"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
    2014-06-20T18:39:07+00:00

    Hi,

    Pendaz

    I am not IT Professional but i was also suffring from same issue while playing Simcity Limited Edition Online as well as Offline.

    Previously i was using Windows 8.1 Pro upgrade 32 bit pack with 8 Gb memory installed.Memory shows 3.44 Gb out of 8 Gb installed.

    but while playing Simcity i was getting error Windows is running on low memory please save your programmes.

    Then i started to find out solution for this on microsoft community & does the same as said by Experts on community but problem not solved even after switch to Windows 8.1 Pro upgrade 64 bit pack.Memory now shows 9.90 Gb out of 10 Gb installed (I added 2 Gb Ram More) but worthless.

    Problem was still on.

    I don't know this is a Windows issue or Motherboard issue(Gigabyte)Support Intel i3 4130 4th generation Processor.

    one day i use recommended setting said by windows for eg. Resolution 1360*768(Recommended)

    & Same setting i enabled in Simcity Game.

    Hurrah & Problem solved & after 1 week observation i am writing my comment to all Microsoft Community.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-06-20T07:06:35+00:00

    The same situation happened to me. Your computer isn't low on memory, it thinks it is. Has your windows crashed? If so you may have an out-dated GPU driver.

    Also, if this reply or any other replies are the answer to your question than please mark the reply as answered.

    Happy to help,

    Jack

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-06-15T03:09:21+00:00

    So I found a solution.  Disabling the memory warning via Group Policy did the trick: http://superuser.com/questions/698358/crysis-on-windows-8-1-triggers-low-memory-warning

    Good luck, get back to gaming, instead of fixing stupid windows problems fellas!

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-06-13T23:38:27+00:00

    And I was wondering why toshiba eu didn't updated intel drivers for portege series unlike in us. I thought they were being lazy, but in reality were being clever... Time to downgrade driver...

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