Virtual Memory Low!!!

Question

My computer says that my virtual memory is too low. Can someone tell me how to get more or something, I really need help!  Thanks

ravik521 · Answer

that means that your pc used up all its ram and is using virtual memory, 1. you can set virtual memory - higher and might make your pc slower 2. buy more ram please state what model and system specifications please.

spikefkight · Answer

When working with my computer, cleaning out cookies, caches, and files/folders. The memory usage keeps going up. We tried disc clean-up. Won't let us do a disc defragment (5% memory available). Went on line downloaded No adware programs to get rid of adware. That didn't help. Ran dianogonictics on hard drive with dell tech., everything O.K. there. Memory keeps getting eaten up. The more things we try the more memory that gets eaten up. Help??????

maxd · Answer

Download, install, update and then run this program. Delete all it finds. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html Also run an updated av scan.

hks308 · Answer

i have this one program (its free) and it cleans out cookies and temp files and everything. it will clean that up:  http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/

ravik521 · Answer

what are your system specifications and model?!?

spikefkight · Answer

we have a dell dimension 4700 series 512 mb ddr2 sdram 80gb hard drive. Yesterday my husband was flying his Combat Flight Simulator, so he turned it off using the power switch on the tower. Later when he turned it back on he had a message which said:Checking file system on C: the volume is dirty. The type of file system NTFS. Update AV scan. Do you think we need to do a system restore?

Does the system have some kind of virus? How do we get rid of it? What is this Major Geek website for?

spikefkight · Answer

What is the major geek web-site for? What do you download? How do you do a AV scan? and what's it for? What does AV scan stand for?

ravik521 · Answer

heres how i might solve your problem, go to start, and run. type cmd

then type chkdsk /f and press enter

then itll ask you to schedule it next reboot type Y and press enter and reboot

then give it some time, then when that is done, go back to run

type cmd

and type chdksk and press enter and we'll see what happens.

maxd · Answer

Erica,

I posted the AdAware download for your question; it removes bad software that could be consuming resources (memory). You may also have a bad driver or a corrupt pagefile. After you install AdAware, update it before your run the AdAware scan. Delete all it finds. Also run an updated AV scan. Post back whether or not these 2 scans help.

btw, av stands for anti-virus; one should always start there own thread for their own problem. Even though problem may be similar the solution may be totally different. Hard enough to help one person at a time. Thanks.

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Virtual Memory Low!!!

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