See
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm
Open the System Properties by right clicking on My Computer
and selecting properties. Then on the Advanced tab, then
Performance. You should be able to reduce the pagefile
(virtual memory to less than 700 MB. When you change the VM
setting you must press the set button before you press OK
(both are required to make the change.)
Also, reduce the temp Internet cache size reserved by
Internet Explorer,
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| Len
|
| How much RAM memory does the machine have?
|
| Run Disk Cleanup. Start, Programs, Accessories, System
Tools, Disk
| Cleanup with
| Temporary Internet Files, Offline Web Pages (optional),
System Restore
| ( more Options tab )
| and Recycle Bin selected for deletion. If you have more
than one drive /
| partition you may
| need to do this operation for each drive / partition. The
System Restore
| option can provide significant extra free space.
|
| Then run Disk Defragmenter.
|
| Slow performance resulting from insufficient memory,
causing over
| reliance on virtual memory,
| may be especially noticed by those upgrading to Windows XP
from an
| earlier version of Windows.
| Windows XP will run with 64 MB of RAM memory. However, a
minimum of 256
| MB is
| recommended and many users will recommend 512 MB. You may
check on
| pagefile (virtual
| memory) usage with Page File Monitor for XP:
|
http://www.dougknox.com/
|
|
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|
|
| Hope this helps.
|
| Gerry
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|
| | > Just noticed daughter's laptop hdd is tight on space
even after
| > housekeep & defrag.
| > Pagefile.sys is 2.1GB - (more than 10%) any ideas how to
reduce this
| > please?
| >
|
