Page File

[Chris]

I have a box with the pagefile is set at 768-1536. When I go in and look at
it where it says "Total paging file size for all drives" it says 767 MB. I
have tried making no page file, rebooting, and putting it back. I have also
tried defragging with no pagefile, then rebooting and put it back, but it
always shows as 767MB although it shows it set at 768-1536. Any ideas what
is wrong or how to fix???

 

[Plato]

I have a box with the pagefile is set at 768-1536. When I go in and look at
it where it says "Total paging file size for all drives" it says 767 MB. I
have tried making no page file, rebooting, and putting it back. I have also
tried defragging with no pagefile, then rebooting and put it back, but it
always shows as 767MB although it shows it set at 768-1536. Any ideas what
is wrong or how to fix???

Offhand I dont see anything wrong. Keep in mind the 1536 is the max you
set, and if windows doesnt need the max it wont use it, less somebody
corrects me.

 

[Chris]

Offhand I dont see anything wrong. Keep in mind the 1536 is the max you
set, and if windows doesnt need the max it wont use it, less somebody
corrects me.

But 768MB is what I have the lowend set at, and it says it is at 767MB

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a box with the pagefile is set at 768-1536. When I go in and look at
it where it says "Total paging file size for all drives" it says 767 MB. I
have tried making no page file, rebooting, and putting it back. I have also
tried defragging with no pagefile, then rebooting and put it back, but it
always shows as 767MB although it shows it set at 768-1536.

It has made a file of 768 MB , because that is what you set as initial
size. And there is a small error in the display you see in dividing
the total actual number of bytes by 1.048576 to get MBytes. This then
rounds down. It is probably a bigger initial size than you need - see
www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm and the section on 'how big a page file'

 

[Plato]

But 768MB is what I have the lowend set at, and it says it is at 767MB

You're worried about a rounding issue?

 

[Chris]

You're worried about a rounding issue?

It just seemed odd that it goes under what is supposed to be the minimum.