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Mr Gates Jun 16th, 2003 12:07 am
Modifying pagefile.sys ?
 
I've recently noticed that my pagefile.sys thing is at 700+ megabytes and that might be what's slowing down my system, and I just want a little extra diskspace. Is there any SAFE way to change this so it's not so big, maybe making a new file with the same name, then deleting the old one?

I heard it has something to do with freeing memory, but I know nothing about it.

Tekmaven Jun 16th, 2003 12:50 am
Re: Modifying pagefile.sys ?
 
I'm 90% sure that you can just delete the pagefile, and Windows will recreate a new one for you.

I'll check this out later, and report back.

Roberdin Jun 16th, 2003 3:31 pm
Re: Modifying pagefile.sys ?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Gates
I've recently noticed that my pagefile.sys thing is at 700+ megabytes and that might be what's slowing down my system, and I just want a little extra diskspace. Is there any SAFE way to change this so it's not so big, maybe making a new file with the same name, then deleting the old one?

I heard it has something to do with freeing memory, but I know nothing about it.

Well, 'Mr Gates'...

(Windows XP Solution - May not be exact)[list]Right Click On My Computer and click Properties. Click on the Advanced tab, and click on the top settings button, under the performance frame. Click on the Advanced tab of the dialogue that pops up. Click on Change. Click on the Custom Radio button and set the minimum and maximum figures of one and a half times your physical memory capacity (eg: 64MB Ram: 64MB + Half of 64MB = 64 + (64 / 2) = 64 + 32 = 96. You can of course adjust these figures but thats the default. Next time you start Windows, the paging file will be limited to that amount.[/list:u]

:D

Mr Gates Jun 17th, 2003 2:32 am
Re: Modifying pagefile.sys ?
 
Thank you both. :)

I seem to have forgotten how I programmed Windows XP. :D

samaru Jun 17th, 2003 2:50 am
Re: Modifying pagefile.sys ?
 
Why not just pay someone else to do it with all your money?

Mr Gates Jun 19th, 2003 2:32 pm
Re: Modifying pagefile.sys ?
 
I'm too busy using it to kiss ass to other companies and libraries to make my appearance look better to the public. :shock:


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