Low virtual memory warning

[Guest Larc]

I occasionally get a warning that my virtual memory is low on a system with

WinXP Pro SP3. I don't see how that's possible. Min of 2MB and max of 50MB is

set for drive C, and min of 50MB with max of 1GB is set for drive D (separate

HDD as MS suggests). XP has never even created a page file on C, and the one on

D is only about 51MB. Both HDDs check out A-OK.

 

In the two years this computer has been running with that same setup, there was

never once a low virtual memory warning until now.

 

Coincidentally, the exact same thing recently started happening with a friend's

WinXP Home SP3 system. His virtual memory setup is similar to mine.

 

Any ideas?

 

Larc

[Guest Jim]

Re: Low virtual memory warning

 

 

"Larc" <larc@notmyaddress.com> wrote in message

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>I occasionally get a warning that my virtual memory is low on a system with

> WinXP Pro SP3. I don't see how that's possible. Min of 2MB and max of

> 50MB is

> set for drive C, and min of 50MB with max of 1GB is set for drive D

> (separate

> HDD as MS suggests). XP has never even created a page file on C, and the

> one on

> D is only about 51MB. Both HDDs check out A-OK.

>

> In the two years this computer has been running with that same setup,

> there was

> never once a low virtual memory warning until now.

>

> Coincidentally, the exact same thing recently started happening with a

> friend's

> WinXP Home SP3 system. His virtual memory setup is similar to mine.

>

> Any ideas?

>

> Larc

Set the one on the D drive to system managed. What you see can be caused by

a program

which reserves more than 1 GB in the page file. Perhaps the program never

needed that much pagefile space until now.

Jim