Optimizing Operating System Paging File :Win7

The paging file is an intimidating portion of the operating system.  Most people don’t fully understand what “memory” or “RAM” is, let alone what it’s backup within the kernel operating system is.  Paging file, despite it’s notorious reputation, is not that complicated.  When your computer runs out of memory, it needs something it can fall back on.  For the operating system, this is known as your paging file.  The operating system sets aside hard drive space to handle multiple applications running simultaneously.

1. Go to your ‘Desktop’
2. Right click on ‘Computer’
3. Select ‘Properties’

4. Make note of the GB value of your ‘Installed Memory (RAM)’ category under ‘System’
5. Click on ‘Advanced system settings’ on the left hand bar.
6. Make sure the ‘advanced’ tab is selected.
7. Under ‘Performance’, select ‘Settings…’
8. Select the ‘Advanced’ tab again.
9. Under the ‘virtual memory’ section, select ‘Change…’
10. Uncheck ‘automatically manage paging file size for all drives’
11. Choose the ‘custom size’ radio button.
12. Before entering a value, select the ‘start’ button
13. In the search bar, type ‘calculator’ and press enter (or go to All Programs > Accessories > Calculator)
14. Once your calculator is open, enter ’1024′ and multiply it by the GB value of your ‘Installed Memory (RAM)’ you made note of earlier.
Note: For example, if you had 3 gigabytes, it would be ’1024 * 3 = 3072.
16. Now, multiply your new value (3072 in this case) by 1.5 to get your new paging file memory size (4608 in this case)
17. Return to ‘custom size’ and enter your new value in both the ‘Initial Size’ and ‘Maximum Size’ boxes.
18. Be sure to click ‘set’
19. Click ‘apply’