Jerry
Fri Dec 19 22:20:27 CST 2003
I remeber getting a newsletter from Microsoft that recomended the user set
it himself to at least twice the system RAM.
I have ALWAYS set my own. Right now I have 2Gb of RAM and a 2Gb swap file -
on a different hard drive.
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:uRLndipxDHA.3140@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I let the OS choose the size BUT...I always set to the VM to another hard
disk. On IDE both
> hard disks are masters so they are NOT in a master/slave relationship.
SCSI doesn't have a
> master/slave relationship so I just point it to a different fast hard
disk. The above helps
> to further speed up operations. My present WinME PC uses Ultra160 SCSI.
>
> Dave
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> "Dapper Dan" <dapperdan@home.com> wrote in message
> news:upHhEWpxDHA.2712@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> | A systems "guru" has recommended that I specify my own virtual memory
> | settings to about 2 and 1/2 times my RAM (128 MB). It seems to me
everytime
> | I see a reference to this setting in this NG, it ALWAYS says to let
Windows
> | manage this setting.
> | Any insight as to the benefits, if, indeed, any ?
> |
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