Google makes it really hard to turn off auto-updates for Chrome. It
should just be a check box, but they force you to edit the Windows
registry to get it done.
Here's a link to a site that explains the registry edit:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/disable-chrome-automatic-updates/
If you scroll down just a bit you will see they have provided a small
file that will automatically change the registry key for you. Look for:
Registry file to set Chrome to Manual Updates only
<http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/reg/chrome/chrome-manual-updates.reg>
Download this file. Be sure to close Chrome and any other Google
program that might be open. Then right-click the file and choose MERGE.
You'll be prompted with an "are you sure?". Click yes, and you should
see a message saying the registry has been successfully updated.
Hopefully that'll stop the updates.
As for Virtual Memory... VM is really just hard drive space. If XP runs
out of free RAM it will start writing data onto the hard drive instead.
This is a lot slower than using RAM. And, if your hard drive starts to
fill up you'll see the messages of "low virtual memory". The best fix
for this is to add more RAM to the PC. 2nd best fix would be to free up
hard drive space by uninstall unused programs and deleting unneeded
data. As a last resort you can maybe manually enlarge the drive space
reserved for your page file (virtual memory) - here's a site that
explains how:
http://www.ehow.com/how_5075320_change-virtual-memory-xp.html
Donk
On 10/12/2013 7:58 PM, tlr28...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a Windows XP computer, and loaded Google Chrome because of the
limited memory. I'm learning patience :).
Unfortunately, when Chrome updates, it usually crashes and reboots.
Plus Windows often complains of too low virtual memory.
Is there some way to stop GC from updating? I can't remember if there
is, and I have checked the program without results.
Thanks,
Theresa
