Pagefile setup.

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My OS:winxp home. Recently I have installed more memory.
My actual total phisical memory RAM, is 640MB.
My pagefile is now set at :min=960MB, max:1920MB.
Is this OK? or should I changed?
Thanks.
 
If you have a cpu that is HyperThreading capable you would be better off
using two memory sticks of the same size and installed so that you could
turn HT on. (How did you actually get to 640Mb - a 512 and a 128?)
 
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Jfern


Jerry said:
If you have a cpu that is HyperThreading capable you would be better off
using two memory sticks of the same size and installed so that you could
turn HT on. (How did you actually get to 640Mb - a 512 and a 128?)



Yes, I had only 128mb, and I added 512, I installed the 512 on tha slat #0, and 128 on number1.
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Jack said:
My OS:winxp home. Recently I have installed more memory.
My actual total phisical memory RAM, is 640MB.
My pagefile is now set at :min=960MB, max:1920MB.
Is this OK? or should I changed?
Thanks.
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Nothing detrimental except that you are probably wasting a fair bit of
disk space.

My suggestion would be to reduce the minimum setting to something more
realistic, such as 100 mb or so.

2 caveats regarding this change:
1. You may need to reconfigure your memory dump options (Control
Panel - System - Advanced and click on the Settings button in the
Startup and Recovery (bottom) section. If you want to use the
"complete memory dump" option, which is the default and which also is
totally unnecessary at least 99 and 44/100%^ of the time, then your
minimum page file has to be at least equal to the total amount of RAM.

2. If you have certain Norton products (or more accurately if your
computer is infested with certain Norton products) then you will find
that the pagefile settings will be automatically reset to the Windows
default values (1.5 times RAM) unless you make some changes in the
Norton setup. This applies in particular to systems using NAV2004 or
Norton Corporate 9.0

Good luck

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Jack said:
My OS:winxp home. Recently I have installed more memory.
My actual total phisical memory RAM, is 640MB.
My pagefile is now set at :min=960MB, max:1920MB.
Is this OK? or should I changed?
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Is it OK? Yes, it's unlikely to hurt you. Is it best? Probably not. The
minimum of 960MB is probably more than you need, and you're wasting half a
GB or more of disk space.

In these days of very cheap hard drives, that half GB is worth$.50 (US) or
so. If you want to make the minimum smaller, you can, but the savings won't
be of enormous value.
 
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Jfern


Ken Blake said:
Is it OK? Yes, it's unlikely to hurt you. Is it best? Probably not. The
minimum of 960MB is probably more than you need, and you're wasting half a
GB or more of disk space.

In these days of very cheap hard drives, that half GB is worth$.50 (US) or
so. If you want to make the minimum smaller, you can, but the savings won't
be of enormous value.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Thanks a lot.
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Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:18:27 -0800 from Jack
My OS:winxp home. Recently I have installed more memory.
My actual total phisical memory RAM, is 640MB.
My pagefile is now set at :min=960MB, max:1920MB.
Is this OK? or should I changed?
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Unless you have a _very_ particular reason, you should not be
monkeying with the page file. Just let WIndows handle it.

(You seem to have applied a "multiplier" rule. That's commonly
recommended, but it's bad advice.)

reference: http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm
 
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