"Windows has low virtual memory - increasing memory, applications denied" - help
Strangel:
Quote from: SaraMK on 2007 December 22, 22:14:39
Also, this would be a good time to Defrag.
Also, kill explorer as well. Explorer is a huge memory hog. Kill it before playing.
I've had a similar problem since BV. Suddenly 2GB of RAM isn't enough.
Hey, Sara, can you tell me what I do to kill Explorer? I tried once via task mgr, but I apparently ended the wrong process, because it wiped out everything, leaving only my wallpaper, and I had to reboot to access anything.
Lady Moiraine:
Quote from: Strangel on 2007 December 23, 01:00:43
Quote from: SaraMK on 2007 December 22, 22:14:39
Also, this would be a good time to Defrag.
Also, kill explorer as well. Explorer is a huge memory hog. Kill it before playing.
I've had a similar problem since BV. Suddenly 2GB of RAM isn't enough.
Hey, Sara, can you tell me what I do to kill Explorer? I tried once via task mgr, but I apparently ended the wrong process, because it wiped out everything, leaving only my wallpaper, and I had to reboot to access anything.
I would like to know how to do this also, it's a real resource hog.
bowrain:
Quote from: Strangel on 2007 December 23, 01:00:43
Quote from: SaraMK on 2007 December 22, 22:14:39
Also, this would be a good time to Defrag.
Also, kill explorer as well. Explorer is a huge memory hog. Kill it before playing.
I've had a similar problem since BV. Suddenly 2GB of RAM isn't enough.
Hey, Sara, can you tell me what I do to kill Explorer? I tried once via task mgr, but I apparently ended the wrong process, because it wiped out everything, leaving only my wallpaper, and I had to reboot to access anything.
Actually you don't have to reboot, just select file --> new task, and type explorer, everything should come back ;)
morriganrant:
Quote from: Strangel on 2007 December 23, 01:00:43
Hey, Sara, can you tell me what I do to kill Explorer? I tried once via task mgr, but I apparently ended the wrong process, because it wiped out everything, leaving only my wallpaper, and I had to reboot to access anything.
No, that's what it's supposed to do. Just start the game up and before it gets running, kill Explorer via task manager. The desktop leaving is correct. I always had to do this on my old piece of shit computer. I still do it to give a better boost to my MMO's. Like CrystalClear said, With Task Manager open, you click new task, type in Explorer.exe and back it comes. I usually close out explorer and leave firefox running, that way if I need to look something up I can just tab out of my game and back.
Invisigoth:
You could also change your virtual memory paging file to be static instead of dynamic. This means that it will be one size all the time instead of getting bigger and smaller "as needed". I think that windows doesn't really handle this process very well, so I made mine a lot bigger and I made it static. You can follow the very simple directions (with pictures) at Paladin's website, just click "tutorials" and then "Windows XP Game Optimization Tips" and scroll down until you see "Tip #5: Change your paging file to be permanent and the correct size." Paladin explains in clear and easy to understand language what the paging file does and why changing to a static paging file is a good idea.
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