO FIX LOW VIRTUAL MEMORY PROBLEMMMMMMMMMMM

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Thank you for this most excellent resource! Kudos.

My computer has low virtual memory. I was told to get more ram. I see some external hard drives on E-Bay. Can it be external or does it need to be internal?

EDITOR'S NOTE: You've confused RAM with hard drive storage. What you need is a RAM memory stick, not a hard drive.

Thanks bob that helped tremendously I will be using your advise from now on.

Hi Bob I have a program in my add/remove program that I cannot get rid of it's getplus(r) is this spyware or malware? How do remove it?

Mr. Rankin,

I can't thank you enough for providing this free service! I am a grandmother of 5, and not computer literate at all, but I can read and follow directions, so THANK YOU for those directions! Providing this free service may not seem like much to you, but it is a godsend to me!

My problem is that it is VERY slow. I have Windows 2000. I read your articles several times, and followed everything I could. I now have Spybot, Avg, deleted Adobe reader, got Foxit, all updates for Windows. I have also been getting the low virtual memory msg for months now, and tried to follow your RX for "Windows Knows Best". Nothing changed when I hit set in the C drive, so I think Windows was already in control. I have screen shots if you need them.

I was unable to figure out how to clean up my startup folder. I even went to the two sites you recommend, and they were just too complicated for me! I’m confused by this part of the process! I have thousands of pictures and I keep thinking that I need to get them off of it, but the harddrive says that I have 40% free space!

That brings me to the disc defrag. I followed your directions exactly, disabled screensaver and everything running. There were LOTS of fragmented files, and very little free space showing, though it said I had 40%. Now there are very few fragmented files, plus it’s slower than it was before! I’m beginning to think I may need an exorcist!

Again, thank you so much for any help you can give, and have already given!

Gammy