[simon1990]

i am on home edition and am using a emachines 2210, 2.60ghz, the other day there was a messege saying the virtual memory was lo and my pc is running fairly slow, i am doing virus scans, adware, malware, spyware, but nothing has come up,

my RAM is only 376mb and my HDD is 40gb, but i have only used half of my space on the hard disk drive,

any ideas??

thanks

[philthomas]

Check your Virtual Memory Settings :

Control Panel/System/Advanced, click Settings/Performance/Advanced ... by default XP sets these at 2.5 times your installed RAM .... for example if your RAM is 384mb, then 2.5 x 384 = 960mb.

[Axegrinder]

I'm sure its 1.5 times your installed RAM

[philthomas]

Originally Posted by Axegrinder I'm sure its 1.5 times your installed RAM

You are correct ...... I must learn to type a bit slower ... it is indeed 1.5 times

[epicz]

Originally Posted by philthomas You are correct ...... I must learn to type a bit slower ... it is indeed 1.5 times

you sure you just typed it too fast? because your math worked it out to 2.5* too

[philthomas]

yeah .... I was on autopilot

[opnight]

my virtual memory says 192mb, my RAM is like 640, so should i change it to 960?

[Dave Hybrid]

Originally Posted by opnight my virtual memory says 192mb, my RAM is like 640, so should i change it to 960?

You only need to change your virtual memory if windows tells you it is low and it has nothing to do with your actual RAM.

[opnight]

[quote=philthomas;50132]Check your Virtual Memory Settings :

Control Panel/System/Advanced, click Settings/Performance/Advanced ... by default XP sets these at 1.5 times your installed RAM.

ur telling me that it has nothing to do with RAM......

[Dave Hybrid]

You're misinterpreting what I'm saying.

When your actual RAM runs out you start to use Virtual Memory which is a smart name for hard drive space.

So unless you have a low amount of real RAM or XP is telling you have low Virtual Memory you really need not worry or change anything.

[opnight]

didnt say i did, but why would that say its usualy 1.5 times ur RAM if its not..

[Dave Hybrid]

But.... it's irrelevant how much you set it to if you have a good amount of real system RAM as you will NEVER use the virtual memory.

[opnight]

my pc sometimes says i have low virtual memory, is 640mb enough?

[Dave Hybrid]

Got there in the end...

If your PC is telling you that it is low then yes, set it to 1.5 times, so 960mb.