Pagefile problem

[Guest]

Hi,

In the Virtual Memory panel, if I tick the Custom size en put Initial size
on 2G and Maximum size on 3G (and push then the Set button), the WinXP starts
of with 763 MB after restart, instead of 2G.

If I then load a picture file of 1G, WinXP gradually increases the pagefile
to 1.1G. Why does WinXP after startup not immediate allocate 2G to the
pagefile instead of 763MB???

I think that expanding the pagefile to 1.1G during opening of the 1G picture
file (in Picture and Fax viewer) takes extra time during loading that could
be avoided if WinXP would've allocated immediately after startup 2G to the
pagefile.

PS: I had it once that when I switched on the virtual memory starting from
'No paging file' to 'Custom size 2G/3G' WinXP immediately allocated a 2G
pagefile to the system. One time it worked well. But after restart the
pagefile fell back to 763M. Strange.

Thanks

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In the Virtual Memory panel, if I tick the Custom size en put Initial
size on 2G and Maximum size on 3G (and push then the Set button), the
WinXP starts of with 763 MB after restart, instead of 2G.

If I then load a picture file of 1G, WinXP gradually increases the
pagefile to 1.1G. Why does WinXP after startup not immediate
allocate 2G to the pagefile instead of 763MB???

I think that expanding the pagefile to 1.1G during opening of the 1G
picture file (in Picture and Fax viewer) takes extra time during
loading that could be avoided if WinXP would've allocated immediately
after startup 2G to the pagefile.

An insignificant amount of extra time. In fact, it normally makes sense to
set the initial size *much* lower.

Read this article by the late MVP, Alex Nichol: "Virtual Memory in Windows
XP" at http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Johan

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Please see if this link helps:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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