Vista - System Paging File/Virtual Memory

Should there be a limit as to how much memory I should use for this? I am
using 10,000 MB, but not sure if that is too much or not? What is the
recomended?

Either 1.5 x installed memory or let Windows manage it should be fine.

"UnknownTBeast" <UnknownTBeast@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I generally let Windows manage the size of the virtual memory file.
Some say 1.5 or 2X the amount of RAM you have; but it depends on what you
run.
Every user is different and a system managed size will make it
larger/smaller depending on how YOU are using it.
Unless you have a very small HDD, it shouldn't be an issue.
On some of my systems, I have a separate HDD just for the swap file.
I have a lot of computers, so I also have many older, relatively small HDDS
laying around.
I just take one that is 10-30GB, pop it in and allow Windows to use it ONLY
for the swap file.
It may give a marginal speed increase because the main drive does not have
to move around the read heads to access the swap file then go back to the
program it is using.
Not everyone will benefit from that configuration, but if you have unused
drives laying around...it's better than tossing them in the trash.

"UnknownTBeast" <UnknownTBeast@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:31:01 -0700, UnknownTBeast
<UnknownTBeast@xxxxxx> wrote:


In general there is very little point to doing anything but letting
Windows manage the size. The only improvement you could possibly make
is saving a little disk space, but in these days of very cheap hard
drives, the value of that is tiny.


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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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