Q: I have almost 5 gigs of space left, and My PC is still running slow. also the message popup comes up and tells me I am running low on virtual memory and that it is increasing size. I don't get it.
A: The reason you are getting the message is because you may not have a lot of RAM in your computer to run your OS and some software you have. So your computer has been using Virtual Memory to compensate. Virtual Memory is Hard Drive Space that is used like "RAM" when processing applications (running them) on your computer. Now that you have used up most of your Hard Drive Space (and like the other person said) part of that may be "fragmented" it is running out of Hard Drive Space that it can "swap information in and out" of using virtual memory. Solutions (remember you randomly have to reboot the computer, especially after running a lot of memory hogging programs. An example is WoW or any other on-line game): 1. Clean out your recycling bin and run the disk cleanup. 2. Clean up your Temporary Folders and Cookies. 3. Delete any documents you no longer need. (That you created, do not randomly delete files) 4. Un-install software that is not being used (through Add/Remove Programs). 5. Run Defrag. 5. Increase your virtual memory size (but this still requires you to open up) Hard Drive Space.
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