Re: Pagefile, why so large despite available memory?

That's strange. Just an ordinary plain text emoticon, or so I thought.


"Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e0xbZLDOIHA.484@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Daave

Only because it appears as a little red X here so I did not see it.

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Daave wrote:
Yes, Gerry. I knew you were referring to David B. Hence the smiley
face.
Sometimes humor doesn't travel well in newsgroups!


"Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Daave

You have a short memory. Another group yesterday!


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Daave wrote:
Whatever are you talking about, Gerry? :-)


Gerry wrote:
Daave

A certain person might have avoided two confrontations had it been
put this way:

Please note that Windows does not automatically adjust the size of
the page file after an increase in the amount of physical memory.
In such cases, you should manually change the page file settings.
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-010484.htm


Daave wrote:
Pradip wrote:
I just upgraded to full 4GB memory in my machine. After bootup
the
system finds 3.3 GB, and I understand what is happening here.
With
very little else running, I have 2.4 GB physical RAM available.
However, the pagefile (commit charge) is still 780 MB. Wondering
why windows is leaving the physical memory available and using
pagefile instead? Please enlighten. Thanks.

First of all, if you have lots of memory, you will hardly be using
the pagefile. This is good; RAM is always faster!

If you have 2.4 GB of RAM available, then I assume you're using
only
.9 GB. Sounds like you have way more than enough! You shouldn't
need
to rely on the pagefile at all.

You need to provide better figures. Open Task Manager. Click on
the Performance tab. Look in the bottom left-hand corner where it
says Commit Charge (K). What are the values for Total, Limit, and
Peak? And how do you have Virtual Memory configured?

Right-click on My computer and select Properties. Go to the
Advanced
tab and click on Settings (under Performance). Change to Advanced,
hit Change and select the target drive for your virtual memory
file.

Which is selected: Custom or System managed size? If Custom, what
is
the initial size and what is the maximum size?

Usually, System managed is just fine. If you prefer to read up
more and customize it properly (although the end result may very
well be the same!), see "Virtual Memory in Windows XP":

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



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