Vista - Memory

Should I have a Page file with 4 gigs of ram on a 32 bit os, with a core
dual processor? If yes, what size should it be?


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jimdd presented the following explanation :Yes, disabling the page file is never a good idea. No matter how much
RAM you have.
Just let Vista manage it.

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Kind regards,
Mark Veldhuis.

Hi jimdd,

Yes, as most programs now seek an allocation of pages when initialized,
regardless of whether they use them or not. Disabling the pagefile can lead
to 'out of memory' errors, even though it's not being used. Just set it to
100MB minimum with no maximum if you must tinker. Be aware though that to
catch memory dumps you need to leave it at system managed so that the size
is sufficient should a stop error occur.

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"jimdd" <jimdd.349hci@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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Everything I have read indicated it is better to NOT let windows manage
it. What do you base your statement on? I would like to rewiew the
information source you used for your response.


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"jimdd" <jimdd.349oc5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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Excuse me, but everything I have read suggests that you let Windows
manage the size of the page file and there is one very good reason for doing
so. If you have no page file or the page file is too small your system will
save to the disk. It is much harder and takes much longer for your system to
retrieve files from a mechanical disk than it is to retrieve them from
memory.

If you let Windows manage your page file, swap file or virtual memory,
whatever you wish to call it, the size of the file will be decreased and
increased based upon demand. However, if you manage the size of the page
file yourself and it is not large enough you will find that files are
dispatched to your hard drive as opposed to being dispatched to memory. This
will slow down your system.

Have a nice day.

C.B.


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