Virtual memory low ?

**wonwinglo** · 06-08-2006

Tried to open a few pictures on my computer this morning and got this come up 'Virtual Memory low' why has this suddenly appeard out of the blue ?
I have plenty of RAM 512 mb,1.81 GHZ Processor,AMD Athlon XP2200 so why this message ?
What do I need to do to get back to normal ?

**John** · 06-08-2006

Press alt+ctrl+del to bring up your task manager and click on the process tab, see if you have anything that's using an abnormal amount of memory

**wonwinglo** · 06-08-2006

Here you are John,you will know what you are looking for-

**John** · 06-08-2006

dfrgntfs.exe is the Windows defrag program and using 50MB of memory. If it is running automatically, do the following to disable it:

Open REGEDIT

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction

Change the value of the key "Enable" from Y to N

Then reboot

**wonwinglo** · 06-08-2006

Sorry John,I was doing a defrag as I took the screenshots hence this is showing,anything else on there that stands out as high usage ?

**John** · 06-08-2006

I would probably say your biggest problem is your using Norton security and firewall and also have a trojan checker running, which may also conflict, I wouldn't install any Norton product now, it's bloat ware and can cause a lot of problems and slow down with your system

AerynPk · 06-08-2006

Barry the oter thing that your computer might be running slow and using to much memory is becuase you have too much programmes running in the background. If you where to have easycleaner then it can clean all the unnesscary files and files that might be cloging up your pc which are not needed. i found that it works like a charm and also it stops certain programmes running in the background.

**wonwinglo** · 06-08-2006

***I remember you saying before that you were not keen on Nortons John,what do you use as a firewall and as a security measure ? is there a better alternative ?

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Originally Posted by John

I would probably say your biggest problem is your using Norton security and firewall and also have a trojan checker running, which may also conflict, I wouldn't install any Norton product now, it's bloat ware and can cause a lot of problems and slow down with your system

AerynPk · 06-08-2006

Barry me and dad use AVG Free which is free to download and it never conflicts with windows.

**wonwinglo** · 06-08-2006

Char,is this the one that you use ?
http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm
I already have Bub Doctor would that not do the same thing ?

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Originally Posted by AerynPk

Barry the oter thing that your computer might be running slow and using to much memory is becuase you have too much programmes running in the background. If you where to have easycleaner then it can clean all the unnesscary files and files that might be cloging up your pc which are not needed. i found that it works like a charm and also it stops certain programmes running in the background.