Hi all. Can someone explain why the virtual memory gets low on my
computer (winxp) and what can be done to correct or prevent it from
happening? I've had some message that tells me that windows is
expanding the virtual memory size. Is there something wrong with my
computer? There also many times seems to be some kind of program
running in the background, but when I check the task manager I can't
make out what it is. Everything looks normal to me.

Another thing, the other day it appeared as though data was being
downloaded from my computer. Can't really say why it appeared so
other than it wouldn't go offline when I tried to disconnect. Is that
possible?

TIA

Simply Me

Simply Me wrote:
I've seen viruses cause that sort of behavior. If you haven't already,
update and do a complete virus scan with a good antivirus. Then do
another one or two online, such as Trend Housecall. The following list
was borrowed from why?'s post about °Mike°s list of online scanners:

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/hous...start_corp.asp
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus
http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virusscan.aspx
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/activescan.asp
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
http://commandondemand.com/eval/index.cfm
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
http://www.drweb-online.com/en/online_check.asp
http://www.pcpitstop.com/antivirus/default.asp
http://scan.sygatetech.com/prestealthscan.html
http://www.virusoffice.com/clinic/index.cfm


You should also download, install, update and run Adaware and Spybot.

Adaware:
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10...age&tag=button

Spybot:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2471

On 1 Nov 2004 11:46:46 -0800, amomda@yahoo.com (Simply Me) wrote:

Right-click "My Computer", "Properties", "Advanced" tab. Under
Performance section, click the "Settings" button, "Advanced" tab,
under the Virtual memory section, click the "Change" button, and
check the option, "System managed size". Click the "Set" button,
click "OK", "Apply", and "OK" your way out.

Virtual Memory in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm