Comments on: How to Optimize Vista’s Virtual Memory and Improve Performance http://www.gilsmethod.com/how_to_optimize_windows_vista_swap_file Technology How-to Guides for the Rest of Us Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: edishong http://www.gilsmethod.com/how_to_optimize_windows_vista_swap_file/comment-page-2#comment-7056 edishong Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:59:18 +0000 http://www.gilsmethod.com/?p=69#comment-7056 Hey this worked for me. I am using Vista home prem. 32 bit with 4gb ram. I increased paging file to 8000 like it said and i can definatly notice a difference. thanks guys! Hey this worked for me. I am using Vista home prem. 32 bit with 4gb ram. I increased paging file to 8000 like it said and i can definatly notice a difference. thanks guys!

]]> By: edishong http://www.gilsmethod.com/how_to_optimize_windows_vista_swap_file/comment-page-1#comment-39939 edishong Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:59:00 +0000 http://www.gilsmethod.com/?p=69#comment-39939 Hey this worked for me. I am using Vista home prem. 32 bit with 4gb ram. I increased paging file to 8000 like it said and i can definatly notice a difference. thanks guys! Hey this worked for me. I am using Vista home prem. 32 bit with 4gb ram. I increased paging file to 8000 like it said and i can definatly notice a difference. thanks guys!

]]> By: edishong http://www.gilsmethod.com/how_to_optimize_windows_vista_swap_file/comment-page-1#comment-39940 edishong Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:59:00 +0000 http://www.gilsmethod.com/?p=69#comment-39940 Hey this worked for me. I am using Vista home prem. 32 bit with 4gb ram. I increased paging file to 8000 like it said and i can definatly notice a difference. thanks guys! Hey this worked for me. I am using Vista home prem. 32 bit with 4gb ram. I increased paging file to 8000 like it said and i can definatly notice a difference. thanks guys!

]]> By: edishong http://www.gilsmethod.com/how_to_optimize_windows_vista_swap_file/comment-page-1#comment-39941 edishong Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:59:00 +0000 http://www.gilsmethod.com/?p=69#comment-39941 Hey this worked for me. I am using Vista home prem. 32 bit with 4gb ram. I increased paging file to 8000 like it said and i can definatly notice a difference. thanks guys! Hey this worked for me. I am using Vista home prem. 32 bit with 4gb ram. I increased paging file to 8000 like it said and i can definatly notice a difference. thanks guys!

]]> By: Gilberto J Perera http://www.gilsmethod.com/how_to_optimize_windows_vista_swap_file/comment-page-1#comment-6414 Gilberto J Perera Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:06:08 +0000 http://www.gilsmethod.com/?p=69#comment-6414 @Larry Miller: "Unless you have a very specific need, and you understand what you are doing, let the system manage it." This is a guide for those who understand what they are doing, those that wish to learn, and some that may not know how it works hence the explanation and your comment which provides for an excellent source of information. I really appreciate your feedback. Thanks. @Larry Miller:

“Unless you have a very specific need, and you understand what you are doing, let the system manage it.”

This is a guide for those who understand what they are doing, those that wish to learn, and some that may not know how it works hence the explanation and your comment which provides for an excellent source of information.

I really appreciate your feedback. Thanks.

]]> By: Gilberto J Perera http://www.gilsmethod.com/how_to_optimize_windows_vista_swap_file/comment-page-1#comment-39936 Gilberto J Perera Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:06:00 +0000 http://www.gilsmethod.com/?p=69#comment-39936 @Larry Miller: "Unless you have a very specific need, and you understand what you are doing, let the system manage it." This is a guide for those who understand what they are doing, those that wish to learn, and some that may not know how it works hence the explanation and your comment which provides for an excellent source of information. I really appreciate your feedback. Thanks. @Larry Miller:

“Unless you have a very specific need, and you understand what you are doing, let the system manage it.”

This is a guide for those who understand what they are doing, those that wish to learn, and some that may not know how it works hence the explanation and your comment which provides for an excellent source of information.

