Disable Virtual Memory

[The Bat]

Can I disable Virtual Memory if I have A RAM Memory More
Than 512 M.B. ?
and if i can, is it will increase the windows performance?

Thank you for helpness

 

[John Barnett MVP]

No. Do not disable virtual memory. Disabling it will certainly not increase
your window performance. decrease it, yes but it certainly won't increase
it.

 

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

Yes and no; if anything, performance will get worse.

Rocky

 

[Bill]

Can I disable Virtual Memory if I have A RAM Memory More
Than 512 M.B. ?

Technically yes, but it's not a good idea. Many programs expect to have
virtual memory available even if it's not used.

and if i can, is it will increase the windows performance?

Not really. A benchmarking program might show a difference, but
real-world performance will feel the same. The only time it makes a
noticeable difference is if Windows increases the size of the swapfile
and starts some disk thrashing which will slow things down.

You can set a fixed swapfile (virtual memory) size so Windows doesn't
have to resize it, and that will produce similar results to disabling
it. Something in the range of 512-1024 megs should be fine for many
users, depending on your usage of course.

 

[Mike]

It is not so much programs that require pagefile space so much as Windows
does..

 

[Nick Burns]

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

Technically yes, but it's not a good idea. Many programs expect to have
virtual memory available even if it's not used.


Not really. A benchmarking program might show a difference, but
real-world performance will feel the same. The only time it makes a
noticeable difference is if Windows increases the size of the swapfile
and starts some disk thrashing which will slow things down.

You can set a fixed swapfile (virtual memory) size so Windows doesn't
have to resize it, and that will produce similar results to disabling
it. Something in the range of 512-1024 megs should be fine for many
users, depending on your usage of course.