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Had a Windows message suddenly appear a short while ago: “Close programs to prevent information loss. Your computer is low on memory. Save your files and close these programs:
Internet Explorer, Windows Live Mail.
Only had one other page open (BBC News). I had a similar message about a week ago.
Any ideas what could cause this? I have “1792 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory”. Could this message be to do with RAM - and, if so, what is the likely cause?
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*barry lumley*
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sorry trigger looks like you have a bug. try downloading microsoft malicious software tool and save to your desktop run full scan see if this works for you.
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John:
I run Windows 7 - 32-bit OS (Home Premium)
Installed Memory (RAM): 2.00 GB (1.75 GB usable)
With an AMD Phenom(TM) 9150e Quad-Core Processor 1.80 GHz
Would it be worth my while to add another "unit" of RAM?
here's the Task Manager:
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Barry - thanks for suggestion - I do have a MS version of this tool which runs in the background. I have just run their MS Safety Scanner: “Completed successfully - no nasties were found. I also run Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 2011.
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Boatbuilder
John
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Lowestoft Online Addict
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I've learnt to take everything life throws at me!!
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Trigger, I think you need to wait to see if you get the low memory message again and see what the memory status is in the Task Manager then. If the figure is very high compared to the 830MB shown in your screen dump above (i.e. nearer 1500MB or even higher) check what processes are running and make a note of any that are using a lot of memory and determine what they are and why they are running. If necessary do a screen dump of them and send it to me in an email. I will look at it as soon as I can and see if I can come up with any answers.
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Thanks for the advice and comments - much appreciated. I will keep an eye on what's going on "in the background".
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I sometimes have low memory. Other days I am pretty good.
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paulears
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Do you have windows automatic updates turned on? If you do, it's perfectly possible to have a brief memory issue - if the BBC page had a video file, your computer could have been caching it, ready for replay, maybe you'd also been doing some cutting and pasting? Who knows.
If the message doesn't appear every session, I'd forget all about it - sometimes websites are very annoying - and their design isn't memory friendly - especially those ones with lots of video windows - you know the ones where even though you've not clicked play, the progress bar starts to move - signifying you're downloading, ready - just in case.
The odd message of this kind isn't important - as long as you don't run short of memory frequently.
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Thanks for the advice Paul - will not go into "panic mood" if the message appears again! Iremember that soon after installing Windows7 (commercial copy!) I had a message flash up that I was running a "non-genuine" copy! A few months later it appeared again - so phoned MS. The call took just over 40 minutes - and outcome was: 1) I have a genuine copy (I told them that!); but they had no idea why the message was appearing. 
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My wife called me when I was away saying we had a virus because it kept calling her names. It turned out it wasn't saying she WAS an invalid, but that her name was inVALID! Not the same thing at all. Paul
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nikkai
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If your system seems to be a little slow have you tried
In the search box type
msconfig press enter then allow the program to run
Select boot then advanced options check to see how many processors you have and select to use the highest number then select to use the maximum amount of memory then select OK and then apply
Select start up
go through the list and stop any program you do not use often or even all that you seldom use select apply again and then exit
You will be required to reboot and your system will run faster and smoother.
Just a little tip that may help a little
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I always encounter slow running or memory issues when my virus scanner is doing a background scan. I had issues with this site last night though at around midnight - had to give up in the end. It was a MySQL issue.
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