how can i increase my PC virtual memory? and what is the use of virtual memory?
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Virtual memory is a part of your hard drive that your OS fixes to load the programs while running. The physical memory or the RAM may not be sufficient to accomodate all the running programs, in that case a part of hard disk is allocated to the  program so that when ever that part is required to be executed  can be loaded into RAM.\n\nIf you are using Windows XP:\nAdvanced -> Performance -> Settings -> Advanced -> Virtual Memory -> Change
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You can compare the RAM in you computer to the workspace on a desk. The more memory you have, the larger the workspace and the smoother things run. Windows uses "Virtual Memory" to make sure you always have some RAM free to use. It writes some of the less important items to a "Swap File" or" Page File" on your hard drive, and keeps them ready to be reloaded after you finish using which ever program needed the memory more. Its kind of like taking the least important papers off of your desk and putting them in a drawer to make room for something more important. They're still there, safe and sound waiting for you to grab them up again, but they're not on your dektop with everything else. Understand the metaphor? You can run out of Virtual Memory for a couple of reasons. Is your hard disk getting pretty full? Since your hard drive is where the "Swap file" needed for virtual memory is stored, with your disk full, you may no longer be able to store the file in its entirety. If thats not the case, you may want to change the size of your Virtual Memory. You can do it by right clicking on MY COMPUTER go to PROPERTIES, click on the ADVANCED tab, where you see it say PERFORMANCE  click on SETTINGS, then click on the ADVANCED tab, down where it says VIRTUAL MEMORY click change. Usually "System Managed Size" works fine, but if you're having trouble with this one, then up it a couple hundred MB with "Custom Size." And of course, getting more RAM never hurts either.
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well, your question is a little fuzzy but let's give it a shot:\n\nvirtual memory is just some space on your hard disk. It is used when the real memory runs out; a program that is not currently active/running but loaded into memory can be 'swapped out': it is saved to the hard disk (virtual memory) and will be read in again when it is needed. This way the computer can pretend it has more memory than it actually has.\n\nNow if you open a very heavy webpage on a system that is already low on memory it is quite possible the the computer needs to save some other programs to the virtual memory.\n\nDoes this help?
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You can do what the above person said. You can also increase your page file. A page file is empty space on your hard drive that your system will use as extra memory. You can try to increase this by RIGHT-clicking on the My Computer icon, go to properties. Click on Advanced. Click Settings under performance.\nAgain, click the advanced Tab.\nNear the bottom, it should say Virtual memory. Click the Change button.\n\nMost systems will have system managed as default. If your "Currently Allocated" is near the recommended. I suggest entering a custom value. Depending on your system, 512-1024 is very sufficient. However...if your system starts to lag, you might want to play with it a lil. Hope this helps.
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i dont understand your question. Memory is hardware. so if you read into what type of slot your mother baord has you can upgrade memory with that type. If you want a performance boost  you can look into what services you have on that you don't need. After obtaining a spreadsheet of the services and there function along with weather you need it or not. You can go to services and deactivate the ones you dont need. Like the one that makes the blue windows interface, that slows your computer down so much that its rediculus. You can also increase the virtual ram?\n\nOK in order to do this. You right click the My computer Icon first. Then you select preferances. Then you select the advanced Tab. Then you hit the settings tab under performance. There select the advanced tab.\n\nyou will see the virtual memory section there. Hit change.\n Under your C drive local disk you can selct custOm size.\n\nThere is an equation to give  you the best posible size depending on your processor and hard drive. It must be a hex number meaning it is dividable by 8.
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Increase your ram asap.\n\nRunning winXP on a 64mb machine is silly.
