pagefile size

[Paul Mars]

looking at http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm
and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q197379/#appliesto

I thought maybe I would increase my pagefile size. However, I saw it was set
to Custom and not System Managed. I never did this. Is not default System
Managed?

paul

 

[Guest]

The deafualt is system managed. What are the settings and how much ram do you
have?

 

[Paul Mars]

I have not yet changed anything. So why is it set to custom on my computer?

I have 288meg ram. Please do not tell me to get more, I know it is small. My
Custom swap min is 432 meg which is less then "default" of 1.5 times ram.
Max is 814 meg. Still I keep looking at the pagefile and it never is
increased beyond the 432 meg. So That must be enough, even with only 288
ram.

 

[Smoker~]

I have not yet changed anything. So why is it set to custom on my computer?

Windows is a screwup and does things like that. Correct it. System Managed
is okay. You can also custom set the Pagefile to double the amount of your
RAM.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

If your system was pre-installed by the vendor, there is a chance that it
could have been set that way from the very start.. I have seen this with the
computers of some of my clients..

 

[Paul Mars]

I am diy. I do not know how it was set on my first or second install of xp.
In oct 2005 I wiped everything, repartitioned, reformatted and installed xp
and all updates.

Paul