Comments on: Increasing Virtual Memory on your System http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-xp-tips/increasing-virtual-memory-on-your-system/ Help Desk Geek is a blog for Discussions about help desk tips and how-to computer tips Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:50:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Larry Millerhttp://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-xp-tips/increasing-virtual-memory-on-your-system/comment-page-1/#comment-4066 Larry Miller Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:09:18 +0000 http://helpdeskgeek.com/?p=16#comment-4066 I am shocked. Someone who actually knows something of how the pagefile should be configured. Notice that the author has not recommended that the initial size and the maximum be the same. There is no need for this as no resizing will occur unless the initial size is too small. Actually, there is an easier way to get this result. Setting the pagefile to System Managed Size would likely produce much the same results. The default setting on XP would provice an initial pagefile of 1.5 times physical memory size or 2GB, whicever is less. The maximum size would be 4095 MB. Larry Miller Microsoft MCSA I am shocked. Someone who actually knows something of how the pagefile should be configured. Notice that the author has not recommended that the initial size and the maximum be the same. There is no need for this as no resizing will occur unless the initial size is too small.

Actually, there is an easier way to get this result. Setting the pagefile to System Managed Size would likely produce much the same results. The default setting on XP would provice an initial pagefile of 1.5 times physical memory size or 2GB, whicever is less. The maximum size would be 4095 MB.

Larry Miller

Microsoft MCSA

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