Improve Swapfile Performance

Posted on February 13th, 2007 by Jason

If you have more than 256MB of RAM this tweak will considerably improve your performance. It basically makes sure that your PC uses every last drop of memory (faster than swap file) before it starts using the swap file.

  1. Go to Start then Run
  2. Type “msconfig.exe” then ok
  3. Click on the System.ini tab
  4. Expand the 386enh tab by clicking on the plus sign
  5. Click on new then in the blank box type”ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1″
  6. Click OK
  7. Restart PC

Liked this article? Read another similar article.

Tags: , , , ,

Share and Enjoy:
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Facebook
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Live
  • MisterWong.DE
  • NewsVine
  • Reddit
  • MySpace
  • Slashdot
  • Technorati
  • BlinkList
  • DotNetKicks
  • Fark
  • Netvouz
  • MisterWong
  • Webnews.de
  • DZone
  • E-mail this story to a friend!
  • Print this article!

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 at 11:44 pm and is filed under Windows XP. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Related posts

One Response to “Improve Swapfile Performance”

  1. Larry Miller on 23 Jun 2008 at 12:58 pm #

    ConservativeSwapfileUsage is not supported on WIndows XP. This setting will accomplish absolutely nothing. In XP, as in all other NT systems, the system.ini file is maintained for compatibility with old 16 bit applications. Most settings, such as this one, will be ignored. The setting did work in Windows 98, although not as described.

Leave a Reply