johnfields opened this issue on Oct 09, 2007 · 3 posts
Penguinisto posted Tue, 09 October 2007 at 10:24 AM
Attached Link: http://mylittlebussiness.blogspot.com/2006/09/faster-windows-xp-heres-how.html
Your swap/page file won't change much... One way to force things in Windows though (and make it faster) is to set the following configuration setting, which forces Windows to use as much RAM as possible before it reaches for the "virtual memory" file:Quote - If you have more than 256MB of RAM this tweak will considerably improve your performance. It basically makes sure that your PC uses every last drop of memory (faster than swap file) before it starts using the swap file. 1. Go to Start then Run
- Type “msconfig.exe” then ok
- Click on the System.ini tab
- Expand the 386enh tab by clicking on the plus sign
- Click on new then in the blank box type”ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1″
- Click OK
- Restart PC
Quoted from the link above.
I use this setting on a crappy old laptop I bought recently, which is a P3-800, and only has 512MB of RAM (with ab't 56 some-odd GB free on the 120GB hard drive I jammed into it).
HTH a little. It's the only way P6 even thinks of launching on the laptop (and it's still dog-slow).
As an alternative, you could use DAZ|Studio - it's free, and runs a hell of a lot faster on the hardware.
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