Re: Windows ignoring virtual memory settings



Are you clicking on SET after making your selection?

http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Khrillian" <Khrillian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Maybe I need to restate....
>
> I have a 56GB singly partitioned hard drive with 16.3GB free space
> available.
> I want to set up the pagefile at 1024MB.
>
> The configuration screen says this:
>
> Drive: C Paging file size: 1024-1024
>
> x Custom size
> Initial size 1024
> Maximum size 1024
>
> Minimum allowed 2
> Recommended 1534 MB
> Currently allocated 1535MB
>
>
> If i disable the pagefile, restart, then set it up as i want it, making no
> other changes, it is resized by windows XP to 1535MB after the computer is
> restarted or put into sleep or hibernate mode. I do not want this to
> happen.
> Is there a way to 'convince' windows not to alter the size of the
> pagefile,
> once it is created at 1024MB?


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