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How to Fix Your Microsoft Windows Is Low On Memory Warning

“Your Computer Is Low On Memory” warnings happen when Windows has run out of space to put the information it should store when you are running different software. This can be in the RAM modules on your pc, or also on the hard disk when the free RAM was filled up.

Your computer is low on memory
To restore enough memory for programs to work correctly, save your files and then close to restart all open programs.

When your computer does not have sufficient memory for all the actions it is hoping to do, Windows and your programs can quit working. To help prevent information loss, Windows will notify you if your computer is low on memory.

Your computer has two types of memory, random access memory (RAM) and virtual memory. All programs use RAM, but when there isn’t enough RAM for the program you’re trying to run, Windows temporarily moves information that would normally be stored in RAM to a file on your hard disk called a paging file. The amount of information temporarily stored in a paging file is also referred to as virtual memory. Using virtual memory—in other words, moving information to and from the paging file—frees up enough RAM for programs to run correctly.

Your computer is low on memory problems occur when your computer runs out of RAM and becomes low on virtual memory. This can happen when you run more programs than the RAM installed on the computer is designed to support. Low memory problems can also occur when a program doesn’t free up memory that it no longer needs. This problem is called memory overuse or a memory leak.

 

Fix Your Computer Is Low On Memory Warning

In order to prevent such warnings, you can change the minimum and maximum size of the paging file by following these steps.

 

Fix 1: Increasing Virtual Memory

1.Press Windows Key + R and type sysdm.cpl in the Run dialog box and click OK to open System Properties.

system properties sysdm

2.In the System Properties window, switch to the Advanced tab and under Performance, click on Settings option.

advanced system settings

3.Next, in the Performance Options window, switch to the Advanced tab and click on Change under Virtual memory.

virtual memory

4.Finally, in the Virtual memory window shown below, uncheck the “Automatically manage paging file size for all drive” option. Then highlight your system drive under Paging file size for each type heading and for the Custom size option, set the suitable values for fields: Initial size (MB) and Maximum size (MB). It is highly recommended to avoid selecting No paging file option here.

change paging file size

5.Now if you’ve increased the size, a reboot is not mandatory. But if you’ve decreased the size of the paging file, you must have to reboot to make changes effective.

Fix 2: Run CCleaner in order to fix Registry issues

If the above method didn’t work for you then running CCleaner might be helpful:

1.Download and install CCleaner.

2.In the “Cleaner” section, under the Windows tab, we suggest checking the following selections to be cleaned:

ccleaner cleaner settings

3.Once you’ve made certain the proper points are checked, simply click Run Cleaner, and let CCleaner run its course.

4.To clean your system further select the Registry tab and ensure the following are checked:

registry cleaner

5.Select Scan for Issue and allow CCleaner to scan, then click Fix Selected Issues.

6.When CCleaner asks “Do you want backup changes to the registry?” select Yes.

7.Once your backup has completed, select Fix All Selected Issues.

8.Reboot your PC to save changes. This method seems to Fix Your Computer Is Low On Memory Warning in some cases where the system is affected because of the malware or virus.

Fix 3: Run System maintenance

1.Press Windows Key + X and then select Control Panel.

control panel

2.Now type troubleshoot in the search box and select Troubleshooting. 

troubleshooting hardware and sound device

3.Click View all in the left-hand window pane.

click view all in troubleshoot computer problems

4.Next,  click on System maintenance troubleshooter and follow the prompts.

run system maintenance troubleshooter

Fix 4: Disable Windows Memory Warnings

Note: This method is only for user’s having RAM 4G or more, if you have less memory than this please don’t try this method.

The way to do this is to prevent the Diagnostics service from loading RADAR which consists of 2 DLL files, radardt.dll and radarrs.dll.

1.Press Windows Key + R then type “Regedit” and hit enter to open Registry Editor.

2.Now navigate to the following registry key and delete each of them completely:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\WDI\DiagnosticModules\{5EE64AFB-398D-4edb-AF71-3B830219ABF7}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\WDI\DiagnosticModules\{45DE1EA9-10BC-4f96-9B21-4B6B83DBF476}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WDI\DiagnosticModules\{C0F51D84-11B9-4e74-B083-99F11BA2DB0A}]

Delete Diagnostics service registry key to disable memory warnings

3.Once done, reboot your PC to save changes. Now you won’t see any memory warning’s including “Your Computer Is Low On Memory.

That’s you have successfully Fix Your Computer Is Low On Memory Warning but if you still have any queries regarding this post please feel free to comment and let us know.

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