virtual memory

Heyo forum-goers, what I am trying to do is sort of complicated but I'll try my best to explain it. Basically I'm trying to squeeze every ounce of potential out of my nearly outdated machine. First, my relevant system specs: - Windows 7 Pro 64bit - 2 IDE Hard drives - 5400rpm 80GB Maxtor, and...

I have been running into an issue lately with the following symptoms: -I get a low memory error message frequently even though I am not anywhere near using all my RAM. Typically I will have 1.3-1.5GB allocated and my system has 2GB of RAM. -Initially after bootup in the task manager my...

Okay, so I was trying to 'tweak' my laptop (HP DV7-1130us) which was recently upgraded to windows 7 home premium. I went into System Properties > Advanced > Performance > Advanced > Virtual Memory There, stupidly, I tried to maximize my memory speed and set a custom paging allocation of Minimum...

Hi everyone! I'm having some real issues getting Windows 7 to run on my computer. I managed to half solve one, but the torment continues and I haven't really got any idea why. Background: Clean install of W7 from download, followed by DVD, on a PC which was running XP Home perfectly: Intel...

I upgraded from Vista 64 to Windows 7 Home Premium 64, and I'm having some major issues. My control panel is completely borked. If, for instance, I load up control panel and on to uninstall a program, control panel will freeze and become unresponsive. Sometimes this results in explorer crashing...

Hi, I just got Windows 7 Home Premium OEM on a brand new computer (Fresh install). Install went without a hitch. However, I started noticing that whenever I startup the computer, the "Performance Options" Window pops up on startup. I believe it has something to do with the virtual memory. I...

I put a new game on my PC it loads fine however every time I try to play the game I a message "virtual memory must be enabled to play" I have been to the systems page and tryed changing the virtual memory in the performance setting section but that has not helped. has anyone else run into this...

1. Go to Start > Run, and type msinfo32 2. Go to Control Panel > Device Manager and look for any entry that has a yellow flag beside it 3. Download |MG| SIV (System Information Viewer) 3.36 4 Please fill out your computers specs in the User Control Panel here on the site as well. It will then...

I have Windows 7 build 7100 64 Bit, I have 4GB of memory. I have disabled virtual memory, when my memory usage reaches 2.66 GB a message comes up saying I should close a app. I have been playing Crysis and when my total system usage reaches 3GB Crysis crashes, it like Windows 7 is not using the...

Hey guys, My Pc is driving me nuts lately.. what keeps happening is my pc will randomly shutdown after no specific time interval and on occasion shows a blue screen just before powers out. The blue screen doesn't stay on for long so is very hard to read. Thanks alot guys, ps anymore specs you...

Hello all... I have been struggling with a difficult problem with my pagefile not working in windows 7 RC. Every time I start the computer and log in (Even in safe mode) It opens the performance options window (found under control panel > system > advanced system settings > Advanced tab >...

This probably has been mentioned somewhere but, I did not see it. My problems include the fact I can not run backup at all. After setup it runs maybe a third of the way and then proceeds to stop even though it's still running. I upped the virtual memory file to 4096 and 10000 which for...

Hai Thair I just took a look in my device manager and a rather unpleasent sight met my Link Removed - Invalid URL As you might expect i would be eager to fix these drivers as my system wont be running at full speed without them,However if i try to update any of the drivers within the network...

I am having a problem with 10's to 100's of blue dots on my screen. I can place a video feed or another computer on the monitor with no blue pixels. Additionally, the screen gets "fuzzy" in places. It is in spots, not a line completely accross the screen. It get worse at time and better at...

Hey, For some odd reason (didn't happen in Vista) I'm having a lot of memory issues, when opening several programs, like firefox and photoshop at the same time. When this happens, my resolution is reset to the minimum. I then have to reset, and when i do, my photoshop window is locked out (i...

Has anyone experienced any problems with the Language bar in Windows 7RC. When I first installed it I was able to install a Japanese keyboard and the Japanese language pack. I could switch languages and keyboards with no problem at all. Now I seam to have lost that ability. I can still swap the...

Hi there, I've been using Windows 7 now since 6th of May, and love it! I haven't had any troubles except 2, but this topic is meant for only one. I remembered an application called Everest, it lists all of your hardware and information about it, OS and stuff, really nice. It also has tab for...

I have a Promise Technoligy INC. Ultra 33 PCI card on my system. It holds 2 80gb WD HDDs. I have a 20gb and a 160gb hdd on one IDE Cable and a DVD Drive and a CD/DVD Burner on the other. So I need the card for the extra 160gb of space. My problem is, no drivers are available for it so I'm out a...

Why i just can not upgrade my vista to windows 7 beta , just can install a clear new one. Upgrading do not work ....why please ? MemoireVirtuelle

Hi -- I'm trying to add a paging file on a drive besides C:, but my other drives (all of which are working fine) aren't showing in the virtual memory window. (see screen capture in attached file.) This is very odd: a few hours ago, I was seeing all of my drives there, and now they're gone. So I...