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big24dog

Have a computer that i had put up for about a year when i hooked it up to internet it tryed to upgrade windows but locked up turned it of when it booted up it says not enough virtral memory plus other things if i format it will it fix everything.

pops

Hi there

The virtual memory should not be a problem to fix (as long as there is enough space on your hard drive)

WinKey+Pause/Break

Start -> Run and type sysdm.cpl

My Computer -> Properties

Any of the above methods will get you to System Properties

From there click the following tabs

Advanced -> (Performance) Settings -> Advanced -> Change

Set the memory to System managed size

If there are any problems doing this, please create some space on your hard drive C: partition. It is possible to extend the pagefile beyond the C: partition if necessary.
If your drive is full then this will cause a problem with updates and virtual memory.

More information about virtual memory
Pagefile Optimization

If that does not sort your problem, please post back giving details of the "plus other things"

Short term solution:
A format and reinstall will sort the problem with virtual memory as Windows will set the default value.