How to Increase the Virtual Memory in XP
Virtual memory is a disk space reserved on a computer hard drive that may be used as the extension of the random access memory (RAM). Windows XP utilizes the virtual memory storage if running applications exceed the physical size of RAM. The increase of the virtual memory prevents RAM overflowing and system crashes.
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Instructions
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Log in the Windows XP administrator account.
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Click the "Start" Windows button in the left lower corner of your screen.
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Click "Control Panel" and switch to the "Category" view on the left panel. Then click on "Performance and Maintenance."
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Click "System" and select the tab "Advanced."
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Click "Settings" in the "Performance" field and select the "Advanced" tab.
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Read the current size of the virtual memory in the field "Virtual memory." For example, "Total paging file size for all drives: 2046 Mb."
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Click "Change" and enter the desired virtual memory size (in megabytes) in the fields "Initial size" and "Maximum size." Note: It is recommended that you enter the same amount of memory in both fields to increase the system performance.
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Click "OK." When prompted, click "Yes" to restart the computer.
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