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I will check manual etc before getting anything then, and let you know its instructions before i upgrade anything.
Thanks again for help and advice, i will prob get on with it around weekend.Ok Telstar – I am around today and tomorrow but then am off on holiday on the 31st March until 9th April. so if I am not available i am sure that Anubis or Owen Kash can assist you.
@ellen wrote:
@forumhostpb wrote:
Hi Ellen, so that we can assist you can you post the answers to the following:
1. What is your computer’s Operating System? (e.g. Windows 98SE; ME; 2000; NT; XP Home; XP Pro etc).2. What is the processor speed? (e.g Pentium 4, 1.5 GHz; AMD Athlon 2.0 GHz etc etc). think its pentium 4
3.How much RAM do you have installed at the moment? (e.g 64MB; 128MB; 256MB etc etc) 64mb i believe
4. How many ‘running processes’ are there currently on your computer at startup? (i.e how many programmes are loaded up and ready to go when you start up?). i get messenger& bullguard. so 2
5. Is you computer a PC or a laptop? pc
There are several ways to assist you with your issue, but answers to the above questions will help to point us in the right direction for YOUR computer.[/color]
You said you think you have only 64mb of ram instaled but yet you have a Pentuim4 instaled? Are you sure? You can check by going start> control panel>system and click on the tab that says general, it will be listed on there. Having a P4 instaled on a computer that has 64mb of RAM instaled dont make sense, it’s like having a Ferrari with a Moped engine in it.
The reason i ask is because it takes 256mb of RAM to boot XP efficiently. Your RAM must be struggling to run your computer. If you have only 64mb of RAM your paging file (VM) must be massive.
In laymans terms your using a shovel when you should be using a JCB!!.
RAM=Speed.
LMAO @ Ferrari with a Moped engine…………. :D
ooooooh im so sorry!!!!!! :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
here we go!
2.93Ghz
256mb ram
celeron(R)
dell dimension 3000Hi Ellen,
try this…
>Start
>Control Panel
>System
>Advanced
Under ‘Performance’
> Settings
Here in ‘Visual Settings’ you can adjust the performance of your pc.
I have mine set to ‘Adjust for best performance’ but you might prefer to
use ‘Let Windows choose what’s best for my computer’.
If you Click ‘Advanced’ you can change your Virtual Memory settings.
It should tell you the minimum size and the recommended size for your
paging file.
The minimum size for my system is 2MB
The recommended size is 382MB
I have it set to 512MB
I hope this helps. :wink:hi owen,
ive just set mine to 520 so hopefully when i next log on it will be great.
ty for your help and yours PB! owe ya both one !!!! :wink:
@ellen wrote:
hi owen,
ty for your help and yours PB! owe ya both one !!!! :wink:Mrs PB won’t let PB have “one” so can I have two? :P
pml owen, ok you can have two. ive now set it 650 just to make sure pml!!!!!!
what would ya like owen? :wink:
@Ow£n Ka$h wrote:
Hi Ellen,
try this…
>Start
>Control Panel
>System
>Advanced
Under ‘Performance’
> Settings
Here in ‘Visual Settings’ you can adjust the performance of your pc.
I have mine set to ‘Adjust for best performance’ but you might prefer to
use ‘Let Windows choose what’s best for my computer’.
If you Click ‘Advanced’ you can change your Virtual Memory settings.
It should tell you the minimum size and the recommended size for your
paging file.
The minimum size for my system is 2MB
The recommended size is 382MB
I have it set to 512MB
I hope this helps. :wink:LMAO a 512mb paging file??? wtf?
I think this is seriously bad advise as your just hiding the problem and causing massive HDD usage :? (This is why Microsoft recommend a 382mb paging file). And while your adjudsting the perforamance settings of Ellens XP, why did’nt you tell Ellen to instal Windows 98, you might just of well of done.
Ellen if your running 256mb of RAM, sure the comps going to be slow but you should’nt be getting paging file errors. I can’t tell you the reasons your getting VM errors but there is something that’s using alot of RAM on your comp and it definatley needs investigating. I’m sure there’s many users on here that use 256mb with XP and have no VM probs.
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