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Thread ID: 90802	2008-06-16 23:14:00	Upgrading ram from 2 -> 4 GB	masdaman (12729)	Press F1

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679055	2008-06-17 01:58:00	I have 1.5gb memory. When I look at task manager, it is rarely over 500mb. So this means I have sufficient memory to not require the use of the page file? (assuming I dont use any heavy programs) I'd leave the page file as it is if I were you. I have 4GB, and was thinking about it, but thought again. I may get 8GB at some point, and I'll turn my page file off then. But not until. Unless you desperately need the disk space.	Thebananamonkey (7741)
679056	2008-06-17 02:27:00	You will find some programs won't run without some kind of page file. Iif your scraping for HDD space that much, get a bigger HDD. They are cheap as chips these days	wratterus (105)
679057	2008-06-17 02:50:00	Iif your scraping for HDD space that much, get a bigger HDD. They are cheap as chips these days I'd hate to see what a battered fish costs where you are. I've heard about global food crisis, but that's just silly. :p	Thebananamonkey (7741)
679058	2008-06-17 04:16:00	Oh. I've disabled the paging file for a long time now, and the PF usage graph still shows usage (I guess that is total ram usage?). I rarely run into problems. That only happens when I have a lot of programs open and a task bar box appears saying windows is low on memory. That only happens when I'm using 1.2-1.3gb memory. It came about because I thought: "well i have all this unused memory, I should make it a ramdrive and store my paging file on it". But then why use a paging file at all instead when you have the ram to spare? * Again, this is all assuming I don't run programs which require more physical memory than I currently have	utopian201 (6245)
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