Have you ever been annoyed that your system always reminds you that memory is too low, since you have been using computer for a period of time? It is undoubted that sufficient memory is quite important to run applications smoothly. Well, in this article, you can find several methods to increase windows memory.

In the first place, close down the redundant programs. In fact, if you open too many files or run excessive programs, it may leave little memory to other programs. So, please shut down all the files except those using ones and exit the programs you don not use currently.

Then, restart your computer. Sometimes, if you just exit the program but not restart the computer, this program is unable to give the memory resource back to the system. Therefore, it is advisable for you to restart your computer before running any important application so as to free up enough resources to run it smoothly.

Third, do remember to defragment and clear up hard disk. As computer has been working for you for a long time, it is unavoidable to produce tons of junk in hard disk or on the Internet. Therefore, you should try to get rid of them completely since they are the main cause of low memory. You can defragment disk by using the programs in the Windows or turn to third-party tools. As for removing junks, cleaning up C disk should come to front because it restores many useful programs and useless junks as well. It is the place that you can find tons of temporary and swap files. Delete them without hesitation.

And then, reduce the number of automatically-running programs. When running too many programs automatically, it can not still provide enough memory to support others even restarts the computer. You can clean up some unnecessary system starting programs in the “Configuration Properties”.

Last but not least, reinstall the broken programs. If the system reminds that memory is too low when you just run certain program but others work well, the running program may have been broken. On such condition, you can attempt to remove and reinstall this program and then re-run it to see whether the memory is insufficient or not.

All in all, sincesufficient memory is really quite important for running computer smoothly, you should form a good habit to manage your computer orderly so as to leave little room for any problems that can lead to low memory.