Swap file

[Ted Gervais]

Does WindowsXP have a Swap file? Earlier versions of windows had such a
file but I don't remember ever seeing such a 'thing' in windowsXP??

Anyone help please? And if there is one, is there a way to adjust its size?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Yes, WinXP uses virtual memory, and its swap file is adjusted in
pretty much the same way it was in both WinNT and Win2K, which are
WinXP's predecessors. Right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced

Performance Settings > Advanced > Virtual Memory.

Configuring Paging Files for Optimization and Recovery in WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=kb;en-us;Q314482


Bruce Chambers

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[Harry Ohrn]

Adding to Bruce's reply you might also want to read through Alex Nichol's
page on managing virtual memory http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In

Adding to Bruce's reply you might also want to read through Alex
Nichol's page on managing virtual memory
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

And one brief additional comment for Ted, if I may. In Windows
XP, it's called a "page file," not a "swap file."

 

[Ben Loosli]

Page File, now.

More of Digital's VMS names being used.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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Page File, now.

Why did you reply to my message to tell me the same thing I just
said?