Microsoft Windows uses a "paging file" or "swap file" to act as virtual memory. Virtual memory is a place on the hard drive where the operating system temporarily stores information. Because this file has the potential (by Windows default settings) to be growing and shrinking in size, it can be become fragmented and lower the speed of your computer performance. By making your page file a constant size, you can prevent it from becoming fragmented which could boost your computer's performance.

Please follow the steps for your operating system to change your virutal memory settings.

Windows XP
  1. Click START, right-click MY COMPUTER, and then click PROPERTIES.

  2. In the SYSTEM PROPERTIES dialog box, click the ADVANCED tab.

  3. In the PERFORMANCE pane, click SETTINGS.

  4. In the PERFORMANCE OPTIONS dialog box, click the ADVANCED tab.

  5. In the VIRTUAL MEMORY pane, click CHANGE.

  6. Change the INITIAL SIZE value and the MAXIMUM SIZE value to a higher value, click SET, and then click OK.

  7. Click OK to close the PERFORMANCE OPTIONS dialog box, and then click OK to close the SYSTEM PROPERTIES dialog box.

WINDOWS VISTA /WINDOWS 7 /WINDOWS 8

  1. Click START > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM MAINTENANCE > SYSTEM.

  2. In the left pane, click ADVANCED SYSTEM SETTINGS. (If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.)

  3. On the ADVANCED TAB, under PERFORMANCE, click SETTINGS.

  4. Click the ADVANCED TAB, and then, under VIRTUAL MEMORY, click CHANGE.

  5. CLEAR the Automatically manage paging file size for all drives check box.

  6. Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file you want to change.

  7. Click CUSTOM SIZE, type a new size in megabytes in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, click SET, and then click OK.


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