Most advice on the Internet, and certainly all of Microsoft's recommendations, say "leave the page file and virtual memory alone; don't disable it."
But my experience indicates otherwise. In my case I run many applications simultaneously and a number of those applications require large amounts of RAM. My laptop has 16 MB of physical memory, and my desktop has 32 GB.
When running with the "standard" settings both machines will "stall" from time to time, and a reboot is the only thing that restores the system to a usable state. When this "stall" occurred, memory utilization was high, but not excessively so. I saw "stalls" at 20% utilization after the machine had been on for several days.
I have started to turn the pave file off, thereby disabling MS's VM system. The results, admittedly anecdotal, have been excellent. No more "stalling". No adverse effects. I watch the memory utilization and I am usually in the 20% to 40% range.
Note that I have been very careful to remove any application that has a memory leak; my practice is to format the HD when the machine first comes in the door, and I only install the applications and features I actually use.
Comments anyone?
But my experience indicates otherwise. In my case I run many applications simultaneously and a number of those applications require large amounts of RAM. My laptop has 16 MB of physical memory, and my desktop has 32 GB.
When running with the "standard" settings both machines will "stall" from time to time, and a reboot is the only thing that restores the system to a usable state. When this "stall" occurred, memory utilization was high, but not excessively so. I saw "stalls" at 20% utilization after the machine had been on for several days.
I have started to turn the pave file off, thereby disabling MS's VM system. The results, admittedly anecdotal, have been excellent. No more "stalling". No adverse effects. I watch the memory utilization and I am usually in the 20% to 40% range.
Note that I have been very careful to remove any application that has a memory leak; my practice is to format the HD when the machine first comes in the door, and I only install the applications and features I actually use.
Comments anyone?
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