VIRTUAL MEMORY SETTINGS

[IPW]

Hi Folks,

I have been getting frequent messages telling me I have run out of virtual memory.

I am running XP with 4GB DDR2 800. My HD is 500GB.

I went to the Virtual Memory page through Control Panel, Systems, etc and it tells me that my recommended Paging File size is 4990MB.

But, when I try and increase it to that number I am prevented doing so and a window opens telling me I may not go higher than 4096MB and it will not accept any attempt I make to go above that.

Any ideas anyone??

Thank you.

Ian

 

[pepe2907]

It's because there may not be files, larger than 4GB in the windows file system. You can't set your swap size to ~5GB having just one swap file. If you want to go to larger swap you'll need to create another swap file on another logical drive.
But I think it's better to buy more RAM if 4GB is not enough for you.

 

[IPW]

The RAM is already past the maximum that XP can use. Also, this is a very new problem and I have not added anything - hard or soft - to my PC for ages.

Can you direct me to where I can find out how to create another swap file?

Thanks

 

[Leaps-from-Shadows]

How often do you reboot? You evidently have an application that's using up much more memory than it should, and rebooting once a day might limit the consequences. Otherwise, you can try to find out which program is the offender.

If you only have one drive, you can only have one swap file.

 

[mikrev007]

About the size. PAE must be enabled, if you want page files larger than 4GB

 

[IPW]

Thanks folks.

Only have one hard drive and I reboot every day.

What is and how do I 'enable PAE'?