Community Newsletter: Q&A: What do you mean, Windows Virtual Memory is too low?!

Windows XP Virtual Memory

In reply to: What do you mean, Windows Virtual Memory is too low?! by Lee Koo (ADMIN) 

Virtual Memory is an area on your hard-drive which Windows uses when physical memory(RAM)is being used.
As I understand it (although I am far from an expert) your machine has used all your physical memory and by all accounts, going by the message you received, nearly all of your virtual memory.
You may be able to solve this problem by increasing the size of your virtual memory as follows -:

1. Open Control Panel.
2. Double click on SYSTEM. This will show System Properties screen.
3. Click on ADVANCED.
4. Under PERFORMANCE click on SETTINGS. This will show the
PERFORMANCE OPTIONS screen.
5. Click on ADVANCED.
6. Under VIRTUAL MEMORY click on CHANGE this will display VIRTUAL
MEMORY screen.
7. Click on CUSTOM SIZE if not already selected.
The default values are -:
Initial Size (MB): 720 Maximum Size (MB): 1440
Make a note of your default values in case you have to change
them back.
8. Try INCREASING MAXIMUM SIZE to 2048, provided you have enough
available space. This is shown directly above Custom Size.
9. Click on SET.
10. Click OK.

As I have said I'm far from an expert in these matters, so if this does not help you should go through the above procedure and restore the settings to the default values they were before you changed them.

11. Your other option is instead of using CUSTOM size try clicking on
SYSTEM MANAGED SIZE. This may have been the default I'm not
sure.

BEST OF LUCK, I hope this helps you.