Virtual Memory Minimum Too Low

Here is a message I just received from my Computer.

Application popup: 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. For more information, see
Help.

Are there any computer procedures I should do as a result
of receiving such a message?

Thanks,

Maggie

 

Hi Halo,

Thank you for your response.

OS Is Windows XP Home.

This is the first time this message has appeared.

No, I haven't installed any new programs.

When the message appeared, I wasn't even working
on it. I was away from the computer and happened
to walk by and noticed the message.

No message at bootup or shutdown.

I had my Opera Browser running at the time of the message.

I haven't changed any settings on the computer.
I am trying to recall if I had multiple programs open just
before that message. That could be what happened.
To tell you the truth I really don't remember. Yesterday,
I bought my neighbors' computer at their garage sale.
Gateway with 17 inch monitor,Windows 98
and printer, plus software and 6 boxes of blank floppy
diskettes for such a low price that I couldn't believe it, so
I was playing on two computers all day yesterday.

Anyway, I really appreciate you responding to my message.
I'm a novice when it comes to these types of problems,
so I'd be interested in hearing any comments you might have
about the virtual memory.

Maggie

 

HI Halo,

Thanks for responding again, to my message.

Sorry for delay in writing back. It's been a busy
morning at my house.

I will check out the links that you mentioned and
will get back in touch if I start having more messages
regarding Virtual Memory.

I am still so excited about the deal I got on that
Gateway computer. I'm having great fun poking
around the hard drive to see what is on the computer.

Major Geeks is such an awesome website. Spending
time here, I've learned some things about security for
computers. I've learned about how to protect my computer from
spyware and have gotten and used the programs you all
recommend. I've dumped Norton's System Works,
in favor of one of the programs you all recommend,
Avast, which I like. I have learned alot by just sitting
here reading through the messages asking for help and all of
your responses, guiding people through their troubles with
their computers. Most of all, you all have been patient
with me, a newbie, and have taken the time to talk
with me about my computer problems. I am very
grateful for that.

Thanks again,
Maggie

 

Virtual Memory setting???

HALO is my virtual memory setting okay ???

I have winXP pro 512megs memory 20gigs hard drive...

My setting :custum size

initial size :384 megs
maximum size: 768 megs
free space :13 gigs

 

Hello, I have a Gateway Intel Pentium4 2.00GHz 256MB of RAM, Windows XP.
I was receiving the Virtual Memory too low message at start up of my computer. Then it started shutting down. and then it got to the point were everytime I tried to turn it on it would not boot I would get to Windows and then it would shut-down again. I gave the computer to a friend and he reformatted and reinstalled my computer programs (as you can tell I am not a computer whiz at all) So he seemed to have fixed the problem. But 2 days late which is today as I was on my computer I noticed that my Page File usage kept increasing it started out at about 240000 and slowley kept rising till it peaked at 645936 at which point I received the virtual memory too low message again and it increased to 756240. Do you have any idea what the problem may be?