On 2/15/2010 8:08 AM, Alain wrote:

>> On 2/14/2010 1:58 PM, Ken Willmott wrote:
>>> Darren New<dne### [at] sanrrcom> 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
>>>>
>>>> Admittedly, it's behind two "advanced" tabs, but the help tells you
>>>> how to
>>>> get there too if you put "virtual memory" into the search bar of the
>>>> control
>>>> panel.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
>>>> Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
>>>> I get "focus follows gaze"?
>>>
>>> Interesting, I had no idea this was possible. Actually though, I
>>> believe it is
>>> probably better to leave it alone. It's probably there to allow better
>>> real-time
>>> performance for time critical apps.
>>>
>> As a rule, usually is. Windows will try to page, even if it *has*
>> sufficient system memory available, due to how it loads/unloads things
>> it doesn't need immediately. And, you run into major issues "if" you
>> don't have it and hit the memory limit.
>>
>> About the only thing its good for, if you have the system memory, is to
>> wipe it with a reboot (after turning it off), run a *detailed*
>> defragger, which consolidates files properly (most won't), then put it
>> back, and restart. This causes the original to be removed, and a new one
>> to be created, contiguously, at the end of the high end of the
>> partition. I doubt 7 is any better than any other version has ever been
>> at this, so **eventually** the page file gets so screwed up that
>> everything runs like crap. Killing the file, consolidating everything,
>> then restoring it is the most effective solution, but if you have enough
>> free space, there are 1-2 things that *specifically* defrag the page
>> file, during startup, and before its in use.
>>
>> Otherwise, you could turn it off in Windows, but, as I said, Windows
>> doesn't like you doing it **at all**.
>>
>
> Never let windows complete control over the page file, and don't leave
> it on the same partition as windows.
> One of the best way to manage it is to create a dedicated partition with
> nothing else on it, then to hide that partition.
>
> If you have more than one hard drives, create a drive leter less
> partition as the first partition on each drives and make those contain
> your page file. It should be the first thing done on any new system.
>
>
>
> Alain
Hmm. Interesting idea, actually. I fowled up and made a mini-partition 
on mine, thinking it was like 98, and some stuff would be easy to shift 
some place else. If I ever manage to find something that can nuke the 
Fedora partitions I never use, I can make one for it out of that (its a 
virtual partition, so half the damn tools a) don't recognize it or b) 
know how to delete it...)

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void main () {

     if version = "Vista" {
       call slow_by_half();
       call DRM_everything();
     }
     call functional_code();
   }
   else
     call crash_windows();
}

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