Low virtual memory warning

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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
 
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
 
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