A technician notices that Windows repeatedly displays the message "Your computer is low on memory." What does this warning most likely indicate about the current state of the system?
The primary storage drive is almost full, causing slow boot times.
The system is running short of available physical and virtual memory, which can degrade performance or crash applications.
The system has plenty of free RAM; no action is required.
The CPU is overheating and has reduced its clock speed to prevent damage.
Low-memory (or low virtual-memory) warnings appear when available physical RAM and paging-file resources are almost exhausted. When this happens, Windows may try to enlarge the page file or advise the user to close applications. If the condition persists, the PC can become sluggish or unstable, and programs may crash. The alert does not mean that plenty of RAM is available; it means the opposite.
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