Increase Virtual Memory to Let Your Apps and Games Have More RAM When your apps and games demand more RAM, Windows 11 uses some of your disk space as RAM. This is called virtual memory.

If you want to enable or disable Virtual Memory Paging File Encryption in Windows 11, you can use CMD, Registry or Group Policy Editor.

Virtual memory ensures that programs run smoothly. All programs on a PC use random access memory (RAM), but when there isn't enough memory to run a program, Windows temporarily moves information ...

If Windows keeps telling you that your virtual memory is too low, you can either buy more RAM or expand the swap file. One will cost you money, but the other will slow down your PC.