Stop using virtual memory

koko

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Nov 27, 2001, 6:48:51 AM11/27/01

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Previously, my computer had 128 MB of RAM and I set
virtual memory fixed to 150 MB. It worked normally. Now it
has 512 MB of RAM; Can I disable virtual memory?

Will Denny

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Nov 27, 2001, 6:56:12 AM11/27/01

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Hi

No, I shouldn't disable VM - let Windows handle this automatically for you -
set no minimum and no maximum. Disabling VM can have detrimental effects on
your PC.

Will

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| Previously, my computer had 128 MB of RAM and I set
| virtual memory fixed to 150 MB. It worked normally. Now it
| has 512 MB of RAM; Can I disable virtual memory?

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koko

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Nov 27, 2001, 9:17:03 AM11/27/01

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hello

You mean windows always need to use virtual memory even
the computer has plenty of RAM such as 1GB.

thanks

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Will Denny

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Nov 27, 2001, 9:31:05 AM11/27/01

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If you have 1GB of RAM you can try and disable it - so long as you don't
want to run any intensive 3D graphics/video programs you should alright.

Will

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Noel Paton

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Nov 27, 2001, 9:30:47 AM11/27/01

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Windows may not need it - but some applications get very upset if it isn't there!
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Sequoia

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Nov 28, 2001, 10:37:31 PM11/28/01

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Not a good idea. Some of your programs simply will not run, such
as System Information (MSINFO32.EXE). You could set an absolute
minimum for VM at 2 mb and that would allow the programs to
function. But leaving VM alone is the best you can do for your
memory no matter how much RAM your system has.

For a slight performance gain if you are running enough RAM (512 mb+)
is using the "ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1" entry under the [386Enh]
header in the System.ini file.

This will prevent the Memory Manager from asynchronously writing to
the Swap File. The file is still there for Windows to use if it's needed but
for the most part the Memory Manager isolates memory to RAM instead
of both Swap and RAM, until it determines that the amount of loaded tasks
that are active would require more memory than available in RAM.

The setting would be as follows in the System.ini... Of course there will be
other items listed under {386Enh] so you can put it at the bottom of the list.
Save the file and reboot to load the new setting. Then each time the system
is booted this setting will be active. You will also find it beneficial in
keeping cache overruns from occurring, which can cause some memory
sluggishness. Using the MaxFileCache=<nnn> entry (where <nnn> is the
amount of cache available to Windows in kilobytes), under [vcache] in the
System.ini file. The setting is best around 70% of your RAM total (367000) kb
for 512 mb of RAM.

[386Enh]
ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1

[vcache]
MaxFileCache=367000

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