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696992 2008-08-13 09:23:00 hey my pf usage is 2.01 GB why is it so high? would this affect how fast my computer is running? how can i stop it from doing this? nedkelly (9059)
696993 2008-08-13 10:56:00 You might be running out of RAM. How much do you have installed?

By default, a XP pagefile is 1.5 times the amount of RAM that you have installed physically.

Have a look here: blogs.technet.com
beeswax34 (63)
696994 2008-08-14 08:06:00 2GB pagefile usage is very high, there should be a noticable slowdown with that!

You may have a virus or some buggy software
Agent_24 (57)
696995 2008-08-15 03:56:00 The size of the paging file shouldn't have much effect on your speed; what matters is how often it's being used, causing actual disk operations.

"Page fault" rate is the measure to look at.

The large file probably indicates that you have a lot of programmes resident.
Graham L (2)
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