64-bit versions of Windows and Windows Server support more physical memory (RAM) than 32-bit versions support. However, the reason to configure or increase page file size has not changed. It has ...

As someone who has written three books on Hyper-V, I tend to get a lot of Hyper-V-related questions from readers. Some of the most common questions that I get are related to Hyper-V's smart paging ...

The paging file, also referred to as “Page File” and “Virtual Memory,” is essential for the system to manage memory efficiently. It removes infrequently accessed modified data from physical memory, ...

Your PC's SSD is responsible for storing everything from your operating system to your most important files. But did you know that a default Windows 11 setting could slowly wear it down? That setting ...

This sounds like something that shouldn't happen, but I saw my page file come withing 5 meg of being maxed out when only 150/512 meg of RAM was being used. I have the min/max size set the same. Would ...

I see from there that it seems he only has 3GB RAM, nevertheless.. i'm sure the paging file should be 1.5* that amount, rather than just 512MB. The strange thing is that it's set to automatically ...

Virtual memory ensures that programs run smoothly. All programs on a PC use random access memory (RAM), but when there isn't enough memory to run a program, Windows temporarily moves information ...

What is Swapfile.sys and can I delete it? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Similar to Pagefile.sys, Swapfile.sys is a Windows 10 ...