I really appreciate your feedback. Thanks.

]]> By: Gilberto J Perera http://www.gilsmethod.com/how_to_optimize_windows_vista_swap_file/comment-page-1#comment-39937 Gilberto J Perera Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:06:00 +0000 http://www.gilsmethod.com/?p=69#comment-39937 @Larry Miller: "Unless you have a very specific need, and you understand what you are doing, let the system manage it." This is a guide for those who understand what they are doing, those that wish to learn, and some that may not know how it works hence the explanation and your comment which provides for an excellent source of information. I really appreciate your feedback. Thanks. @Larry Miller:

“Unless you have a very specific need, and you understand what you are doing, let the system manage it.”

This is a guide for those who understand what they are doing, those that wish to learn, and some that may not know how it works hence the explanation and your comment which provides for an excellent source of information.

I really appreciate your feedback. Thanks.

]]> By: Gilberto J Perera http://www.gilsmethod.com/how_to_optimize_windows_vista_swap_file/comment-page-1#comment-39938 Gilberto J Perera Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:06:00 +0000 http://www.gilsmethod.com/?p=69#comment-39938 @Larry Miller: "Unless you have a very specific need, and you understand what you are doing, let the system manage it." This is a guide for those who understand what they are doing, those that wish to learn, and some that may not know how it works hence the explanation and your comment which provides for an excellent source of information. I really appreciate your feedback. Thanks. @Larry Miller:

“Unless you have a very specific need, and you understand what you are doing, let the system manage it.”

This is a guide for those who understand what they are doing, those that wish to learn, and some that may not know how it works hence the explanation and your comment which provides for an excellent source of information.

I really appreciate your feedback. Thanks.

]]> By: Larry Miller http://www.gilsmethod.com/how_to_optimize_windows_vista_swap_file/comment-page-1#comment-6406 Larry Miller Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:46:26 +0000 http://www.gilsmethod.com/?p=69#comment-6406 An even better idea would be to let the system manage it. This has been extensively researched and tested. Continuous resizing never occurs. What little may occur will have virtually no impact on performance. Unless you have a very specific need, and you understand what you are doing, let the system manage it. You will need far more information than is in this article to make intelligent changes. With modern systems the pagefile is rarely accessed enough to have much of an impact on performance. Optimizing the pagefile is usually a solution to a non-existant problem. Larry Miller Microsoft MCSA An even better idea would be to let the system manage it. This has been extensively researched and tested. Continuous resizing never occurs. What little may occur will have virtually no impact on performance.

Unless you have a very specific need, and you understand what you are doing, let the system manage it. You will need far more information than is in this article to make intelligent changes.

With modern systems the pagefile is rarely accessed enough to have much of an impact on performance. Optimizing the pagefile is usually a solution to a non-existant problem.

Larry Miller
Microsoft MCSA

]]> By: Larry Miller http://www.gilsmethod.com/how_to_optimize_windows_vista_swap_file/comment-page-1#comment-39933 Larry Miller Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:46:00 +0000 http://www.gilsmethod.com/?p=69#comment-39933 An even better idea would be to let the system manage it. This has been extensively researched and tested. Continuous resizing never occurs. What little may occur will have virtually no impact on performance. Unless you have a very specific need, and you understand what you are doing, let the system manage it. You will need far more information than is in this article to make intelligent changes. With modern systems the pagefile is rarely accessed enough to have much of an impact on performance. Optimizing the pagefile is usually a solution to a non-existant problem. Larry Miller Microsoft MCSA An even better idea would be to let the system manage it. This has been extensively researched and tested. Continuous resizing never occurs. What little may occur will have virtually no impact on performance.

Unless you have a very specific need, and you understand what you are doing, let the system manage it. You will need far more information than is in this article to make intelligent changes.

With modern systems the pagefile is rarely accessed enough to have much of an impact on performance. Optimizing the pagefile is usually a solution to a non-existant problem.

Larry Miller
Microsoft MCSA

]]>