> I am sorry I didn't finish answering your questions.
>
> Th
> I am sorry I didn't finish answering your questions.
>
> The circumstances.........I will be on a webpage and click
> on a link to a newstory, the machine will take forever to
> load the page and more often then not, I will get the
> message below.
>
> The first thing I do is look to see how many pages I have
> open. I will close down all of the pages and restart
> the computer. It will fix it for a while but then the
> same message will come up again. Usually within a
> week.
>
> The programs I have open..........
>
> Auto DSL connect
> Weather
> Yahoo Instant Messenger
> AVG for auto updates
> Yahoo Mail
>
> Then whatever windows of the net I am looking at.
>
> If I have more then those Start Up programs I don't know
> about them. Those are the ones I have selected to have
> open at start up.
>
> I hope that I have answered your questions.
>
> tannis z TN
>
> --- On Thu, 7/30/09, tannis zamora <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > From: tannis zamora <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Virtual Memory
> > To: "Don Penlington" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 7:47 AM
> > Hi Don and everyone,
> >
> > I naively thought that the message was standard.
> >
> > This is what it says.
> >
> > "Virtual memory running low. Windows is increasing
> virtual
> > memory file. During this process memory requests
> for
> > some applications may be denied."
> >
> > I have run SpyBot Search and Destroy, I only had 18
> entries
> > and they were tracking cookies. I have run my anti
> > virus software and there were no issues there.
> >
> > As I explained before, I have the maximum memory in
> this
> > machine, 1G.
> >
> > Do I need to reinstall my Windows XP PRO operating
> system?
> >
> > thank you for any help.
> >
> > tannis z TN
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 7/30/09, Don Penlington <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > From: Don Penlington <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Virtual Memory
> > > To: "Personal Computer Hardware discussion List"
> > <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 5:52 AM
> > >
> > > Tannis wrote:
> > >
> > > I am having a problem with
> > > Virtual Memory pop
> > > up messages>>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > That's too vague for anyone to analyse.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > You need to explain exactly what the messages
> say,
> > under
> > > what
> > > circumstances do they occur, and how often.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Is it only after the computer has been running
> for a
> > while,
> > > or on
> > > booting, or when opening certain programs?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > What happens if you turn the warning off?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The usual problem is having too many background
> > programs
> > > opening at
> > > startup, eating up too much of your available
> memory.
> > 1 Gb
> > > RAM is plenty
> > > for XP under normal circumstances.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Open Task Manager and see if there's anything
> eating
> > up
> > > unusual gobs of
> > > memory. Disable as many startups as you can (ie
> > everything
> > > not essential)
> > > and see if that makes a difference. You can do
> this
> > in
> > > Msconfig if you
> > > don't have a startup utility. (Run/type
> msconfig)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Run a full scan for viruses/trojans, it could be
> a
> > hoax
> > > message. AVG free
> > > does not rank as well as it used to. Avira free
> is
> > more
> > > wide-ranging as
> > > an antivirus and antimalware protection and uses
> much
> > less
> > > memory.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Don Penlington
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From the Beach at Surfers Paradise in sunny
> > > Queensland.
> > > Computer tutorials, local scenery, and other
> > > things at my
> > > website:
> > > http://users.tpg.com.au/deepend/index1.html
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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