Submitted for you computer gurus to comment -- from June 2002 PC World
magazine. Would this help?
Keep a Stable Swap File
The swap file Windows places on my hard drive to run programs that can't fit
in RAM grows and shrinks as needed. Can I improve my PC's performance by
keeping the swap file one size?
Yes. If you set the minimum and maximum sizes the same, your system won't
slow down to resize this file. >>TIP Set both to 384MB, because--with the
size of today's hard drives--you're unlikely to run out of storage at that
setting.
In Windows 9 x and Me, right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click
the Performance tab and then the Virtual Memory button. Select Let me specify
my own virtual memory settings, and enter 384 for both the minimum size and
the maximum size. Click OK, then Yes, and finally Close. Reboot now or later.
In Windows XP, click Start, right-click My Computer, and select Properties.
Click the Advanced tab. In the Performance box, click Settings. Choose the
Performance Options box's Advanced tab, and in the 'Virtual memory' box,
click Change. Select Custom size and enter 384 for both the initial size and
the maximum size. Choose Set, and then click OK three times.
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