I noticed that my Windows 10 Laptop was getting slower and crashing. I found out that this was due to the virtual memory being too low!

  • Thread starter Thread starter JamesDick3
  • Start date Start date
J

JamesDick3

Guest
I went into Settings/System/About. Scroll down to Advance Settings. Under performance settings look at the size of the virtual memory. There is a low and a high figure. Mine was set at Low 16MB , High 1672 MB! In between was a suggested lower figure this was 1772MB! In other words the virtual memory settings were useless! I set to Custom with a lower figure above the suggested figure at 2412 MB and a High figure of twice this! Click apply on way out! You now need to reboot your PC and probably run a defrag if you have a lot on your hard Disk!HP AMD A12 8GB Ram 2TB HDD!

Continue reading...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

J
I just noticed that Windows 10 changed the default app for the .ost file type to Adobe Acrobat (with the red Adobe logo), and I can't figure out how t
Replies
0
Views
16
Jim D._001
J
J
I just noticed that Windows 10 changed the default app for the .ost file type to Adobe Acrobat (with the red Adobe logo), and I can't figure out how t
Replies
0
Views
7
Jim D._001
J
J
I noticed that my Windows 10 Laptop was getting slower and crashing. I found out that this was due to the virtual memory being too low!
Replies
0
Views
9
JamesDick3
J
E
Why was my "system managed" pagefile so small?
Replies
0
Views
28
ElliotGingold
E
B
Releasing Windows 11 Build 22621.1343 to the Release Preview Channel
Replies
0
Views
9
Brandon LeBlanc
B
Back
Top