Virtual memory question
I have a Dell 2400, Windows XP SP2, P4 processor with 1GB of RAM. The system originally came with 512MB of RAM.
Sorry group, here's the follow up: Called the number given and some chick in India told me...
Shortly after adding more RAM, I tried playing an old CD that has it's own built-in media player. To my surprise, a window popped up saying there was not enough virtual memory to play this disc. How the heck could I suddenly not have enough memory, I wondered. Especially after I just upgraded my computers RAM.
Puzzled, I contacted Dell via their tech chat room (I long ago gave up on phone calls to Dell since I can barely understand their techs from India), and a tech asked me how much virtual memory my computer was using. I told him it was set at 1500MB. The tech said that the virtual memory should always be 3 times the amount of your regular memory. Since my system has 1GB of RAM, I changed the virtual memory to 3000MB and now the CD plays okay.
Just wondering if other people have also heard this rule? And what virtual memory settings others recommend?
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