hanging & freezing

[natalie]

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Please help anyone,
I am having alot of problems with messages saying i am low
on memory even though i have only one programme running at
the time this happens which is causing the computer to
freeze up & hang & i also notice a lot of straining noises
from the hard drive as if it's working overtime, i have to
restart everytime to get it working right but it doesn't
last long, device manager says everything is working
properly & maintenance has been done
Thanks in advance

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Natalie, how much Ram does your system have? Should be at least 256MB.
Also, rt click on MyComputer>select
Properties>Advanced>Performance-Settings>Advanced>Virtual Memory-Change.
Click on Custom Size and type in
700 in both boxes then choose Set and Ok.
"Natalie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2e3601c49fd7$9e8f6840$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Please help anyone,
> I am having alot of problems with messages saying i am low
> on memory even though i have only one programme running at
> the time this happens which is causing the computer to
> freeze up & hang & i also notice a lot of straining noises
> from the hard drive as if it's working overtime, i have to
> restart everytime to get it working right but it doesn't
> last long, device manager says everything is working
> properly & maintenance has been done
> Thanks in advance
>