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This is a common issue. Let me emplain what is happening exactly: Your computer loads your programs into something called memory (or RAM) when you use them. Sometimes however, there isn't enough memory to run those programs, so windows tries to compensate for this by using something called "virtual memory," which is hard drive space made to act like memory. This allows you to run all those programs, though at a speed cost (which makes me think your computer must be running rather slow when this happens). This problem can be fixed easily. First, right click the "My computer" Icon and click on properties. It should bring up a box with information about your computer. Click on the "Advanced" Tab and then click on the "settings" button under "Performance" which will bring up another box called "performance options." Next, click on the "Advanced" tab of this, and you should see at the bottom a button that reads "Change." That should bring up one last box with the title "virtual memory." Now, click on the circle next to "Custom size" and on where it says "initial size" type 1024 and on the maximum size type 1536. Then click on the button "set" (don't forget to do this, otherwise no changes will be made). Click OK and restart the computer. This might seem like a complex procedure, but it's quite easy. Something I'd actually recommend even more is to buy more memory for your computer as virtual memory degrades slightly the computer performance, and for sure you will not get that same error message. i hope this helps.
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Mine is a sony laptop and is set to 1536 init an 3072 max but still runs slow ????
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The above can help if your getting the error "Windows Virtual Memory too low"
If your laptop is running slow it can be for many reasons.
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Like the original poster said, it is better to buy more ram than to start pushing your virtual memory higher if it is speed you are after, as virtual memory is slower because it is using your hard drive, setting it too high can actually make your computer slower than it already was to start with.
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