CIS 170F: Windows 7 Administration

Week 9

Performance Tuning
Performance Options
Virtual Memory

  • By default, the paging file is managed automatically by Windows. The minimum size is 16 MB and the maximum size is configured as 300% of RAM. You can manually configure the paging file.




  • Most Windows 7 computers have only a single hard disk, and increasing performance is not possible by adjusting the virtual memory settings. It is also possible to specify that no paging file is to be used.

Read more about Virtual Memory at:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-is-virtual-memory.