[Dr. Indera]

hello,

i was wondering if there is a rule of thumb for setting this option for
maximum efficiency?
i have a 60 gb hard drive and a gig of ram.

my current settings are 1536 mb initial size and 3062 mb max

thank you.
--
Indera
* * * * * * * * * *
Don't just live life.
Live life well.

[Rock]

Dr. Indera wrote:

> hello,
>
> i was wondering if there is a rule of thumb for setting this option for
> maximum efficiency?
> i have a 60 gb hard drive and a gig of ram.
>
> my current settings are 1536 mb initial size and 3062 mb max
>
> thank you.

Read this excellent article on virtual memory in XP and how to set it by
the late MVP Alex Nichol: http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

[Jim]

"Dr. Indera" <dr.indera.bugoff@cant.spam.me> wrote in message
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> hello,
>
> i was wondering if there is a rule of thumb for setting this option for
> maximum efficiency?
> i have a 60 gb hard drive and a gig of ram.
>
> my current settings are 1536 mb initial size and 3062 mb max
>
> thank you.
> --
> Indera
> * * * * * * * * * *
> Don't just live life.
> Live life well.
>
>
>
No. Let Windows manage the file size.
Jim

[Dr. Indera]

thank you rock. the link helped.

--
Indera
* * * * * * * * * *
Don't just live life.
Live life well.


"Rock" <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote in message
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: Dr. Indera wrote:
:
: > hello,
: >
: > i was wondering if there is a rule of thumb for setting this option for
: > maximum efficiency?
: > i have a 60 gb hard drive and a gig of ram.
: >
: > my current settings are 1536 mb initial size and 3062 mb max
: >
: > thank you.
:
: Read this excellent article on virtual memory in XP and how to set it by
: the late MVP Alex Nichol: http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm
:
: --
: Rock
: MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
:

[Ken Blake]

In news:%23imBYYPdFHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
Dr. Indera <dr.indera.bugoff@cant.spam.me> typed:

> i was wondering if there is a rule of thumb for setting this
> option
> for maximum efficiency?
> i have a 60 gb hard drive and a gig of ram.


No. Rules of thumb, when you can find them, are usually wrong
anyway.

There's no number that's right for everybody. Even two people
with the same amount of RAM will run different apps, have a
different workload, and therefore need different amounts of page
file.

See http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm by the late MVP Alex Nichol.
There's excellent information on the page file there.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup




> my current settings are 1536 mb initial size and 3062 mb max
>
> thank you.

[Rock]

Dr. Indera wrote:

> thank you rock. the link helped.
>

You're welcome.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

[Stan Brown]

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:41:15 -0400, "Dr. Indera"
<dr.indera.bugoff@cant.spam.me> wrote:

>i was wondering if there is a rule of thumb for setting this option for
>maximum efficiency?

Yes -- let Windows do it. :-)

Seriously -- I went through this when I was a new XP user and this
group guided me to stop monkeying with the settings.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"My theory was a perfectly good one. The facts were misleading."
-- /The Lady Vanishes/ (1938)

[Dr. Indera]

thank you jim.

--
Indera
* * * * * * * * * *
Don't just live life.
Live life well.


"Jim" <j.n@nospam.com> wrote in message
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:
: "Dr. Indera" <dr.indera.bugoff@cant.spam.me> wrote in message
: news:%23imBYYPdFHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
: > hello,
: >
: > i was wondering if there is a rule of thumb for setting this option for
: > maximum efficiency?
: > i have a 60 gb hard drive and a gig of ram.
: >
: > my current settings are 1536 mb initial size and 3062 mb max
: >
: > thank you.
: > --
: > Indera
: > * * * * * * * * * *
: > Don't just live life.
: > Live life well.
: >
: >
: >
: No. Let Windows manage the file size.
: Jim
:
:

[Dr. Indera]

LOL ken,

that makes sense. thank you.

--
Indera
* * * * * * * * * *
Don't just live life.
Live life well.


"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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: In news:%23imBYYPdFHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
: Dr. Indera <dr.indera.bugoff@cant.spam.me> typed:
:
: > i was wondering if there is a rule of thumb for setting this
: > option
: > for maximum efficiency?
: > i have a 60 gb hard drive and a gig of ram.
:
:
: No. Rules of thumb, when you can find them, are usually wrong
: anyway.
:
: There's no number that's right for everybody. Even two people
: with the same amount of RAM will run different apps, have a
: different workload, and therefore need different amounts of page
: file.
:
: See http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm by the late MVP Alex Nichol.
: There's excellent information on the page file there.
:
: --
: Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
: Please reply to the newsgroup
:
:
:
:
: > my current settings are 1536 mb initial size and 3062 mb max
: >
: > thank you.
:
:

[Dr. Indera]

hi stan,

i can understand that.
i do like to know what all of these settings are for though.
after all, we spent good money for these settings <smile>

--
Indera
* * * * * * * * * *
Don't just live life.
Live life well.


"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
news:b56cb1h00p3ujge5dll43oarigfdkgvlp8@4ax.com...
: On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:41:15 -0400, "Dr. Indera"
: <dr.indera.bugoff@cant.spam.me> wrote:
:
: >i was wondering if there is a rule of thumb for setting this option for
: >maximum efficiency?
:
: Yes -- let Windows do it. :-)
:
: Seriously -- I went through this when I was a new XP user and this
: group guided me to stop monkeying with the settings.
:
: --
: Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
: http://OakRoadSystems.com/
: "My theory was a perfectly good one. The facts were misleading."
: -- /The Lady Vanishes/ (1938)

[Ken Blake]

In news:ecK6VpCeFHA.3028@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
Dr. Indera <dr.indera.bugoff@cant.spam.me> typed:

> LOL ken,
>
> that makes sense. thank you.


You're welcome. Glad to help.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup



> "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:%23sMFhxQdFHA.3880@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> In news:%23imBYYPdFHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
>> Dr. Indera <dr.indera.bugoff@cant.spam.me> typed:
>>
>>> i was wondering if there is a rule of thumb for setting this
>>> option
>>> for maximum efficiency?
>>> i have a 60 gb hard drive and a gig of ram.
>>
>>
>> No. Rules of thumb, when you can find them, are usually wrong
>> anyway.
>>
>> There's no number that's right for everybody. Even two people
>> with the same amount of RAM will run different apps, have a
>> different workload, and therefore need different amounts of
>> page
>> file.
>>
>> See http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm by the late MVP Alex
>> Nichol.
>> There's excellent information on the page file there.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> my current settings are 1536 mb initial size and 3062 mb max
>>>
>>> thank you.