Re: Installing Extra RAM

Dave

Your point is correct but the point David B and Leonard were at
loggerheads over was a different point. A bit of a pointless debate
because the pagefile sizing assumptions by Microsoft were, with the
advent of larger drives, demonstrably wrong. The late Alex Nichol
pointed this out in his still relevant Article in 2004.
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

Adding RAM does not automatically mean you need to increase the pagefile
size. A myth propagated by the original Microsoft programmers when they
created the virtual memory management set up for Windows XP. They
haven't even corrected the Knowledge Base Article put out at the time of
the Windows XP launch.

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Regards.

Gerry
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Lil' Dave wrote:
"Hudster" <Hudster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8EF1D3C9-C7AE-459C-B1F5-A02C38AA0164@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

If I install extra RAM into my PC, am I required to change any
settings under XP or will the system automatically adjust anyway?

Cheers.

Alan

David B. is correct. What I've found is you have to do a reboot/cold
boot for the swapfile change to take effect.
Dave


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