What is Virtual Memory? How to optimize windows running very slow?

This is the very common problem with windows in the long run continued to display Low Virtual Memory Error. So let you first know what the Virtual Memory is and how it effect the system then late we will definitely look after on the ways on how to tackle it?

So the Virtual Memory is apart from the actual memory installed over a system. Suppose we are working on several programs at once or any particular programs demands more memory than is installed over the system, this is the situation when the concept of virtual of memory comes into effect. What windows do at such a time it allocates some % of hard disk space available to use as a part of memory for that program, the space used is called the virtual memory.

So how it affect the system performance? Though it is way of windows to tackele such a situation but nomatter how much space it uses, there are fair chances that overall system performace continues to go down because it is the single harddisk which has to be accesses for both data as well as being used as RAM.

So now what to do?

Though there are lots of reasons which make a pc  to perform slow like
Microsoft Registry Problems = Slow Computer!, Spyware/Adware, low RAM, De-Fragmenting Etc.


So below are the advices that  you can use speed up your pc:

I. De-Fragmenting
1. Right click of C Disk.
2. Click properties.
3. Click tools tab.
4. Click “Defragment now”.
5. Click Defragment.

II. You can search which process full use you cpu, and end the process. Using steps:
1. right click on the TaskBar.
2. click the Task Manager.
3. click the processes tab.
4. double click the CPU.
5. find if the “System Idle Process” is max.
6. if not right click and click end process.

III. Try optimizing Internet Explorer Browser

a. Check first the version
Click Help
Click About Internet Explorer
If you are using IE7 or version 7
1. Close IE
2. Click on Start
3. Click on Control Panel
4. Open Network and Internet Connections
5. Open Internet Options
NOTE: If Network and Internet Connections is separated just try to look for Internet Options
6. At Internet Options
7.Click on Advanced on the upper right
8.Click on Reset at the bottom portion
9.Click on Close
10.Click on Apply and OK
If you are using version 6
1.Click on Tools on the upper version
2.Click on Internet Options
3.Under General Tab Delete Files, Delete Cookies
4.Then Go to Security Tab, Click on Default Level
5.Then Go to Privacy, Click on Default
6.Then Go to Programs Tab, Click on Reset Web Settings
7.Then Go to Advanced Click on Restore Defaults
8.Click on Apply and OK

IV. Manage your start-ups. Your excess CPU usage is due to too many programs running in the background. You can cut these to barebones by alter your msconfig. Here is how:
1. Open your Start menu.
2. Click Run
3. In the command screen type “msconfig.exe”
4. In the “system configuration utility”,click either “service” or “startup” tab
5. Uncheck all programs that your are no longer using.
6. Click “OK”

And the last one is how you can manually increase your virtual memory hard disk space to avoid low virtual memory problems

System Properties —–Advance Tab——Performance Setting ——— Advance Tab and then setting the virtual memory size that should have to be managed according to  your hard disk available  space. There you can choose the custom size according to your hard disk space available.

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