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You are definitely advised not to mess with your registry.  For one thing, it is a very arcane area that requires a very great deal of savvy to deal with correctly, and very easy to mess up seriously.\n\nFor another, there is no "registry memory."  Memory is either the hardware on the mainboard and the ram modules, or the "virutal memory," an area on the hdd written to by the os and devices.\n\nYou can increase the amount of space devoted to virtual memory by going here:\n\nStart, Control Panel, System, System Properties, Advanced Tab, Performance, Settings, Advanced, Virtual Memory, Change.\n\nYou should set it such that the maximum is 1.5 times the amount of physical ram.  If you have, say, 512 of ram installed, it should then be 768.  If you are having trouble with games, you can set it higher and get some improvement, but the real, effective solution is to get more physical ram.
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You don't. The amount of video memory you have depends on how much is built into your video card, or your motherboards on board video. You can't increase it without getting a new video card, anymore than you can increase the amount of ram you have without buying and installing new ram.
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To put it simply...\nYour operating system (OS) needs a given amount of memory (RAM) to operate.  The more you run at once (or even between reboots), the more this number increases.  If you don't have enough RAM installed, the OS uses your hard drive to simulate the missing RAM.\n\nThis becomes a problem when you use the hard drive too often for swapping, because RAM is very fast...much faster than a hard drive; it takes way longer to read and write from the hard drive, and your computer will lag.\n\nTo increase your virtual memory (this is a mouthful), go into Control Panel and open "System" (or right click on My Computer and choose Properties).  \nClick the "Advanced" tab, click "Settings" under Performance, click "Advanced", and click "Change".  All your settings are there.  I would recommend leaving it on "System Managed Size".\n\nTry:\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/virtual-memory
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What is going on in your system is that all the programs your running take up a certain ammount of RAM and the system alots a certain amount of RAM for each program. Virtual Memory is not "actual" RAM instead it is swap space created by the system to switch out processes that need to use the actual system memory. Now what is happening is that the processes that your are running are taking up so much memory that the ram nor the v-memory can handle it so your system will start to slow down and this will also cause damage to your HDD. There are 2 ways to fix this 1. get more memory, clean out the dust in your case, & defag your HDD or 2. encress the size of v-memory but i warn against this because over time i can thrash your HDD up and may eventually crash it.
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My corporation uses a program called: Encryption Plus Hard Disk from a company called PC Guardian\n\nalso to increase virtual memory you can adjust the available memory limit under the advanced tab of the system properties dialog
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Your computer has so much memory (128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, 1GB etc ...)  But sometimes your computer needs more, so Microsoft found a way to utilize a portion of your hard drive and called it "Virtual Memory".
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may be our RAM capacity to share some space to display card.\n\nu can try to increase virtual memory.\nHow ? using 98 as My computer Property to advanced/performance tab in virtual memory button to set min 1500-2500 in any other drive c:,d:\n\nhow? using XP go to My computer Property to advanced tab in performance button in virtual memory button to set min 1500-2500 in any other drive c:,d:
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po-up saying your virtual memory is low or is it something more like "you need more memory, click here"\nif its "virtual memory is low or has been adjusted" then that is something windows does....you can increase your virtual memory by right clicking on the my computer icon, select properties and go to the advaced tab...then under performance click on the settings button, then the advanced tab then under virtual memory click on the change button......you can select the drive and how much or little virtual memory is used on each hard drive or you could go with the reccomended or set it manually.\n\nIf its the second possibility "click here to fix" that is more likely some sort of adware.
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right click on "my computer"-properties-advanced- performance settings-advanced-virtual memory-change-select each partition and put initial siza and max size of memory.then set-finish
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Are you referring to Virtual Storage (Also called Virtual Memory)?\n\nVirtual memory or virtual memory addressing is a memory management technique, used by multitasking computer operating systems wherein non-contiguous memory is presented to a software application as contiguous memory. The contiguous memory is referred to as the virtual address space.  The vitual address space is typically 4-10 times the size of the actual physical memory.\n\nThe term "virtual memory" often involves the use of "memory swapping" (or "page/swap file" use).\n\nIn technical terms, virtual memory allows software to run in a memory address space whose size and addressing are not necessarily tied to the computer's physical memory.
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Restart your computer.  You're prob out of virtual memory.