Pagefile, why so large despite available memory?

[Pradip]

On Dec 6, 2:34 pm, "... et al." <l...@sig.bcause.this.is.invalid>
wrote:
> ... et al. wrote:
> > Daave wrote:
>
> >> This is where the Wayback Machine comes in handy:
>
> >>http://web.archive.org/web/20031213153428/http://www.intel.com/suppor...
>
> > And via:
> > <http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/gaming/index.htm>,
> > we find that it still exist as:
> > <http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-010485.htm>
> > on Intel's web-site, now with an 'This applies to:' chipset section.
>
> > VIA, what do you recommend for yours?
>
> That would be Nvidia and ATI, not VIA.
>
> --
> Nah-ah. I'm staying out of this. ... Now, here's my opinion.
>
> Please followup in the newsgroup.
> E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control.

Well, thank you, all. The Perfmon utility indicated zero pages/sec.
So there is no pagefile use as such, only some reserved space on the
hard drive! I feel a little better now. Thanks again.

Pradip

 

[Daave]

Yes, I am posting in plain text.

I also have "Block Images and other external content in HTML e-mail"
checked. Are you running some sort of plug-in that converts plain text
emoticons to graphic images? Perhaps OE-QuoteFix?

"Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:efJCxkDOIHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Daave
>
> "Plain text emoticon"? I changed an Outlook Express setting; Tools,
> Options, Security, Block Images and other external content in HTML
> email. I can then see your smiley. Without this change it appears as
> in the Message Source page. The Block Images etc is probably a
> default setting .
>
> --
> Regards.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
> Daave wrote:
>> That's strange. Just an ordinary plain text emoticon, or so I
>> thought.
>>
>>
>> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:e0xbZLDOIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Daave
>>>
>>> Only because it appears as a little red X here so I did not see it.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards.
>>>
>>> Gerry
>>> ~~~~
>>> FCA
>>> Stourport, England
>>> Enquire, plan and execute
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> Daave wrote:
>>>> Yes, Gerry. I knew you were referring to David B. Hence the smiley
>>>> face.
>>>> Sometimes humor doesn't travel well in newsgroups!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:e5satpCOIHA.4480@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Daave
>>>>>
>>>>> You have a short memory. Another group yesterday!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Gerry
>>>>> ~~~~
>>>>> FCA
>>>>> Stourport, England
>>>>> Enquire, plan and execute
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>>
>>>>> Daave wrote:
>>>>>> Whatever are you talking about, Gerry?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gerry wrote:
>>>>>>> Daave
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A certain person might have avoided two confrontations had it
>>>>>>> been put this way:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please note that Windows does not automatically adjust the size
>>>>>>> of the page file after an increase in the amount of physical
>>>>>>> memory. In such cases, you should manually change the page file
>>>>>>> settings. http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-010484.htm
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Daave wrote:
>>>>>>>> Pradip wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I just upgraded to full 4GB memory in my machine. After
>>>>>>>>> bootup
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> system finds 3.3 GB, and I understand what is happening here.
>>>>>>>>> With
>>>>>>>>> very little else running, I have 2.4 GB physical RAM
>>>>>>>>> available.
>>>>>>>>> However, the pagefile (commit charge) is still 780 MB.
>>>>>>>>> Wondering
>>>>>>>>> why windows is leaving the physical memory available and using
>>>>>>>>> pagefile instead? Please enlighten. Thanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> First of all, if you have lots of memory, you will hardly be
>>>>>>>> using
>>>>>>>> the pagefile. This is good; RAM is always faster!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you have 2.4 GB of RAM available, then I assume you're using
>>>>>>>> only
>>>>>>>> .9 GB. Sounds like you have way more than enough! You shouldn't
>>>>>>>> need
>>>>>>>> to rely on the pagefile at all.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You need to provide better figures. Open Task Manager. Click on
>>>>>>>> the Performance tab. Look in the bottom left-hand corner where
>>>>>>>> it says Commit Charge (K). What are the values for Total,
>>>>>>>> Limit, and Peak? And how do you have Virtual Memory configured?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Right-click on My computer and select Properties. Go to the
>>>>>>>> Advanced
>>>>>>>> tab and click on Settings (under Performance). Change to
>>>>>>>> Advanced,
>>>>>>>> hit Change and select the target drive for your virtual memory
>>>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Which is selected: Custom or System managed size? If Custom,
>>>>>>>> what is
>>>>>>>> the initial size and what is the maximum size?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Usually, System managed is just fine. If you prefer to read up
>>>>>>>> more and customize it properly (although the end result may
>>>>>>>> very
>>>>>>>> well be the same!), see "Virtual Memory in Windows XP":
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php
>
>

 

[Gerry]

Yes Daave I am using OE-QuoteFix. I am not sure how this might have
caused the failure to display. The box for emoticons is checked.
However, your emoticon is currently displaying.


