WINDOWS 8 release date?

[foxyloxley]

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Set the virtual memory to 2,000MB if it is lower than that already.

Remember to click OK or Apply as appropriate to have the settings remembered.

just to add on virtual memory, MS best practice was to put 1.5x installed RAM size as START value, with 3x installed RAM as END value

however I have seen / read where this can lead to fragmentation of HDD for PC's that are generally left running [corporate workstations etc] and so I have found that giving 2x installed RAM size as START and END value will create a virtual partition at startup, that will help to mitigate fragmentation as PC will have created a FULL non moving partition

for 512 MB of RAM = 1GB / 1024 MB for both start and end value, have also found that if you are using a newer [read more RAM ] that the values seem to work best at 3x installed RAM

from physical observation, have seen a PC that user was ready to hurl from nearest window turn into a smooth[er] running little sweetie, that although never going to be a speed demon, was well able to cope with users daily demands without their standard fare of freezing / crashing several times a day

obviously, it wasn't just the virtual memory settings I tweaked, but in short it was CCleaner run to tidy up users profile. Plus, I would run the CCleaner's registry cleaner too, it just does a 'gentle' sweeping of the worst in there, and so far, after 000's of instances where I have done this, I have had ZERO problems with usability. On PC's with roaming profiles, I would also delete all users not actively using PC that DAY, plus a de-frag if I found it to be necessary.