Not smart to set a fixed size swap file in the WIN 9X family.
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From: <K4IA@aol.com>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 03:35
Subject: [WriteLog] CW problems and the Swap file
> 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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