Geek and Gadgets

Have you experience to see a pop up message saying, 'Your system is low on virtual memory. Windows is increasing the size of your virtual memory paging file'? And I bet your windows runs slower during the time you receive that message.

I had encounter the problem above and I keep on wondering what is the cause and how can I fix this problem. So now I will show you how to find the cause.

1. Open Windows Task Manager by hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del. Then the Task Manager will appear like below. Take note that below, the Applications tab is opened. Now you have to open the Processes tab just next to the Applications tab.


2. Click View and then Select Columns.


3. A Select Column window will appear. Check the Virtual Memory Size box and click OK as highlighted below.


4. Now you have the VM Size column added to your Processes tab. Click the VM Size column twice as highlighted below to arrange them from the largest to the smallest.


Now you can know the brat who use up a lot of virtual memory in your computer. As in the Task Manager above, both Firefox and Photoshop use up majority of the virtual memory. This is because I let the Firefox browser open for almost 24 hours and the Photoshop program which I downloaded it somewhere is either poorly copied or poorly debugged.

Some applications will use up a lot of virtual memory when you open them for a long period. Applications that are poorly written and debugged also can cause this problem. They will cause your computer to be more unresponsive and you end up to restart your computer.

To solve this problem, you shouldn't let your computer on or the applications open for a long time. If you encounter the virtual memory low message, just do the steps above to look for the source and once you have identify it, please contact the support of the software vendor for further help or maybe some update patch.