off topic but maybe someone can help me please

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robinb

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
 
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robinb

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
 
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robinb

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

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
 
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robinb

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
 
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robinb

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
 
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Don Carlson

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
 
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Randy Knobloch

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.
 
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Don Carlson

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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