Re: Installing Extra RAM

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Oh, and the OP DID reveal his was NOT set to system managed, I quote;
"Thanks mate, have changed as you have suggested."

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"Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OgeOtnqNIHA.4948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Daave

"Except for the swapfile, it will be set for the pre upgrade amount of RAM as I said in my post.".

This is the statement which provoked Leonard's first post. In my view the statement by David B is wrong but you can argue that his meaning is not clear.

The question by the OP was about installing extra RAM and "am I required to change any settings". The answer is no because the new RAM is automatically registered by the system. David B introduced the subject of the pagefile but making changes to pagefile settings is not required as he implied. You can if you want make changes, it is an option the user may wish to do. David B's statement is wrong regarding the pagefile as it makes an assumption about the users settings which the OP has not revealed.

Leonard is an adherent to the school of thought that letting Windows manage the page file is best. He seems to have made one mistake when he said that this the default. When it was pointed out that he was wrong he backed off asking for a truce. Look again "Leonard kept on insisting that by default" is an exageration. The whole exchange was pointless because neither knew what pagefile settings the OP had.

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

That's not the debate you were having with Leonard as it looked to
me.

It looked that way to me.

Leonard kept on insisting that by default, XP lets the system manage
virtual memory, which is not true. If XP did indeed do this, then David B.'s customers would never have gotten the low virtual memory
errors after they increased their amount of RAM.



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