virtual memory

[steeveg]

  my laptop has started to run very slow the last few weeks,i got a crash and blue screen this week so have to sort it out,it also takes about 15 min to get online in the morning,i have tried  disk clean up, adware and virus scans, start up applications to a min.dosent need a defrag,i have plenty of free space on my hard drive, i keep getting a message virtual memory to low ,i have deleted everything i dont need on laptop so dont know what else to do to help increase the memory, i have read online advice saying i should increase my virtual memory settings,at present the setting is 336-672, advice given is change to 4096,that seems a massive change, just wondering if it is safe to do this and will this help.

[Bongo]

Safe, probably help. What has changed that you now need more virtual memory?

[steeveg]

Safe, probably help. What has changed that you now need more virtual memory?

i wish i knew bongo, i had problems months ago,i read the thread on here on start up applications which made a big difference to performance ,it just has gone worse over the last few weeks,could it still be programs running in backround even though i have set start up applications to a min

[Bongo]

start > run > taskmgr

click on the processes tab and then the mem usage heading... What's using all your mem?

[steeveg]

firefox 69,918
vsmon   9,158
explorer 6.988
sychost   9,808

sods law its ok at the mo, i rarely use internet explorer

[Bongo]

Looks fine from that...

I have loads with way more ram usage than that!

[steeveg]

yeah, i have not played any poker today, have a problem on bluesquare some times, first time i have not loaded it today for a few weeks, just wonder if thats the problem.

[Raindogs]

Probably best to use a system managed Pagefile.  If you are using XP you can set the Pagefile to a System Managed size which should automatically adjust the Pagefile to ensure your PC always has sufficient Virtual memory.
 
Goto Control Panel -> System -> Advanced and then hit the Settings button in the Performance frame.  You will get a Performance Options popup.  Select the Advanced tab and at the bottom you will see a Virtual Memory frame at the bottom.  Click on the Change button and select System Managed Size, then click Set.  You will then need to re-boot.  XP should then set your Pagefile according to the amount of RAM you have installed and your memory usage.

[steeveg]

thanks for help,ive upped the virtual memory , if it dosent improve performance. i will try the pagefile,

[ItsMrAlex2u]

Safe, probably help. What has changed that you now need more virtual memory?

i wish i knew bongo, i had problems months ago,i read the thread on here on start up applications which made a big difference to performance ,it just has gone worse over the last few weeks,could it still be programs running in backround even though i have set start up applications to a min

Could someone post the link to the start up applications thread please?

ta

[steeveg]

i think this is  the link.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=31824.0