off topic but maybe someone can help me please

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I just added memory to my computer
It is xp pro sp3 dual core
it had 1gig and I added 2 gig making it 3gig
I upped the virtual memory to 4605
max 9210
4605 was the recommended by xp
i doubled it for the max
the maximum i am not sure of if it is correct so i am asking any of you here
what you think
I looked all over on the net and all agree on the minimum but I cannot find
a thing about what to set the maximum
robin
 
also should I have it checked To have Windows choose the best paging file
size, by clicking System managed size? and if yes does this bypass the size
I put in and determine its own size for both mim and max?

robin
 
engel I know
believe me I have researched it but I wanted some feedback from others in
here if I set it correctly
robin
 
Robin,

I haven't looked at this on my XP machine in a long time. I discovered that
when I went in there that I had it personally set to "custom" and the
difference that I had it set to was - high was double of the low. I don't
remember when I did this but my computer only has 2GB and it works just
fine. Since you brought this up I decided to set it to "System managed size"
and I don't see anything different with performance or functionality.

I did write down what they were and maybe something will come up to have me
change back to custom but for now I will let the system handle it.

--
Don
I just added memory to my computer
It is xp pro sp3 dual core
it had 1gig and I added 2 gig making it 3gig
I upped the virtual memory to 4605
max 9210
4605 was the recommended by xp
i doubled it for the max
the maximum i am not sure of if it is correct so i am asking any of you here
what you think
I looked all over on the net and all agree on the minimum but I cannot find
a thing about what to set the maximum
robin
 
that is what I did I doubled the high of low
all my machines are set this way but they have a gig. this was the first
time I put 3gigs on and was wondering if what I did for the "high" was ok
then on the internet I read that you can set it to system managed size and I
was wondering if it takes the custom levels or puts its own values on

funny though my other machine which I bought with 3gigs in it, has it set at
2046 and the high 4092. It actually came this way but it is a dual 2 core
so I am wondering since it is a dual 2 core if that makes a difference.

If it is better to set it at System manage size- then that is the way I
would go but I would like to hear from others especially Bill what he thinks
it should be set at

thanks
robin
 
ok I just set both of them to System managed size- and am going to see if
there is any differences in performance. I have no clue why the new
computer which had 3gigs was set so low to begin with. It's amounts are more
for 2gigs not 3gigs
So far I do not see any but time will tell
I can always set it back to custom if needed
I read around the link that engle put and it seems that most have it set to
system managed size so I will go that route and see how it does
robin
 
Like I stated I did customize at one point for some reason and I don't know
why I did it. My computer is only 2GB and was set as you stated below as
2046 and high 4092 and it is just a P4 3.40 processor.

Today with the drive capacities and the amount of memory we run I don't
think that we have to manually do it I think that "system managed" should
work just fine as an average user.

--
Don
that is what I did I doubled the high of low
all my machines are set this way but they have a gig. this was the first
time I put 3gigs on and was wondering if what I did for the "high" was ok
then on the internet I read that you can set it to system managed size and I
was wondering if it takes the custom levels or puts its own values on

funny though my other machine which I bought with 3gigs in it, has it set at
2046 and the high 4092. It actually came this way but it is a dual 2 core
so I am wondering since it is a dual 2 core if that makes a difference.

If it is better to set it at System manage size- then that is the way I
would go but I would like to hear from others especially Bill what he thinks
it should be set at

thanks
robin
 
robinb said:
I just added memory to my computer
It is xp pro sp3 dual core
it had 1gig and I added 2 gig making it 3gig
I upped the virtual memory to 4605
max 9210
4605 was the recommended by xp
i doubled it for the max
the maximum i am not sure of if it is correct so i am asking any of you here
what you think
I looked all over on the net and all agree on the minimum but I cannot find
a thing about what to set the maximum
Click to expand...

Windows will only use as much RAM as it needs, even if you had a Terabyte of RAM Windows would
not even "see" it. Fussing with VM settings gets you into the fore of overclocking, etc.

Add the new RAM sticks, hope for the best.
 
Thanks Robin I will take a look at that.

--
Don
btw you can get a free pagefile monitor at
http://www.dougknox.com/
Click on win XP Utilities
Scroll all the way down till you see
XP Page File Monitoring Utility

I tested it out and it does work
robin
 
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