"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
    2016-05-07T17:00:14+00:00

    I am getting this exact same "low memory error" repeatedly though I have a lot of free memory each time it pop's up. I have run the suggested solutions to no avail.

    Running latest version of Windows 10 all updates installed brand new $2,400 A740 Lenovo All-In-One PC.

    This occurs during simple web browsing with even 2 windows open and no other programs running.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-04-09T19:56:56+00:00

    I HAVE 8 GB INSTALLED ON MY  PC BUT STILL RECEIVE ERROR MESSAGE LOW ON MEMORY- WHY

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-03-09T21:05:53+00:00

    @ Zelda189

    Do you really think upgrading hardware is an appropriate fix for an operating system issue, where Windows 8.1 apparently forgot how to swap memory pages between RAM and SSD / Hard drive as needed?

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-03-09T11:21:30+00:00

    Still will not work.

    Upgrade memory on your PC

    Thanks

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