From: philo@invalid.not   
      
   On 01/11/2012 10:43 AM, Tickety-BooHoo wrote:   
   > philo wrote:   
   >> On 01/10/2012 03:47 PM, poachedeggs wrote:   
   >>> Can someone clarify for me about Virtual Memory and 'Kernel Memory'   
   >>> please. My pc is currently with 2gb of ddr3 1333 ram. It's using   
   >>> 600mb on average of actual ram when online. The most heavy-going   
   >>> thing I do is infrequent video editing. While rendering the ram use   
   >>> goes to 1.2gb and I can see the Page File Usage history then shows   
   >>> activity - presumably this is Virtual Memory in use? Is this like   
   >>> the swap file in Linux? I had never seen the swap being used until I   
   >>> built an Ubuntu machine from recycled bits with only 1gb of ram and   
   >>> 3/4 of that available, and I've never seen a computer use more than   
   >>> about 1.2 gb, 32 or 64 bit. I don't believe in upgrading anything   
   >>> unnecessarily so I'm wondering, does the Virtual Memory get used   
   >>> anyway, regardless of installed ram? Currently Virtual Memory has   
   >>> been set, automatically, to 2046-4092 and it says the recommended   
   >>> figure is 3070. Is that all fine as it is or should I set it myself?   
   >>> I'm asking this mostly for knowledge as I'm not seeing a problem   
   >>> myself. Thanks.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> This is a good place to start   
   >>   
   >> http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php   
   >   
   > Be aware that Norton is bitching that this site is unsafe when your link is   
   > clicked with the following:   
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