The paging file is too small for this operation to complete.

Anonymous
2020-11-19T18:45:09+00:00

The problem is obviously as it is , is that I don't have enough memory , this is the message from windows event log right before my whole PC crashes

now the problem is that I don't know what the problem is , let us start with that I have windows 10 and I have limited pagefile.sys to 10gb which is more than enough as I see it since I have 16GB ram and here is the actual problem , the message before paging file is too small was a warning telling me a low virtual memory but here where things dont add up :- only 4gb of memory was in use when my computer crashed:

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Windows successfully diagnosed a low virtual memory condition. The following programs consumed the most virtual memory: Decompress.exe (2084) consumed 2461761536 bytes, chrome.exe (6276) consumed 662761472 bytes, and eclipse.exe (8008) consumed 618754048 bytes.

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so I did the mast for you thats a total of :

Decompress.exe 2.461761536 gb

chrome.exe 0.662761472 gb

eclipse.exe 0.618754048 gb

so first of all i have no idea what Decompress.exe is even , second of all i have 10gb pagefile sys and 16gb physical ram , what could the cause be for my computer crashing on 4gb ?

-Things worth noting the crashes are random , I do have 16gb installed ram when I check my PC , I do play demanding games that easily demand 12-16gb ram and I can get consistent several continuous hours in them without crashes , but chrome and other simple apps on togther seem to crash my PC :/.

-Thanks in advance , all help would be appreciated ..

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-11-23T16:06:46+00:00

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-11-19T19:51:02+00:00

    Hi and thanks for reaching out. My name is William, I’m an Independent Advisor. I'll be happy to help you out today.

    Any reason why you cannot set the page file to system managed setting? This will allow the OS to dynamically adjust the pagefile based on system needs. As for why this is happening when memory usage is, as you claim, minimal, cannot be explained without seeing the memory metrics when you encounter the issue. You should try to reproduce the issue and using the Task Manager, go to the Processes tab and organize by the Memory column so we can see what processes are consuming RAM, then go to the Performance tab > Memory and note the metrics at the bottom. Put these into a screenshot.

    As for the Decompress.exe process, this may be 3rd party, since I cant find anything on it, except for a single references to XCOM: Enemy Unknown. If that process is using 2+ GB of RAM, I would imagine it is suffering from a memory leak bug. You can determine what that process belongs to by right-clicking it in the Task Manager and going to Properties.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-11-21T16:00:50+00:00

    Can you provide your event logs? Windows Event Viewer > Windows Logs > right-click Applications and System logs respectively > Save all events as...

    Also include system information by running msinfo32.exe > File > Save.

    You can upload the files to OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox or some other file sharing service and share the link here.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-11-22T15:37:27+00:00

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-11-19T23:50:40+00:00

    What are the event details regarding decompress.exe? If you are encountering an issue with low virtual memory, then some process is leaking memory. Ofyten times, as a precursor to this, you will see in the Event Viewer Application log a warning known as a RADAR_PRE_LEAK, which is a sign that a process is running outside the norml performance boundaries.

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