virtual memory on my pc?

Here is what happening when you have a warning sign showing " virtual memory is low warning". Your computer uses physical memory, aka RAM, and virtual memory. Virtual memory is used to simulate more RAM when your computer is reaching its maximum CPU and RAM usage. It very similar to a bucket filling up with water. If your CPU needs water you can bring this resources to it. But your bucket size is limited. The more programs you use and disk space the more water is needed. But you can only deliver the set amount of water because your bucket size is limited. The bucket is your RAM. However, you can use a spare bucket to quickly to help meet the demand. The virtual memory is that spare bucket.

You can change your virtual memory by altering amount of free resources for your computer to use for it, in a sense making the spare bucket bigger. Virtual memory uses free space as a resource. So you can change the the amount free space reserved for the Virtual memory.

When you get to the Virtual Memory menu select the Custom Size check box. Then choose the initial size and the max size. Depending on how much free space you have you can choose what that amount of free space you want. If you are still confused the link below has a visual step by step instructions.

1.Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2.Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.

3.On the Advanced tab, under Performance, click Settings.

4.Under Virtual memory, click Change.

5.Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file that you want to change. In most computers its C:

6.Under Paging file size for selected drive, click to Custom size check box. You can enter the amount of memory you would like to reserve for Virtual memory by entering the initial and maximum size.

7.Click Set

Hot tip: Keep the initial and maximum size the same to cut down on your CPU access. This will stop your CPU from constantly change your Virtual memory paging size. Also set the size 1.5 times higher than your physical memory.

Hope this helps!

If it says you need more virtual memory then you really need more physical memory.....you should consider an upgrade Illustrator CS3 is notoriously hungry for RAM

digital memory is a momentary storage utilized by utilising a working laptop or computer to run classes that want greater memory than it has. as an occasion, classes would have get admission to to 4 gigabytes of digital memory on a working laptop or computer's stressfulpersistent, whether the computer has in ordinary terms 32 megabytes of RAM. this technique records that doesn't at present slot in the computer's memory is saved into paging archives. in the journey that your pc digital memory is in basic terms too low, you may desire to place in greater RAM card. occasion, now yours is 128MB RAM, attempt to place in 256MB or greater is greater useful. that is going to resolve the difficulty.

Page files can cause memory leaks so try to stay away from this method as a way of gaining RAM.

start by running defrag. if memory is REALLY an issue go buy a memory upgrade. virtual memory isn't as fast or effective as the real thing.

It takes up alot of resources.

You will need to upgrade your RAM most likely.

www.Crucial.com

They detect the RAM you use and the type you need. Then they offer you RAM for affordable prices!

Hope I helped!

Good luck!

Not really. Close all other programs when you play and look into buying more RAM.