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How to manually change the size of the virtual memory paging file You must be logged on as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure. 1. Click Start, click Run, and then type sysdm.cpl in the Open box. 2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Settings under Performance. 3. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Change under Virtual memory. 4. Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file that you want to change. 5. Under Paging file size for selected drive, click Custom size, type a new paging file size in megabytes (MB) in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, and then click Set.
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List the steps in Windows 2000 to change the size of the paging file?
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What is the normal path of the windows paging file in Windows Vista?
Paging file is located in the root folder of the system drive.
What is the swap file called in windows XP?
Paging File
By default Windows 2000 and Windows XP makes the paging file how large campared to the amount of RAM installed?
By default the paging file 1.5 times the size of the RAM installed
What is the name of the paging file in windows 98?
win386.swp (it resides in the Windows directory)
The windows paging file must reside in drive c?
False.As server performance is better if the paging file is not placed on the boot partition or volume that contains system files \ Windows foleder
What is the normal path of windows paging file used for virtual memory?
C:\pagefile.dat
11 What is the normal path of the Windows paging file used for virtual memory?
C:/pagefile.sys
Why would you want to move the paging file off of the boot partition?
Space. Speed - if the boot drive is slow and you have an alternate drive that is faster (don't want to reload windows) - a faster paging file will increase speed of Windows when you have a lot of applications running.
What is the swap file called in Windows Vista xp?
the swap file is also called the page file
By default windows makes the paging file how large compared to the amount of RAM installed?
The recommended minimum size is equivalent to 1.5 times the RAM on your computer, and 3 times that figure for the maximum size.
What happens when you totally remove a paging file from the boot partition?
if you remove the paging file from the boot partition, Windows cannot create a dump file (Memory.dmp) in which to write debugging information in the event that a kernel mode Stop Error message occurs. This could lead to extended downtime if you must debug to troubleshoot the Stop error message.
