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287738 2004-11-04 03:30:00 is there a way to make the computer use it's physical memory first before starting to get into pagefile?

i'm running win2k and right now there's 181/375Mb of physical ram still free
but pagefile is using around 200/511Mb

can't the system use till ther's like 10Mb of physical ram left before using page file?


or would using the phy ram to max make comp slower?
heni72847 (1166)
287739 2004-11-04 04:11:00 As far as Im aware, unless you disable the Page-File, then no....

...Have to be linux for that ;-)
Chilling_Silence (9)
287740 2004-11-04 04:31:00 With win 98 u can do it by putting

conservativeswapfileusage = 1

system.ini file I think..
Kenshin (2501)
287741 2004-11-04 04:48:00 um..yes.. i did that when i had 98
sigh~
heni72847 (1166)
287742 2004-11-04 05:14:00 There is a registry hack to force XP to use all available memory before using the pagefile, but i can't find it.
Will post back when I do
45South (4769)
287743 2004-11-04 05:19:00 If you disable the pagefile XP creates one by itself unfortunately in my experience...

1.5GB RAM - disabled page files - XP created a 1.5GB page file in C:\

Grrr...
HadO (796)
287744 2004-11-04 08:35:00 You just have to let W2k/XP do its own thing in managing memory, it's not like Win98.

Two references have been added to the bottom of FAQ #37 (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz), which explain the way virtual memory works, and why there will always be a substantial page file.
Terry Porritt (14)
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