"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
    2015-02-04T18:36:16+00:00

    I have the same error in similar environment.

    I found that my pagefile kept on growing and that this error occurs when the pagefile is almost full. So I start with a pagefile of 5 GB, a few hours later it's 10GB. Rebooting won't help, the pagefile will start at 10GB. Windows says that I will automatically manage the page file, but clearly it doesn't. In my case Firefox always gets the blame as first suggestion is to close firefox.

    I found a registry setting that clears the pagefile upon shutdown so you start fresh. But after a few days withour reboot it reaches the max (20GB) and then it starts complaining again.

    I've run CCleaner and MemBoost, but the pagefile never get's any smaller. For now a reboot combined with the registry setting is the only cure

    http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/win8/windows8-group-policy-pagefile.htm

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-12T04:41:03+00:00

    All of the answers I've seen here clearly are stunningly wrong. I'm suddenly having the same problem, and the only explanation is a virus. Going to run a full-system, deep virus scan overnight and will report results in the morning.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-12T08:00:10+00:00

    All of the answers I've seen here clearly are stunningly wrong. I'm suddenly having the same problem, and the only explanation is a virus. Going to run a full-system, deep virus scan overnight and will report results in the morning.

    There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,

    Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

    - Hamlet (1.5.167-8)

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-02-13T09:33:33+00:00

    All of the answers I've seen here clearly are stunningly wrong. I'm suddenly having the same problem, and the only explanation is a virus. Going to run a full-system, deep virus scan overnight and will report results in the morning.

    We're all waiting eagerly to hear if you've found the right answer - please do keep us updated!

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