Virtual memory ram

[Guest]

Hi,
-A friend of mine told me i could speed up my computer by increasing the
volume of memory dedicated to virtual memory????? Is this true and are there
any dis advantages????- Would appreciate any advice...... cheers.
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[Wesley Vogel]

Virtual Memory in Windows XP
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
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[Stan Brown]

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:55:32 -0800 from madbob

-A friend of mine told me i could speed up my computer by increasing the
volume of memory dedicated to virtual memory????? Is this true

Probably not.

Windows XP manages virtual memory better than previous versions did.
Most users are advised to leave virtual memory settings alone.[1]

What might make a difference is (a) don't run other programs,
particularly startups that you aren't actually using, and (b) add
more _real_ memory -- especially if you've currently got less than
512 MB.


[1] http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

-A friend of mine told me i could speed up my computer by increasing
the volume of memory dedicated to virtual memory????? Is this true

No.


and are there any dis advantages????-

The only disadvatnge of having more page file than you need is that it's
wasteful of disk space.