Virtual Memory

[Dennis Michael Jr.]

Hello All,

I have WinXP Pro SP1 installed w/ 1GB of ram, I want to change my virtual
memory to 3GB I go to System Properties-Advance-Performance Options-Virtual
Memeory Change set Initial Size and Maximum Size to 3000 select set and
restart system.
Then when I open Task Manager it says I only have 2521024 as my limit it
should say 4000 and when I go back to Virtual Memory window it still says
3000-3000 but in the Total paging file size for all drives says min. 2MB,
Recommended: 1534, Currently Allocated : 1535, should'nt it say 3000??

Does anyone know way this is not taking affect??

Thanks alot in advance!!

Dennis

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Virtual Memory in Windows XP
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| Hello All,
|
| I have WinXP Pro SP1 installed w/ 1GB of ram, I want to change my virtual
| memory to 3GB I go to System Properties-Advance-Performance Options-Virtual
| Memeory Change set Initial Size and Maximum Size to 3000 select set and
| restart system.
| Then when I open Task Manager it says I only have 2521024 as my limit it
| should say 4000 and when I go back to Virtual Memory window it still says
| 3000-3000 but in the Total paging file size for all drives says min. 2MB,
| Recommended: 1534, Currently Allocated : 1535, should'nt it say 3000??
|
| Does anyone know way this is not taking affect??
|
| Thanks alot in advance!!
|
| Dennis
|
|

 

[nkjg]

Just a quick question... why on earth would you want 3 GB
of virtual ram? You already have 1 GB of physical ram,
which should pull you through pretty much anything other
than modeling the stuff that they do at Pixar.

Nick

 

[Dennis Michael Jr.]

Thanks, I just went through it and that is exactly what I did I even
followed his instruction to:

In the Virtual Memory settings, set to "No page file," then exit System
Properties, shut down the machine, and reboot. Delete PAGEFILE.SYS (on each
drive, if more than just C, set the page file up again and reboot to bring
it into use.

I reset it to 3000 and rebooted and the PAGEFILE.SYS says 1,572,080 not
3000!!!

Yes you are correct I do alot of work in 3D Studio Max and I need it to help
speed up my renderings.

This just does not make sence to me

Help!!
Dennis

 

[S aint]

3GB - WHY?????????

just let windows manage it. with 1 gig of memory u dont
need a page file that size.