Speed up your computer by optimizing your PC’s Pagefile
Your computer’s memory is divided into “pages”, and are paged (swapped) as needed.
By optimizing how your computer’s memory is being used, you can speed up your computer and its performance. Here are the two simple steps:
(1) If you don’t know how much computer memory you have in your computer, go to your desktop and right-click on the My Computer icon. Then select Properties. Then select the General tab. Look in the text to see how much memory (RAM) your computer has.
(2) Now click on the Advanced tab.
* Under Performance, select the Settings button.
* Select the Advanced Tab again; then, under Virtual Memory, select the Change option.
* Highlight the harddrive (probably C:) that contains the Paging File.
* Click on the “Custom size” button (if it is not already selected)
* Take a look at the two associated text boxes.
* If you have 512 MB of RAM or more (as you noted in step one above), type into the two text boxes the amount of RAM you have.
* If you have less than 512 MB of RAM, don’t change the default settings in these text boxes.
NOTE: Every computer system is unique. If you don’t notice an improvement in PC speed, or if for some unlikely reason the system is running slower, go back to this section of your computer’s settings and select the “System managed size” button.