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Some more paging/tasking/IDT questions...
James W. Glass jwglassp...@attbiDOT.com microsoft public windowsxp perform_maintain MarkS wrote: When I delete a file (of any size) from the Windows Explorer, /Mark More info will help: how much RAM, processor speed, what's running in background, is XP managing paging file, free disk space available, etc.

virtual memory error
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup Putting the page file on its own partition puts it farther from the other frequently-used data on the drive, That is the 'optimal' setup for a paging file according most references I have read about managing a paging file.

NT server performance
Fragmented paging file is another possibility, but this would easily be avoided by setting the initial and max sizes the same. Over time, the Windoz defrag utility The key is managing your system well, reg cleaning, defrag, controlling what starts up in the background, etc., etc. I like to use the analogy of

Managing the Pagefile.sys file
The important item to check is the greyed-out detail - if this has retained the reference to the E: drive then Windows is managing the swap file on the E: it out and instead of a sectrion heading over the paging file stuff, it just said =W. What should that section heading be to get Windows to recognize this?

Virtual Memory Low
Charles char...@ab7sl.com microsoft public win95 general discussion If I understand you correctly for the max paging file size simply set the max value in the virtual memory tab of system properties to all the available free space on your drive. After the required reboot you'll see Windows managing the swap file

"Out Of Memory error when trying to start a program or while ...
For specific information on this feature, see "Managing User Profiles Through the Registry" in Chapter 25, "Configuration Management and the Registry. The RegistrySizeLimit value establishes the maximum amount of paged pool space (and disk paging file space) that can be consumed by Registry data from all

Wiping or erasing swap file?
There are several options open to the user for managing the pagefile: 1. Allow Windows to manage it; In which case Windows uses a combination or both RAM and As for boost -- the only thing the paging file boosts is available virtual, and at a rather high price (5 ms versus about 5 us), but it's better than not

PhotoShop is hogging my RAM
Espero que les sea de ayuda Donde comenzar Adjusting Windows 2000 Priorities, Part 1 Description of Performance Options in Windows 2000 A Description of the 4 How to Clear the Windows NT Paging File at Shutdown HOW TO: Create and Configure Performance Monitor Trace Logs HOW TO: Create and Configure Performance

Virtual memory settings Win2K
Richard, Q240755 - Information About Defragmenting the Windows Paging File http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q240/7/55.asp 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
1: The process 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

Virtual Memory not recognized!
How much RAM is on the server, size of paging file, speed of processor? 5. 10/100 or 100Mhz NICs and are you using a switching hub? This means, to prevent problems with shared files, Windows NT is slowing down write access to its files. We're managing our own locks, but changing to CCOPTIMISTIC doesn't change a

Bryan Ballantyne .....fr0glet
With Windows managing Virtual Memory your swap file (WIN386.SWP) will be dynamic, with the file containing disk space used as "virtual" memory to supplement actual physical RAM growing and shrinking as needed. A 160MB paging file on a system with 96MB of actual memory would suggest a demand for over 250MB of memory

SASTip: SAS Windows Performance Tips (again)
More info: Search the XP help file for the phrase "Managing your computer's performance;" and also see "HOW TO: Set Performance Options in Windows XP" ( http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=308417 ) and "HOW TO: Move the Paging File in Windows XP" ( http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US

ME can't find memory
I suspect that the entry for the paging file may be corrupted. Just go through the routine again for adjusting the virtual memory settings. Right now, though, it says Windows is managing memory and in the greyed-out area it has 50mb min and no maximum with "windows is configured for optimal performance" -- now

Windows ME and Norton?
There is also a max paging file size as well. Min & Max are the same as manually changing the size in dialog. PagingDrive=C: The drive with the swap file. If absent windows is managing it. PagingFile=C:\Pagefile.sys If this is absent the swap is in c:\windows. A min/max swap is in c:\. This is for compatability

Paging file setting
Sometimes, you can improve your situation by managing the paging file yourself, and anyone who says letting windows manage it under all conditions is over simplifying and robbing you of some options to make your system more stable and perform faster. The most complellingargument for setting paging file size and

What's the best place for my paging file?
A window manager is a utility program program for managing windows, calling Xlib. Windows has a rough equivalent: a piece of code handling the title bars and events going thereto. The precise timings, of course, depend on a lot of factors, but I do know this: a fragmented paging file will slow Windows down.

Managing Virtual memory
I think that this leads to simpler file system design, and also allows for more powerful and efficient file systems, and makes deadlock avoidance easier. It's no big problem to keep the paging area in a file, and for the OS to have a simple algorithm for accessing the paging file (an array of disk "windows"

Virtual memory
Gary Woodruff MS MVP- DTS "That'll be the day" - John Wayne in The Searchers Optimizing the Swap File Windows 98 uses a special file on your hard disk called a virtual memory swap file (or paging file). With virtual memory under Windows 98, some of the program code and other information are kept in random access

Any NT gurus? Basic user security q.
The virtual memory subsystem should be managing the memory access, with the understanding that when real memory is nearing exhaustion, it's off to the paging file we go (if present), and should be completely transparent to Windows generally. That's why I say, Windows may indeed work the way you describe,