Virtual memory minimum too low.

[urmilla71]

Hello Tek-Tips,
I have a very annoying problem.........i would appreciate any help with this.
I keep getting the message that Virtual Memory minimum is too low on a W2K machine with 256 MB RAM. When i check the Virtual memoery settings on this users machine this is what it is currently set at:-

Paging File Drive C:-
Initial Size:384MB
Maximum size:768MB

Total paging file size for all drives:
(machine had only 1 drive !)

Minimum allowed: 2MB
Recommended: 381MB
Currently Allocated: 20MB

HOW do i change that setting for the currenly allocated amount !

Thanks

 

[longlivegoku]

There should be a line at the top of the dialogue box that tells what your Paging File Size is right now...for example mine is 766-2048 MB. If it says the size is 20 up there then try entering the amount you would like in the initial size and maximum size and then clicking on the set button. This should change the size of the paging file. Sometimes there is a rights issue with the pagefile.sys in the root of C:\. If a user cannot access that file with full rights it sets the paging file to a default of 20 MB. You might want to check on that as well and see if you/the user has full rights to that file.

Good Luck!

Ed

 

[jpm121]

Wow Ed, that seems like an extremely huge paging file. What kind of apps are you running, and how much RAM do you have? I'm a firm believer that less is more when it comes to paging files, especially with the newer flavors of windows and cheap RAM prices. Just curious...

 

[longlivegoku]

The reason I have such a large paging file is because that is what AutoCAD suggests...I know it's huge. They say that your paging file should be set to 4 times the amount of RAM you have and I have 512 MB RAM. True I'm not an Engineer so I really wouldn't need to do this but I look at prints often and sometime need to work in AutoCAD to fix problems so I decided to set it up this way. Do you think it's a bad idea, not for me but for engineers, to have this set that high? For me I know I wouldn't have to. I have found with it set this high for the engineers that they no longer get the low memory errors they once got. I would be appreciative to hear any thoughts on this!

Ed

 

[jpm121]

You answered my question with one word -- AutoCAD!!!

My main machine runs 640 MB of RAM right now, and I have my paging file set at 100MB -- I want as little paging going on as possible. Of course, I'm not looking at engineering diagrams or anything like that -- a little light video editing once in awhile, desktop publishing, etc.

If it's not broke, don't break it.

 

[urmilla71]

Hi Ed,

thanks for response, but it did not help !

the users machine does have a paging file size of 384-768 set on the machine..........however he gets that message about low virtual memory a few times for the day and every time he logs in.

The users network account has full administrator rights on the machine.

any other ideas ?

thanks

 

[longlivegoku]

My question is this, what is the current allocated amount the user has right now? If it is only 20MB I'm almost sure they don't have correct rights to the drive. You need to set that up locally...not through a DC. Right-click on my computer and then click on manage. Under system tools there should be something called local users and groups. Expand that and then go to groups. Double-click the Administrators group and when that dialogue box comes up click add and then add the username of the user logging on to the machine...you don't want to set up a local user account on the machine but use the username from the domain the user uses to login to the machine. Let me know if this works or if I'm still way off!

Ed

 

[urmilla71]

Thanks, but i checked that already. The user's domain account is a member of the local administrators group.