Seven and pagefile

Good evening to you all,
I have a Sony Vaio with Win7 64 bits, 6BG RAM. Can I get rid of the virtual
memory (pagefile) and set it to 0?
Thanks in advance
JL

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:51:34 +0100, "JL"
<> wrote:

> Good evening to you all,
> I have a Sony Vaio with Win7 64 bits, 6BG RAM. Can I get rid of the virtual
> memory (pagefile) and set it to 0?


Can you? Yes.

Should you? No, definitely not.


Note the following:

1. If you don't have a page file, you can't use all the RAM you have.
That's because Windows preallocates virtual memory in anticipation of
a possible need for it, even though that allocated virtual memory may
never be used. Without a page file, that allocation has to be made in
real memory, thus tying up that memory and preventing it from being
used for any purpose.

2. There is never a benefit in not having a page file. If it isn't
needed, it won't be used. Don't confuse allocated memory with used
memory.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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Thanks Doc.
Once again, one can feel the abyssal difference between the highly skilled
professional and merely competent amateur.
Keep well
JL

"Ken Blake, MVP" <> a écrit dans le message
de groupe de discussion : ...
> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:51:34 +0100, "JL"
> <> wrote:
>
>> Good evening to you all,
>> I have a Sony Vaio with Win7 64 bits, 6BG RAM. Can I get rid of the
>> virtual
>> memory (pagefile) and set it to 0?
>
>
> Can you? Yes.
>
> Should you? No, definitely not.
>
>
> Note the following:
>
> 1. If you don't have a page file, you can't use all the RAM you have.
> That's because Windows preallocates virtual memory in anticipation of
> a possible need for it, even though that allocated virtual memory may
> never be used. Without a page file, that allocation has to be made in
> real memory, thus tying up that memory and preventing it from being
> used for any purpose.
>
> 2. There is never a benefit in not having a page file. If it isn't
> needed, it won't be used. Don't confuse allocated memory with used
> memory.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:25:55 +0100, "JL"
<> wrote:

> Thanks Doc.
> Once again, one can feel the abyssal difference between the highly skilled
> professional and merely competent amateur.
> Keep well



You're welcome. Glad to help.


> "Ken Blake, MVP" <> a écrit dans le message
> de groupe de discussion : ...
> > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:51:34 +0100, "JL"
> > <> wrote:
> >
> >> Good evening to you all,
> >> I have a Sony Vaio with Win7 64 bits, 6BG RAM. Can I get rid of the
> >> virtual
> >> memory (pagefile) and set it to 0?
> >
> >
> > Can you? Yes.
> >
> > Should you? No, definitely not.
> >
> >
> > Note the following:
> >
> > 1. If you don't have a page file, you can't use all the RAM you have.
> > That's because Windows preallocates virtual memory in anticipation of
> > a possible need for it, even though that allocated virtual memory may
> > never be used. Without a page file, that allocation has to be made in
> > real memory, thus tying up that memory and preventing it from being
> > used for any purpose.
> >
> > 2. There is never a benefit in not having a page file. If it isn't
> > needed, it won't be used. Don't confuse allocated memory with used
> > memory.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

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