Quote Originally Posted by 'Falkor',index.php?page=Thread&postID=174528#post1 74528
I have to disagree 102% with you on this.
I'm a network engineer that works on windows servers and desktops all day long and have been for the past 6years.
Removing the page file completely I agree can cause some issues with certain applications, but limiting the page file size and stopping it from dynamically increasing DOES help you're system as a whole provided you have enough physical memory to cope.
I have done this on serveral gaming computers and laptops now all of which are running perfectly fine with no errors what so ever.
My work laptop running vista has no page file what so ever and 4GB of ram which I use on a daily basis with no issues, in fact vista is slightly faster in loading applications and games.....

Posting this is bad advice and not backing up you're statement is useless.
If you have a valid reason please reply with a constructive comment and I'll be happy to listen / discuss.
I'll have to disagree with you. Here's why:

First of all, as I said, if you disabling paging and you run out of RAM bad things happen (applications crash or exit). If you run out of RAM with paging on, it probably doesn't run so hot, but it continues to run. I don't really know what "can cause issues with certain applications" means. It will cause problems with every application if you run out of RAM.

Second, disabling paging can actually cause your applications to consume more of your available memory. The reason is that if a program attempts to allocate a lot of memory which it may or may not use, if you have paging off, it has no option but to allocate it ALL out of system RAM. If paging is on, it can safely page the unused portion to disk where it can languish forever, and there is little to no impact on performance since that memory will never be faulted back into system RAM.

Third, even given both of these, I would conditionally agree with you except: my experiences have led me to conclude that any gains noticed on a system that isn't swapping (if your system IS swapping then you're crazy to have paging disabled) are minimal if any. This is where we'll have to agree to disagree, I guess.

So the way I see this, you are taking chances on bad things happening for a gain that I've never personally observed (and yes, I've tried - and yes, I have some experience in this field myself). And while you may never hit the upper end of your RAM, I and many others do. Start editing a few videos and you can easily consume 4G or more. Taking this chance might be OK for somebody who knows what they are biting off and knows what it'll look like when it happens (and how to fix it), but I don't agree that it should be recommended to people who might not have this type of experience.