[Bungleau]

For reference, Felix, the command in Linux would be top, not TOP. It exists on my old Redhat box, and I'll wager it's there on yours as well.

Task manager shows the same kind of information that top does, Larry.

As for your techniques, I'd generally agree. Increase virtual memory / swap space, kill / fix the offending processes, and add more memory (which really just buffers you a bit more).

I also tend to set the virtual memory space to a fixed value, not a variable one. It doesn't impact my performance, but to my mind, it should impact overall disk fragmentation. Variable VM means that Windows will expand VM as needed, grabbing more VM space from disk as needed. It then gives that back later, which in my mind will lead to increased fragmentation during and after usage.