How to increase swap memory on a Windows machine
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Google Chrome ran out of memory? "Google Chrome ran out of memory while trying to display this web page", or your server ran out of memory while trying to run a task?
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If upgrading your VM plan is not an option, try increasing the swap space of your server.
To increase your Windows server's Swap memory,
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Click on Advanced system settings
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On the Settings tab. Click on Advanced.
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Then, on the Advanced tab, click change to set a fixed amount of swap memory manually.
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Key in a swap size that you need, and click Set and Ok
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You will be prompted to do a restart
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Proceed to restart your Windows VM and your Swap memory will be increased.
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If upgrading your VM plan is not an option, try increasing the swap space of your server.
To increase your Windows server's Swap memory,
Option 1
Go to > Control Panel > System and Security > System > Advanced![](https://evoxt.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-from-2022-09-16-06-57-23.png)
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Click on Advanced system settings
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Option 2
Alternatively, you can go to windows search > Run and type in SystemPropertiesAdvanced.exe and click ok.![](https://evoxt.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-from-2022-09-16-07-09-15.png)
Setting the swap space
On the performance tab, click settings![](https://evoxt.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-from-2022-09-16-07-00-34.png)
On the Settings tab. Click on Advanced.
![](https://evoxt.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-from-2022-09-16-07-01-39.png)
Then, on the Advanced tab, click change to set a fixed amount of swap memory manually.
![](https://evoxt.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-from-2022-09-16-07-01-34.png)
Key in a swap size that you need, and click Set and Ok
![](https://evoxt.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-from-2022-09-16-07-06-17.png)
You will be prompted to do a restart
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Proceed to restart your Windows VM and your Swap memory will be increased.
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