I have 4GB Memory/RAM, on my vista ultimate, is it safe to disable the paging files?
Thanks
Rip
Thanks
Rip
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Solved Paging File
- Thread starter Riptorn
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Hello Phillip,
I would strongly advise to not disable the page file. Even if you had 24GB of RAM, some programs may still not run properly unless you had a page file.
I would strongly advise to not disable the page file. Even if you had 24GB of RAM, some programs may still not run properly unless you had a page file.
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Oh, ok then, thanks. How then can I clean the pagefile then?
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There's no need to. It is self maintaining as long as you leave it set as "Managed by system". 
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In rips other thread on basically the same thing I told him he should not delete it as well. he has sa 100 gig drive w ony 48 left and is trying to free up space any way he can
In rips other thread on basically the same thing I told him he should not delete it as well. he has sa 100 gig drive w ony 48 left and is trying to free up space any way he can
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oh, ok,thanks. Brink
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Hi Ken,
If he hasn't already, he can reduce the storage size that system restore uses for restore points to help a bit.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76227-system-restore-disk-space.html
.... and run the SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool. This will free up a few gigs of space.
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Thanks I saved 1GB
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You're welcome. How did it go with system restore?
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Galaxy S23 Plus phone
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- NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
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some programs will ask for HUGE ammounts of memory on startup (whether they need it or not) On request windows will allocate these programs their desired ammount of memory from your pagefile.
Disable your pagefile and you may find yourself running out of memory pretty quick also even if you have plenty your performance can drop quite dramatically. Ive also had some DEP errors thrown up on systems with no pagefile , programs just wont start , DEP blocks them as they start using memory thier not allocated , turn PF back on and all is well
Leave the pagefile and leave it at system managed
Disable your pagefile and you may find yourself running out of memory pretty quick also even if you have plenty your performance can drop quite dramatically. Ive also had some DEP errors thrown up on systems with no pagefile , programs just wont start , DEP blocks them as they start using memory thier not allocated , turn PF back on and all is well
Leave the pagefile and leave it at system managed
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Yes - no pagefile = unstable system.
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Thanks Brink, I set System Restore disabled at start up, and I gained 3GB,
by reducing it's size..thanks for your reply.
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Thank You for your reply, I shall leave it alone.some programs will ask for HUGE ammounts of memory on startup (whether they need it or not) On request windows will allocate these programs their desired ammount of memory from your pagefile.
Disable your pagefile and you may find yourself running out of memory pretty quick also even if you have plenty your performance can drop quite dramatically. Ive also had some DEP errors thrown up on systems with no pagefile , programs just wont start , DEP blocks them as they start using memory thier not allocated , turn PF back on and all is well
Leave the pagefile and leave it at system managed
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Inspiron 1525
- CPU
- CELERON DUO
- Memory
- 4GB
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- 360GB