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here's a pic of mine
btw don't forgot that 16MB is 0.1% of 16GB. Pretty small. If you don't want to go with a disabled page file, 1GB or so like Ranger said above is another option.
No more C: drive space
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Posts : 35 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 Thread StarterNew #32
What would a disabled page file do?
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A page file compensates for your lack of computer memory by serving as an extra storage place when your regular memory gets too full. By disabling it, you no longer have an extra place to put data and storage if your regular memory gets too full. If you search on "is it safe to disable my page file?" you will see 97 answers, some saying "its no problem if you have 8GB, 12GB, or 16GB of memory" and some saying "No. And by the way never use scissors, because you might put an eye out". I encourage anyone with 8GB or more to try it out and see if they suffer negative symptoms. You can always go back. If you edit multi-GB files and do not autosave regularly, in that case its possible you might freeze and be unable to save. Its never happened to me, but that is a downside.
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Both of my systems have 16 GB of ram.
I have played with pagefile a lot a while back and I found if I let System (Windows 7) to take care of paged file.
Windows 7 only uses pagefile when it is needed.
Windows 7 know how to take care of the memory, so let it do what needs to be done.
Jack
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Posts : 35 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 Thread StarterNew #35
Sometimes I do get messages from my AV software that it's detected Windows, Firefox or whatever else is using a lot of memory. Not sure why that happens with the page file I've been using.
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Lets see a picture like this from your computer.
Use this tutorial by Brink to post the picture.
Screenshots and Files - Upload and Post in Seven Forums - Windows 7 Help Forums
**Also what security scans have you done?
A infection can eat up memory.
Do you use any cleanup, tuneup or registry programs?
Do you use any program by IObit?
Why a anti virus program would be monitoring memory usage is puzzling.
Jack
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Posts : 35 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 Thread StarterNew #38
OK, and that screen is accessible via how? Resource monitor?
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Task Manager then select Resource Monitor.
Start Orb and type Task Manager.
or
Start Orb and type Resource Monitor
Jack
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