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  1. August 10th, 2004, 08:23 PM #1
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    Virtual memory low - urgent....

    Hi everyone. I have a question having to do with virtual memory of win XP. I need sth like 1GB of RAM for a program I write (I have 256MB of physical memory). The problem is that after 600MBs are allocated, the program crashes because no virtual memory is available. This is happening even when I increase the ammount of virual memory from the control panel. Any ideas?
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  2. August 11th, 2004, 09:03 PM #2
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    disk full? buy more ram? (its cheap!!!)
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    Quote Originally Posted by cjard
    disk full? buy more ram? (its cheap!!!)
    No disk is not full, I have 2 GBytes of free space in C and 6Gb in D. I've set virtual memory used by windows in C up to 1Gb, though, as I told you windows doesnot use more than 600MBytes.
    Ram is cheap indeed (60-70 Euros for 256MB of RAM). But I've just returned from holidays and I don't have money not even for cigarets . And I want to go on holidays next week too.
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    which program is this? adobe photoshop? does it not have its own virtual memory thing?
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    Question Re: Virtual memory low - urgent....

    I have this problem too and it can't be anything to do with not having enough RAM?

    My system spec:

    MS XP PRO SP2
    Althon XP 1700 1.4MHz
    MSI Motherboard - KT3
    160GB Hard Drive (80GB free)
    1.8GB DDR 333MHz RAM
    Geforce4 8x AGP
    Dual Layer DVD Burner 8x

    All drivers up to date.

    Games crash back to the desktop on opening and IE crashes (Lucky I use Mozzila 1.6)

    I know others who have this problem too, some with XP Home edition with Service Pack 2
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    Re: Virtual memory low - urgent....

    2 things come to mind, either a severely fragmented hard disk, or windows has just finally had enough. Often times after several driver/hardware changes, windows slows down and can even become unstable. The best option is to run a repair install, I just did this recently and it worked wonders.

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    Re: Virtual memory low - urgent....

    Try the following

    FORMAT C:

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