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   Sentinel to Netrunner   
   Re: [OT] Windows swap file - any tips?   
   26 Jan 08 15:08:46   
   
   From: lukas.mariman@REMOVETHISdommel.be   
      
   Netrunner wrote:   
   > Standing in the dark, rainy shadows of a city alleyway, I spied the   
   > Replicant Sentinel covertly transmitting a message to renegade friends   
   > in alt.fan.blade-runner.  Tracking...   
   >>   
   >> I do have 2.5 GB of RAM installed at this moment, so I'm fairly sure   
   >> the swap file isn't actually being accessed a whole lot. But I hear   
   >> these horror stories about how Windows has this tendency to keep   
   >> accessing the swap file anyway, so I was curious whether messing   
   >> with it might improve things, or not.   
   >>   
   > Well, that is more than 2GB, which I would definitely look for as a   
   > minimum these days (especially if you do heavy file stuff, like DLing   
   > and watching big video).  4GB gets you ahead of the curve.   
      
   Okidoki! I'm going to have to upgrade more than just the RAM sooner or later   
   anyway. I'm still on a single core system, which seems to be getting more   
   obsolete all the time. (For gaming, anyway!)   
      
   > But here is my biggest tip - stop worrying about your SWAP file and   
   > get on updating the FAQ file!!!  It is 2008, there is an Ultimate BR   
   > edition out there and a new FN and all that new info has to be   
   > incorporated in the BR FAQ dude!!!  I'd do it myself, but given that I   
   > can just grab some minutes to post here and struggle with anything   
   > else BR, I wouldn't rely on me...   
      
   And then there's the old Chapman FAQ. I never did get around to assimilating   
   that one.   
      
   Busy busy...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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