On 14.02.10 22:00, Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
> On 14.02.10 21:44, Darren New wrote:
>> Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
>>> Given that turning virtual memory off is impossible in Windows that
>>> seems like an odd suggestion...
>>
>> Turning virtual memory off in Windows is trivial. I don't think you can
>> turn off virtual addressing, but that shouldn't have an impact on this
>> problem.
>  >
>> Control panel->System->Advanced->Performance->Advanced->No page file
>
> No, that does not turn of virtual memory, it turns of the page file. The
> page file is part of the a common virtual memory implementation, but the
> most important part is that you have a non-linear physical memory (hence
> the "virtual" in "virtual memory"). In effect, disabling the page file
> simply means the system cannot move writable memory out to disk. The
> system still can move all read-only memory to disk, such as code and
> static data (i.e. resources) loaded from application and library files.

What is even more surprising is that it is even explained on Wikipedia 
fairly well, so before this starts some argument I will post the link:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_memory>

	Thorsten

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