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|    Ed Vance to BEN RITCHEY    |
|    Re: Slow XP    |
|    31 Jul 12 00:05:00    |
   
   BR>* An ongoing debate between Ed Vance and ALL rages on ...   
      
   BR> EV> I just looked at the Virutal Memory settings and noticed the   
   BR> EV> recommended setting was 4509, but I guess 9165 is better, does that   
   BR> EV> sound right to you?   
      
   BR>Rule of thumb has always been twice the installed RAM AFAIK, but as long as   
   BR>it's not too SMALL you should be good. Too big and you COULD get I/O bound   
   wi   
   BR>paging {shrug}   
      
   BR>p.s. this is ANTI_VIRUS so throw in a word about that to stay on topic ;-)   
      
   Ben,   
      
   Because of the slowness of my XP box I thought posting in the ANTI-Virus   
   echo would be the better place than the Windows95 echo where everything   
   in general is talked about.   
      
   I will watch it a bit better before posting here.   
      
      
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