-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Virtual Memory

  • From: "Sir Troth" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 12:14:25 -0500

Not sure if you mean 584 is your virtual RAM or your true physical RAM.
Check your physical RAM by right-clicking on MY COMPUTER and doing PROPERTIES. 
Right there on the GENERAL tab on the bottom should show how much RAM you have.

Now... multiply that number by 1.5. So, if you have 512 MB of RAM, 1.5 of that 
should be 768. That's what your virtual RAM should be. But, if you think you 
need more, by all means use more. If you have 1GB of RAM, that's 1024 MB. 
Multiply that by 1.5 and you have 1536 MB.

To change the virtual RAM settings, you right-click on MY COMPUTER and do 
PROPERTIES. Then click ADVANCED. Then go to the PERFORMANCE SETTINGS on top. 
Then click the ADVANCED tab. Then on the bottom, where it says VIRTUAL MEMORY, 
click CHANGE. The enter the same number under INITIAL and MAXIMUM size, under 
custom settings.

---Troth

----- Original Message -----
From: betty
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:51 AM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Virtual Memory

I just checked again, and it is 584. I still don't know what that means,
nor what what it should be. Sure would appreciate the specifics, 'cause
everything is real slow when I'm using Adove Photo Elements, which is
almost every day!
BTW, on Firefox Revisited, I'm walking on eggshells, so to speak, using
my computer; trying hard not to use peripheral stuff, until I can gather
enough money for a new hard drive, and someone to install it. I hold my
breath every time I log on!

Betty

Sir Troth wrote:

>486 doesn't sound right. Check the RAM again, and multiply it by 1.5 and 
>that'll give you a starting number you can use. Adjust from there if you think 
>you need more. I think by default WinXP already sets it to 1.5x your true RAM.
>---Troth
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: betty
>Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 3:25 PM
>To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Virtual Memory
>
>Hi, everyone:
>I've been following this thread, because I too, have a virtual memory   
>problem
>I work a lot in Adobe Photo Elements, and that's when I always have the   
>trouble.
>
>I followed your directions, and being another math deprived person, I   
>have no
>idea how much memory I have after seeing my figure at...I think it was   
>486. At
>any rate, I changed it to 686. Did I do right? wrong? perfect? Or did I just
>reaffirm my dummyness?
>
>Betty
>
>milady wrote:
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>
>>Guess I have enough then.. I have double 512 so what I have must be it.
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