The all-singing, all-dancing embodiment of frustration is when my computer acts sluggish for no good reason. I know I’ve got plenty of RAM and a decent processor, so why won’t the blasted contraption do as it’s told? RAM boosting programs just never seem to work as well as they should, and so a few [...]
Windows uses this file as virtual memory / extra ram. Microsoft has implemented a feature that will clear the page file but they do not have it enabled by default. Please note, this will significantly increase the amount of time it takes to shut down your computer. We don't necessarily recommend this tweak,Do the following registory change for the result.(backup your registory before editing )A ) Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)B) Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory Management c) If the value ClearPageFileAtShutdown does not exist, from the Edit menu select New - DWORD value and enter a name of ClearPageFileAtShutdowne) Double click on ClearPageFileAtShutdown and set to 1f) Reboot the machine and next time you shutdown the pagefile will be cleared
Windows has a nice feature called "virtual memory" which converts hard drive space into RAM. This works in addition to the RAM already installed in your PC. The file is named pagefile.sys. The purpose of this is to have more memory available for running applications. As much as the paging file is a helpful feature, there is one drawback: Data remains there even after the computer has been shut down and started back up. If the machine is infected or has been hacked into, this is one thing the intruders might look for since information such as passwords and browsing history can be stolen from it. There is a simple value that can be added to the registry to have Windows automatically clear the paging file when the computer shuts down. This may slow the shutdown time by one to two minutes, but is worth it to be safe in the long-run.NOTE: It is very important that if you do not feel comfortable editing the registry or have never done it before that you avoid doing this right away
If your computer has begun to slow down after several months of usage, there a a couple of minor changes you can make to your settings that will help increase the performance of your computer. Tweaking Windows is essential to get the maximum performance for your computer. Even on a fast computer, if the settings are incorrect, the computer will perform poorly.Virtual Memory Settings:Virtual memory for your computer is hard drive space used by Windows when it fills up the physical RAM. Let's say you have a computer that has 256MB of RAM and you're running several applications at once that might need a total of 400MB of memory. Windows will fill up the 256MB and then use the free space on the hard drive to store the rest. This is called the Paging file or Virtual memory and Windows will increase and decrease the size of this file as needed. Writing to disk takes much longer than writing to physical RAM, so when Windows uses the paging file, computer performance degrades.That's why you
If your computer has begun to slow down after several months of usage, there a a couple of minor changes you can make to your settings that will help increase the performance of your computer. Tweaking Windows is essential to get the maximum performance for your computer. Even on a fast computer, if the settings are incorrect, the computer will perform poorly.Virtual Memory Settings:Virtual memory for your computer is hard drive space used by Windows when it fills up the physical RAM. Let's say you have a computer that has 256MB of RAM and you're running several applications at once that might need a total of 400MB of memory. Windows will fill up the 256MB and then use the free space on the hard drive to store the rest. This is called the Paging file or Virtual memory and Windows will increase and decrease the size of this file as needed. Writing to disk takes much longer than writing to physical RAM, so when Windows uses the paging file, computer performance degrades.That's why you
