Re: Virtual Memory is too low

Your statement "is too large and windows simply won't use all that
additional space. In fact, it actually degrades the performance of
the operating system and wasting valuable disk space as well." set me
wondering how you might justify what you have said!

Free disk space is valuable if you have insuffient and less or not
valuable if you have plenty!

Why would an overlarge pagefile degrade performance?

Your posts must have the shortest line length in these newsgroups. Is
this necessary or could you make them longer?

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Gerry
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actually, if the virtual memory too
low message implies that the space
reserved for it is insufficient.

for example let say you have
512 megabytes of ram. logically
the maximum size of the vm should
be 1.5. So the max should be set
at 768 megabytes.

however, if the max is set like 100
megabytes instead of 768 megabytes
your machine will tell you that the
vm is too low.

now let's say you want to set the
max range beyond 768 like 2500
megabytes. your machine will not
cry out about vm being too low,
however, 2500 megs is too large
and windows simply won't use all
that additional space. In fact, it
actually degrades the performance
of the operating system and wasting
valuable disk space as well.


in regards to the minimum size this
is simply a low side of the range.

as mentioned, go ahead and take
the time to optimize your system.
by trying different ranges or settings.

however, i always suggest as a
default fix for low vm is to set
it to custom size of min=2 and
max=1152.

1152 may be too much for
some systems, but it works fairly
well and can be adjusted to be
lower or just left as is.

after you find the optimum
size for your vm. let me know
and I can provide additional
fyi to help you monitor your
new settings....

but first work on the initial
issue your o.s. is having....



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"Laughingstar~*" <le_sentier_battunospam368@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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db, you told me to reduce my VM, remember?

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the initial size is the minimum windows
permits. if you look at the configuration
dialog for the virtual memory, it indicates
the minimum allowed. but you can also
input a 0 or a 1 and you will get a simple
message about it.


you don't have to use 2 and can test your system with
higher sizes, that is if you have the time and
patience. something to realize however, is that windows
will not use more virtual memory than
is necessary. if i'm not mistake the limit is 1.5 times
the size of your physical ram.

so if you max out your page file with
a high amount say like 5 times the ram size, you
will only be wasting that additional space that
has been reserved for vm but "will not" be used by windows.

although automatic resizing is a convenience
for users, it is not always the best option for
some systems, especially the older ones. Thus
windows nags about the low virtual.

my systems are optimized with custom sizes
and i never get that nag. however, other systems may
use the automatic resizing just fine and never get the
nag as well.

here is a link with more fyi on vm:

http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&form=MSHOME&setlang=en-US&q=how+to+set+virtual+memory


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"Trevor" <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826513

you can try an custom/initial size of 2 and
max of 1.5 times the physical size
of your ram.



Can you explain an initial size of 2?


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