==page file usage history==

[Jared]

what exactly is page file usage history in the task
manager and the higher it gets, does it slow down my
computer? i am running an athlon 2000+ with 1 gig of ram
of this helps at all.

 

[bern]

check Alex Nichol's page here for info about pagefiles
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

"the higher it gets, does it slow down my computer?"
NO

 

[rory]

It may be associated with computer slowing, but the causality works the
other way round. The harder-working (slower) CPU needs more of the page file
resource.