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 ...

The pagefile, also known as the swap file or paging file, is a crucial component of Windows 10's virtual memory system. It allows the operating system to free up physical RAM by transferring less ...

Microsoft Windows includes a Virtual Memory section that enables you to increase the memory of a specific computer drive. For example, turning off the automatic paging file size, selecting the ...

I'm curious as to why Windows thinks I need a 50 GB swap file. I have a Windows 8 x64 system with 16 GB of RAM, an 160 GB Intel 320 SSD as system drive and some 2GB Western Digital spinning drive as a ...

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 ...

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 ...