How do i get vista to stop whining about low memory?

Try increasing pagefile.

This might sound crazy but... maybe you should add memory.

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Don't mind me, I'm just a silly nut.

Don't be silly. installing win98SE should solve his problems.

This forum is not for children so why do you even bother to come here, and im talking to all the people who have immature first grade replies.

Well he can't be the stupid idiot because he is right. What you haven't figured out is the system resources are zapping your memory and if you downsized your pagefile, guess what, you are going to get an out of memory pop up everytime. The same thing happenned to me when I did away with my page file at 4 gig of memory. Increase your pagefile size or bump up the memory or both. But you are the idiot for calling someone else one.

Idiot asks "Stupid Idiots" how to fix something that his computer already gave him the answer to.

ChaosGS 2GB in Vista is like 512MB in Xp. Sure it will work, but with the price of Ram now days, why not get some more. I got 8GB for 160 bucks. If you dont want to actually spend some money, doing what was suggested(Making the pagefile bigger) will help. If you dont want to do either one enjoy the messages then. Either choice is not hard to make. If I sound like an ass, tough. There are thousands if not more threads about memory usage in Vista. Most if not all say you need over 2GB in Vista. So pony up and make the pagefile bigger or buy some Ram. If not STFU.(Really)

I play crysis, COD4, oblivion etc with only 2gb of RAM and I have never got that message. In fact I have never had it in any of the windows OSes I have used. If you are letting windows decide your page file size, you are bound to run into problems. Vista doesn't need 8gb RAM, vista isn't a RAM hog (although it does use a little more RAM than XP because of the Aero UI and stuff, and a little more still if you use x64), vista loads everything a hell of alot faster than XP.

Vista uses Superfetch to load things faster, and it does use more RAM for that. Granted, it will release that RAM if it is needed.

Vista is the DRM pig.

Also, you could also disable Readyboost as well.

All I can say:

Is good luck with your ram troubles.

Maybe the place you need to go, are the MS knowledge base forums to find your answer, you seem like you do not want our help!

Easy now, just because some people have very easily solvable problems about a OS doesn't make it a bad OS

I've personally used XP for roughly 5 years and have been using Vista for about 6 months and I like Vista a bit more. Just my 2 cents but nobody likes pennies.

Looking at your system, I tend to agree with Zorg. Altho I aggree with all of Zorgs opinion on XP vs Vista, that is not my reason.

1. You do not identify type and speed of ram in your system configuration. I don't quess. If it is DDR, Then I would not recommend increasing memory even though it is cheap. A better solution may be to upgrade proc/MB and then go with 3 or 4 gigs of RAM. All your other hardware would transfer over. Your gaming will be much more rewarding.

Back to XP verse Vista. On identical systems XP will perform slightly faster, with no F_____ DRM and not as bloated. I have both XP pro 32 bit and Vista 32 Bus (Vista was free), Both run fine but prefer XP.

On 64 Bit, I will opt OUT. For though who love it great, For me it would be way to expensive. On my machine - Upgrade cost for orcad capture is $1700, Didn't even check on upgrade software for Digital capture O"Scope, And then there is upgrade software for two Digital multimeters.

My wife hates Vista, but that aside, the cost to upgrade (if even posible) to 64 is prohibitive. She is of the strong opinion, If it aint broke, don't touch it. Her sewing machines cost more than most would spend on a computer ( $3000 for one, $5000 for the new one.) Requires external hardware to write to cards. She also has a electronic knitting machine (Very old seriel port interface).

On my PC with 6GB memory (Home Premium 64-bit), I know that Crysis use more then 2GB all by itself. I know because somehow I went back to the desktop after receiving a MSN message (my fault that time). That gave me the opportunity to check it out, and Crysis was using 2.2GB if my memory is right, on a 64-bit executable tough. So that might ne the reason you're getting back to yoyr desktop.

Funny thing is that it use less then 70% of my 512MB 8800GT available memory. I tought that at 1920*1200 with max quality (I know I only get 15 fps, but it doesn't lag, so it's OK for me), I was probably using all of the available memory. Weird thing happens!!!

About your problem, did you try to check the Microsoft knowledge base. Maybe they have something under "Application going back to desktop for lack of memory". Not exactly that, but give it a try, who knows!

I don't apologize, he hasn't come back with any new information about my suggestions and he has a chip on his shoulder.

Yeah, for $3000 and $5000 I imagine they do everything except cook breakfast.

WOW that's a LOT of flaming!...why don't we all calm down and hop on some FPS to ease the tension by shooting each other's heads off...Quake anyone? (j/k)

And I didn't say that you said Vista didn't work, I was saying dont just "F Vista" because a nub couldn't solve an easy problem

What i needed was help not stupid ass replies.

WOW THOSE WERE SO HELPFUL WHO WOULD HAVE EVER KNOWN WINDOWS 98 WOULD SOLVE MY PROBLEMS, YOUR A **** GENIUS.


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Chaos, you should have your page file at least equal to the amount of physical memory you have. Microsoft recommends the page file be 1.5 times bigger.

You may have to put up more page file than that. Crysis eats up more ram the longer it runs, and at higher settings, can use 2+gb alone after a few hours of playtime. The 100Mb increase may just buy you more time. Also, keep in mind page file is slow, and the more of it you use, the more it'll lag your PC down.

And yeah, page file is not needed, in any OS, as long as you have enough ram.

You seem to be in denial, that was XP, this is vista. You do need more ram if you do not wish to use a paging file at all.*EDIT* Meant to say you will need more than 3 gigs to completely eliminate the need for a paging file. Tom's had an article on it a little while ago. Go read it "Mr. Expert".

Also, there is this thing called humor. Read up on it, might help you a bit.

Yes, depending on how many background programs are running on your PC, 3 GB may not be enough. 4GB should give enough headroom for any PC today though. My new rig has 8gb, which is complete overkill. But it's just so tempting, as ddr2 ram is dirt cheap those days.

Agreed. 3GB of RAM is almost nothing now in many cases.

so then, the suggestion that ticked you off the most... the get more ram suggestion... you think is a good idea.

Makes me think that my original suggestion about leaving the computer alone and finding someone to treat your mental disorder is a much better idea.

Never said it was a good idea never said it was bad.

Maybe you should go back to elementary school to learn to read properly.