Tutorial3-How to Increase Virtual Memory

Tutorial3-How to Increase Virtual Memory

In this tutorial i am going to show you how to increase virtual memory on your pc.

How to Increase Virtual Memory?

You can easily increase virtual memory by following the steps below. Your virtual memory is important but before you alter your settings it's best to find out more about virtual memory.

What is Virtual Memory?

Virtual memory is simulated RAM. When you have used up all your RAM, your computer will shift data to an empty space on the hard drive. The computer swaps data to the hard disk and back to your RAM as needed. When you increase your virtual memory you are increasing the empty space that is reserved for your RAM overflow.

How to increase Virtual Memory?

In Windows XP

1.Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2.Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.
3.On the Advanced tab, under Performance, click Settings.
4.On the Advanced tab, under Virtual memory, click Change.
5.Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file that you want to change.
6.Under Paging file size for selected drive, click to Custom size check box. You can enter the amount of memory you would like to reserve for Virtual memory by entering the initial and maximum size.
7.Click Set
When you are prompted to restart the computer, click Yes.
Special Note: You should choose the same amount for the initial size and maximum size. This will Stop your CPU from constantly changing the paging file.

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[bitarah]

He didnt make this.. he copied and pasted this froma website... 1/5 stars.

[OSZATARAIN]

thanks