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Virtual Memory Settings: A Poll (Sorry 4 Dup Post)
... of managing which pages are stored in RAM, and which are stored in the paging file is called: A) Virtual Memory B) Paging C) Demand Paging D) Page Swapping 2: Boot error - NTOSKRNL is missing or corrupt. Fix? 3: You are running three integrated Windows16-bit applications on your Windows NT Workstation computer.

Brian, your bias is showing ( was Re: OS/2 vs NT features
Windows uses a dynamic paging file that remains at a size of 0K until it is needed. The paging file can grow to use all the available space on the hard disk if it is necessary. This is the default setting for the paging file. You should use this setting if possible. To check if Windows is managing Virtual Memory go

VERY interesting ARTICLE from MS itself on OPTIMIZING ...
To Manage Computer Memory When your computer is running low on RAM and more is needed immediately, Windows uses hard drive space to simulate system RAM. This is known as virtual >memory, and is often called the paging file. This is similar to the UNIX swapfile . The default size of the virtual memory paging file

Managing the Pagefile.sys file
Thus the name, swap. http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/swpfile1.html Managing the Windows Swap File What is the Swap File? .... there is an issue in Win98 Second Edition where the computer hangs if a lower case drive letter is specified for the paging file location...but that's another story).

Windows ME and Norton?
His RAM+paging file = 500MB formula is highly inadequate. I have XP with 256MB RAM. I often need over 400 MB paging file. I've needed virtual memory over 1 GB for Best result is usually to let Windows XP manage it. Those who advocate a formula based on some multiple of the amount of RAM are only succeeding in

Delete file from Explorer takes 60 seconds!
Emmers Presson [MSFT] emme...@online.microsoft.com microsoft public win2000 file_system What's the history on this paging file issue? The only web page I found is telling ==== The Windows swap file. This should be managed by Windows unless you have experience managing Windows configuration and performance

Windows ME and Norton?
Some articles come ready to mind: The Virtual-Memory Manager in Windows NT Randy Kath, December 21, 1992 Microsoft Developer Network Technology Group Managing Virtual Memory in Win32 Randy Kath, January 20, 1993 Microsoft Developer Network Technology Group Managing Memory-Mapped Files in Win32 Randy Kath,

ME and windows swapfile
Turn it off, get great results, then you don't gain the small disadvantages that come from windows managing your paging file. Justin Justin <arag...@ihug.co.nz.remove> wrote in message news:3740cca5.4545717@news.akl.ihug.co.nz... On Wed, 5 May 1999 11:56:56 +1200, "Darren Perrett" <dar...@ihug.co.nz> wrote: Let

Does altering the PAGING FILE size have any advantage when ...
Will Denny willde...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp configuration_manage Hi Please try the following article: "Virtual Memory in Windows XP" I bought an additional HDD (a new drive with much more space), and then made C: and D: drives s "No Paging File" drives, and set up the new drive (E: drive) as the

"Not Enough Memory" on 3rd execution - every time!
Spider spid...@mailandnews.com 24hoursupport helpdesk From the WinXP help files: Managing computer memory When your computer is running low on RAM and more is needed immediately, Windows uses hard drive space to simulate system RAM. This is known as virtual memory, and is often called the paging file.

Is Windows XP slower than 2000?
5) Quit all applications other than Word 6) If you have two physical hard drives, move your paging file to the device that does NOT contain Windows. 7) Assign a contiguous paging file 1.5 times the memory size and of fixed size. Word should "slow" a little at about 1000 pages, but it should stay with you up to

moving the swap file verification
SJHaribabu sjh...@microsoft.com microsoft public win2000 general Hi, Managing computer memory ========================= When your computer is running low on RAM and more is needed immediately, Windows uses hard drive space to simulate system RAM. This is known as virtual memory, and is often called the paging file

U Gurus giving up? I need to figure this out.
When trying to edit text in Word (class assignment), windows tells me it's low on memory, even with all programs closed. AFter reading the knowledge base, I tried to change the custom paging file, but I don't understand it. What should I enter in the maximum page file size? Disable Script Blocking and the Microsoft

How much virtual memory?
However if you're a "power user" do a lot of multi-tasking or push your system where a lot of activity is happening between your hard drives and virtual memory (your paging file) then maybe you will benefit from both moving the paging file to a different partition and/or managing it's size.

Virtual Memory and Windows XP
However, when you increase the paging file size, you need not restart your computer. NOTE: * To enable Windows to choose the best paging file size, click System The system performance can thus be improved by managing computer's memory and solve the virtual memory errors. Thanks, Babuji CCNA -----Original

Does altering the PAGING FILE size have any advantage when ...
Some people say that if you have your drive set up for maximum filing efficiency (4 kb clusters) then it makes no difference as paging (the swap file is also called the By default, Windows is managing the swap file but if you click the radio button that says "Let me specify my own virtual memory settings",

editing text in Word
In my case I delete all but the last restore point, via a right-click on C: in windows explorer, properties, disk cleanup, more option, etc. files = 44872 Average file size = 151 KB Total fragmented files = 0 Total excess fragments = 0 Average fragments per file = 1.00 Paging file fragmentation Paging/Swap file

Bryan Ballantyne and computer whine (ot)
Windows XP will perform best if you specify a very small fixed-size page file on your default drive (I'm not exactly sure of the minimum size at the moment, but I believe you can allocate 40kb for this purpose). This, of course, will be a non-movable file. Then you can specify a system managed paging file on your

workstation questions -- 11 of them
No don't do that but stop using NU to "optimize" your swap file. To do this open system.ini with notepad or sysedit and check that you have no entries for "paging file" or "pagefile" size; delete any you find. next open My Computer\System\Performance\Virtual Memory and ensure that window is managing virtual memory

Managing Virtual memory
I've found faster hard drives (minimum 7200rpm and preferably 10000rpm) with a large buffer and/or cache (and an increased size of paging file) very helpful with managing, and usability) Windows 2000 Server (well, it's meant to serve.) Windows XP (Windows 2000 with a facelift and some fluffiness) I'm with you.