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|    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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