"Your computer is low on memory" when its clearly not

Anonymous
2013-11-09T16:08:20+00:00

This problem started when i upgraded from windows 8 to windows 8.1

When i run a game, for example, Arma3 randomly throughout my game i'll be thrown back to windows desktop and presented with a message saying "Your computer is low on memory. Save your files and close these programs: 'Game name here'"

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As you can see from the above screenshot i have 2.6gb in use and 5.3 free, so why does it think its out of memory?

I have set my pagefile from "system managed" to 16gb initial - 24gb max

This made no difference whatsoever..

My hardware has not changed, Like i said i noticed this almost instantly after upgrading to 8.1

Any help would be appreciated because as far as i'm aware theres no way to revert back to 8 from 8.1?

Thanks

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Anonymous
2015-02-05T01:19:41+00:00

Thanks Adriaan - I have changed the registry setting and rebooting seems to help.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-14T23:09:03+00:00

    What the ****, Microsoft?

    It has been months and we have heard nothing from you! At least let us know you are looking into it. Give us something. Anything.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-04-30T12:04:35+00:00

    I have this issue as of Windows 8.1 Pro Update 1.

    I was forced to roll back to before the update in order to fix this issue.

    This is very clearly a problem and it should be addressed most expeditiously!

    After rolling back, I performed all Windows Updates until only Update 1 was left which states it must be installed for any future updates.  I obviously have no intention of doing so.

    FIX THIS ALREADY.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-28T16:58:25+00:00

    Same problem... I have an i5 2310 with 6 GB RAM. Happens on many games usually I have at least 2-3 gigs free..

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-26T16:41:26+00:00

    This started after I installed the latest Nvidia driver for my GFX card. Prior to this I had no problem. Its clearly an issue created between the driver and windows 8.1. Why cant Microsoft create something that works?!

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