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bbalegere · 10-04-06, 02:52 PM

I have 640MB of RAM.
Should I disable Page file completely?
OR
Should I keep the Page file constant?
If yes how much should I allocate for the page file?

I have also heard of some tweak called the conservative swap file tweak.
How do I use it?

navjotjsingh · 10-04-06, 05:48 PM

If you want you can disable the page file completely but I would stil suggest keeping it and set it to 1.5 times the max RAM on your PC and that comes out to be 1.5X640 = 960MB!

Arca · 10-04-06, 09:03 PM

Disable paging is not a good ideea.

- keep it at a fix size
- if you have 2 physical hard drives, split the swap on both

bbalegere · 11-04-06, 11:26 AM

How do I make sure the kernal remains in the memory?
I heard some tweak about this some time ago.

navjotjsingh · 11-04-06, 11:46 AM

There are some tweaks you can make to change how XP uses memory.
Open Regedit and Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\

Disable Paging Executive:
XP pages data from RAM memory to the hard drive. We can stop this happening and keep more data in RAM, resulting in better performance. Users with a large amount of RAM (256MB+) should use this setting. The setting we change to disable the ’Paging Executive’, is DisablePagingExecutive. Changing the value of this key from 0 to 1 will de-activate memory paging.

System Cache Boost:
Changing the value of the key LargeSystemCache from 0 to 1 will tell XP to allocate all but 4MB of system memory to the file system cache, allowing the XP Kernel to run in memory. The 4MB of memory left is used for disk caching, if more is needed, XP allocates more. Generally, this tweak improves performance by a fair bit but can, in some intensive applications, degrade performance. As with the previous tweak, you should have at least 256MB of RAM before attempting to enable LargeSystemCache.

bbalegere · 11-04-06, 11:49 AM

Thanks a lot Navjot.
This was the info i was looking for.
Since I have 640mb of RAM , can I implement the above tweaks?

navjotjsingh · 11-04-06, 11:51 AM

yes you can try those tweaks!

bbalegere · 11-04-06, 11:53 AM

Yeah I am trying those tweaks right now.
Will there be an increase in performance of Games as well?

10-04-06, 02:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
bbalegere Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 60 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Page file setings I have 640MB of RAM. Should I disable Page file completely? OR Should I keep the Page file constant? If yes how much should I allocate for the page file? I have also heard of some tweak called the conservative swap file tweak. How do I use it?

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Arca Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 48 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Disable paging is not a good ideea. - keep it at a fix size - if you have 2 physical hard drives, split the swap on both __________________ Muzical.info Newsgroup.ro FreeAddictingGames.info

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navjotjsingh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Delhi, India Posts: 127 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	If you want you can disable the page file completely but I would stil suggest keeping it and set it to 1.5 times the max RAM on your PC and that comes out to be 1.5X640 = 960MB!

11-04-06, 11:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
bbalegere Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 60 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How do I make sure the kernal remains in the memory? I heard some tweak about this some time ago.

11-04-06, 11:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
navjotjsingh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Delhi, India Posts: 127 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	There are some tweaks you can make to change how XP uses memory. Open Regedit and Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\ Disable Paging Executive: XP pages data from RAM memory to the hard drive. We can stop this happening and keep more data in RAM, resulting in better performance. Users with a large amount of RAM (256MB+) should use this setting. The setting we change to disable the ’Paging Executive’, is DisablePagingExecutive. Changing the value of this key from 0 to 1 will de-activate memory paging. System Cache Boost: Changing the value of the key LargeSystemCache from 0 to 1 will tell XP to allocate all but 4MB of system memory to the file system cache, allowing the XP Kernel to run in memory. The 4MB of memory left is used for disk caching, if more is needed, XP allocates more. Generally, this tweak improves performance by a fair bit but can, in some intensive applications, degrade performance. As with the previous tweak, you should have at least 256MB of RAM before attempting to enable LargeSystemCache.

11-04-06, 11:49 AM	#6 (permalink)
bbalegere Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 60 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks a lot Navjot. This was the info i was looking for. Since I have 640mb of RAM , can I implement the above tweaks?

11-04-06, 11:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
navjotjsingh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Delhi, India Posts: 127 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	yes you can try those tweaks!

11-04-06, 11:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
bbalegere Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 60 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yeah I am trying those tweaks right now. Will there be an increase in performance of Games as well?