--
Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Daave wrote:
> Yes, I am posting in plain text.
>
> I also have "Block Images and other external content in HTML e-mail"
> checked. Are you running some sort of plug-in that converts plain text
> emoticons to graphic images? Perhaps OE-QuoteFix?
>
> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:efJCxkDOIHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Daave
>>
>> "Plain text emoticon"? I changed an Outlook Express setting; Tools,
>> Options, Security, Block Images and other external content in HTML
>> email. I can then see your smiley. Without this change it appears as
>> in the Message Source page. The Block Images etc is probably a
>> default setting .
>>
>> --
>> Regards.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>>
>> Daave wrote:
>>> That's strange. Just an ordinary plain text emoticon, or so I
>>> thought.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:e0xbZLDOIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> Daave
>>>>
>>>> Only because it appears as a little red X here so I did not see
>>>> it. --
>>>> Regards.
>>>>
>>>> Gerry
>>>> ~~~~
>>>> FCA
>>>> Stourport, England
>>>> Enquire, plan and execute
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>
>>>> Daave wrote:
>>>>> Yes, Gerry. I knew you were referring to David B. Hence the smiley
>>>>> face.
>>>>> Sometimes humor doesn't travel well in newsgroups!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:e5satpCOIHA.4480@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Daave
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You have a short memory. Another group yesterday!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ~~~~
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gerry
>>>>>> ~~~~
>>>>>> FCA
>>>>>> Stourport, England
>>>>>> Enquire, plan and execute
>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Daave wrote:
>>>>>>> Whatever are you talking about, Gerry?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gerry wrote:
>>>>>>>> Daave
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A certain person might have avoided two confrontations had it
>>>>>>>> been put this way:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please note that Windows does not automatically adjust the size
>>>>>>>> of the page file after an increase in the amount of physical
>>>>>>>> memory. In such cases, you should manually change the page file
>>>>>>>> settings.
>>>>>>>> http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-010484.htm Daave
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Pradip wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I just upgraded to full 4GB memory in my machine. After
>>>>>>>>>> bootup
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> system finds 3.3 GB, and I understand what is happening here.
>>>>>>>>>> With
>>>>>>>>>> very little else running, I have 2.4 GB physical RAM
>>>>>>>>>> available.
>>>>>>>>>> However, the pagefile (commit charge) is still 780 MB.
>>>>>>>>>> Wondering
>>>>>>>>>> why windows is leaving the physical memory available and
>>>>>>>>>> using pagefile instead? Please enlighten. Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> First of all, if you have lots of memory, you will hardly be
>>>>>>>>> using
>>>>>>>>> the pagefile. This is good; RAM is always faster!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If you have 2.4 GB of RAM available, then I assume you're
>>>>>>>>> using only
>>>>>>>>> .9 GB. Sounds like you have way more than enough! You
>>>>>>>>> shouldn't need
>>>>>>>>> to rely on the pagefile at all.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You need to provide better figures. Open Task Manager. Click
>>>>>>>>> on the Performance tab. Look in the bottom left-hand corner
>>>>>>>>> where it says Commit Charge (K). What are the values for
>>>>>>>>> Total, Limit, and Peak? And how do you have Virtual Memory
>>>>>>>>> configured? Right-click on My computer and select Properties.
>>>>>>>>> Go to the
>>>>>>>>> Advanced
>>>>>>>>> tab and click on Settings (under Performance). Change to
>>>>>>>>> Advanced,
>>>>>>>>> hit Change and select the target drive for your virtual memory
>>>>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Which is selected: Custom or System managed size? If Custom,
>>>>>>>>> what is
>>>>>>>>> the initial size and what is the maximum size?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Usually, System managed is just fine. If you prefer to read up
>>>>>>>>> more and customize it properly (although the end result may
>>>>>>>>> very
>>>>>>>>> well be the same!), see "Virtual Memory in Windows XP":
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php