I don't think you've specified what version of Windows you're running.
That might be helpful.

  Assuming that this message is legitimate (I've never seen it or heard of
it before, so there's a slight chance that the software producing it is not,
in fact, a legitimate denizen of your machine...), the amount of virtual
memory in the system is determined by the combined size of all the paging
files.  (NT/2K/XP systems have have one per drive volume, not just one for
the whole system.)
  Windows will initially allocate the configured minimum size of paging
file, and then increase its sizer as needed to the configured maximum.  I
think Windows determines default values for these at installation, based on
the amount of RAM present -- perhaps you've added RAM to these systems
during their lifetime?

  Growth and shrinking of the paging file slows overall operation of the
system and promotes fragmentation of the files on that drive.  You can avoid
both by setting a fixed paging file size (minimum = maximum), and may be
able to further enhance performance by putting the paging file on its own
volume or even drive.  Your 2GB current maximu should do fine, and if you
set the minimum to that then the message will go away and performance should
improve a bit.

David Gillett


On 12 Dec 2004 at 22:08, Laurie Lusinski wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Laurie Lusinski
> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 4:06 PM
> Subject: "Windows Virtual Memory Too Low"
>
>
> Hello again, everyone!
>
> I have another question regarding my PC.  When I boot up sometimes
> lately I receive a message that reads as follows:  "Windows Virtual
> Memory Minimum Too Low.  Your system is low on virtual memory.
> Windows is increasing the size of your virtual memory paging file.
> During this process, memory requests for some applications may be
> denied."  My daughter at college with a two-year-old Dell PC is
> receiving the same message.  It doesn't appear all the time, nor does
> it seem to interfere noticeably with operations.  Should we be dumping
> or rearranging files?  My system information is:  Total physical
> memory--256 MB, Available physical memory--19.04 MB, Total virtual
> memory--2.00 GB, Available virtual memory--1.96 GB, Page File
> Space--1,009.71 MB.  Any advice would be really appreciated!!  Thanks
> in advance for all your help!!
>
> Laurie Lusinski

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