Marty Felker

Thanks Tom:

That did it. I'll reboot and if I get an error I'll try to
correct it through the RC2 ISO - otherwise I'll reinstall. Since I reduced
the size of my Vista partition from 43GB to 35GB I'd rather not have a swap
file since it also takes space away from my XP x64 dual boot. I do have a
lot of programs I'd need to reinstall if the swapfile experient fails for XP
x64 - but this is not a production box (in fact I really don't do
"production" except for WP and Email for the most part. I've been
experimenting quite a bit with BootitNG from Terabyte which is a great
program for partion and backup work. Indeed I'll go to maintence and backup
Vista and XP64 which will have a swapfile and the settings for it.

Marty

"Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@msn.com> wrote in message
news:71FFA52E-A0CB-48D1-A278-257003D60013@microsoft.com...
> To change the swap file size, go to Start, right click on Computer and
> click Properties. Then on the left hand side click on Advanced System
> Settings, then go to Settings under Performance, and click the Advanced
> tab.
>
> --
> Tom Ziegmann
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft Core OS TechBeta Tester
>
> Windows Vista Ultimate RTM
> WEI: 5.7
> "Marty Felker" <martinfelker@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ODDEof0CHHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I have 4GB of memory. I can run all Linux versions with a swap file - in
>>fact its faster since no hard disk activity is needed.
>>
>> I have an AMD64 3700 processor as well. I dual boot Vista and XP Pro x64
>> (Linux distros are a different story - which I won't get into in this
>> post).
>>
>> I find that I cannot change the swap file size (or for that matter the
>> location of the swap file) in Vista 64 bit RC2. Is there any way to
>> eliminate the swap file - I don't think I need it and it will save wear
>> on my hard drives. If there is no way in RC2 to get around the 4GB swap
>> file (Windows set size) will that be an option in Vista RTM in January?
>> This will have a great deal as to whether I shell out.
>>
>> Is it because of the Ultimate Edition? Obviously I won't be getting
>> that. In fact messing with Media Center was the only time I blue/black
>> screened.
>>
>> Marty Felker
>