"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
    2014-09-01T10:02:40+00:00

    hello, i get the same problem (windows 8.1, 64bit) i have 8gb Ram and this is a new computer. 

    i look at the task manager and says i used up 3gb of memory and used 80% when i have 5gb left.

     and why does 500mb count as 30% that mean it adds up to less than 4gb of Ram even if i have 8gb of ram. this just stupid and doesn't make sense.

    need help.

    i will try the 5th post just to try it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-09-01T15:28:28+00:00

    Follow Following Steps To Resolve Problem :-

    1. Click the "Start" button. Select the "Control Panel." If "System and Maintenance" is an available option, click it. Then click "System."
    2. Select "Advanced system settings" from the menu on the left side. Click Settings button from performance option. Performance options will be displayed. If you are prompted for the administrator password, enter it and click "OK."
    3. Press the "Advanced" tab. Find the "Virtual Memory" heading the click "Change."
    4. Uncheck the box labelled "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives."
    5. Find the list of drives under the heading "Drive [Volume Label]." Click on the drive that contains the operating system, as this is the drive of which you will adjust the virtual memory. Click "Custom size."
    6. Edit the number in the text boxes for "Initial size (MB)" and "Maximum size (MB)." (Same number for max and min) Click "Set" when you are finished. Click "OK."
    7. Restart the computer if prompted.

    If You want revert windows 8.1 to windows 8 follow:-

    Save all your critical and personal data elsewhere.

    Full reinstall.

    Just using the product key won't 'revert back'. Win 8.1 was mostly a full reinstall, as will going to Win 8 will be.

    That is why they suggested creating a USB recovery drive before going forward.

    "If you're running Windows 8 and you install the preview using the ISO, you won't be able to uninstall it. You'll need to reinstall Windows 8 using recovery or installation media that came with your PC. If you don't have recovery media, you might be able to create a USB recovery drive. For more info, see Create a USB recovery drive."

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-09-30T19:21:34+00:00

    Log Name:      Application

    Source:        Microsoft-Windows-WMI

    Date:          10/1/2014 12:07:56 AM

    Event ID:      10

    Task Category: None

    Level:         Error

    Keywords:      Classic

    User:          N/A

    Computer:      GZK5T02.ceb.com

    Description:

    Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not be reactivated in namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 0x80041003. Events cannot be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected.

    Event Xml:

    <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

      <System>

        <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WMI" Guid="{1edeee53-0afe-4609-b846-d8c0b2075b1f}" EventSourceName="WinMgmt" />

        <EventID Qualifiers="49152">10</EventID>

        <Version>0</Version>

        <Level>2</Level>

        <Task>0</Task>

        <Opcode>0</Opcode>

        <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

        <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-09-30T18:37:56.000000000Z" />

        <EventRecordID>21690</EventRecordID>

        <Correlation />

        <Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />

        <Channel>Application</Channel>

        <Computer>GZK5T02.ceb.com</Computer>

        <Security />

      </System>

      <EventData>

        <Data>//./root/CIMV2</Data>

        <Data>SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99</Data>

        <Data>0x80041003</Data>

      </EventData>

    </Event>

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-09-30T19:39:12+00:00
    - System
    - Provider <br> --- --- <br><br><br><br> [ Name] Application Hang <br> --- --- --- --- ---
    - EventID 1002 <br> --- --- --- <br><br><br><br> [ Qualifiers] 0 <br> --- --- --- --- ---
    Level 2 <br> --- --- ---
    Task 101 <br> --- --- ---
    Keywords 0x80000000000000 <br> --- --- ---
    - TimeCreated <br> --- --- <br><br><br><br> [ SystemTime] 2014-09-30T18:32:11.000000000Z <br> --- --- --- --- ---
    EventRecordID 21663 <br> --- --- ---
    Channel Application <br> --- --- ---
    Computer GZK5T02.ceb.com <br> --- --- ---
    Security <br> --- ---
    - EventData
    Explorer.EXE
    6.1.7601.17567
    1290
    01cfdc7e3b280333
    0
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    09941e72-48d0-11e4-85b3-ac7ba1420198
    55006E006B006E006F0077006E0000000000

    Binary data:

    In Words

    0000: 006E0055 006E006B 0077006F 0000006E

    0008: 0000

    In Bytes

    0000: 55 00 6E 00 6B 00 6E 00 U.n.k.n.

    0008: 6F 00 77 00 6E 00 00 00 o.w.n...

    0010: 00 00 ..

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