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Originally Posted by opt33Â 
If you leave the pagefile as default set by windows 7, you wont get issues from it. Windows 7 by default will set the pagefile to amount of RAM you have plus 200-300mb. For example if 8gb ram, then page file set to 8200-8300mb by default.
The paging file is just virtual memory on HD where programs can be temporarily allocated from physical RAM when program is idle (allows for quicker starts), need to free up ram for active process, or need to dump contents of ram. And for paging file to function properly, it needs to be (especially in cases of crash/memory dump) at least same size as total RAM installed, and usually 200-300mb larger to be on safe side. I never understood "tweaking" paging file size unless the goal is to cause unnecessary issues. Minimizing the page file, then trying to load up all ram with stress test....other than page thrashing???

If you leave the pagefile as default set by windows 7, you wont get issues from it. Windows 7 by default will set the pagefile to amount of RAM you have plus 200-300mb. For example if 8gb ram, then page file set to 8200-8300mb by default.
The paging file is just virtual memory on HD where programs can be temporarily allocated from physical RAM when program is idle (allows for quicker starts), need to free up ram for active process, or need to dump contents of ram. And for paging file to function properly, it needs to be (especially in cases of crash/memory dump) at least same size as total RAM installed, and usually 200-300mb larger to be on safe side. I never understood "tweaking" paging file size unless the goal is to cause unnecessary issues. Minimizing the page file, then trying to load up all ram with stress test....other than page thrashing???
I had issues with it and so did another poster up above. It would stop one of my workers due to system swap file which has to do with pagefile space. So, I upped mine manually because Microsoft recommends 1.5x your RAM size, but by default it puts it almost equal to RAM. Once, I upped it, no workers stopped.




























