Pagefile size varies on reporting components

Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Pagefile size varies on reporting components System Information states Pagefile Space - 1.37G
Defrag report states Pagefile Space - 1G
Pagefile setting in Performance Options - 1G minimum & 1G maximum - Custom
Setting.
Why does System Information report 1.37G when it can't be that large?
I am not using all my RAM anyway, and Performance reporting verifies NO
Paging activity.
Directory list of C:\Pagefile.sys shows 1,073,741,824 bytes. Exactly 1G.
Thanks for any help.

Windows XP537

Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Pagefile size varies on reporting components The figure in System Information stated to be pagefile space is the sum
of the pagefile and the amount of RAM memory. This figure is described
as the Limit under Commit Charge in Task manager.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

bbentley52 wrote:
> System Information states Pagefile Space - 1.37G
> Defrag report states Pagefile Space - 1G
> Pagefile setting in Performance Options - 1G minimum & 1G maximum -
> Custom Setting.
> Why does System Information report 1.37G when it can't be that large?
> I am not using all my RAM anyway, and Performance reporting verifies
> NO Paging activity.
> Directory list of C:\Pagefile.sys shows 1,073,741,824 bytes. Exactly
> 1G. Thanks for any help.

Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Pagefile size varies on reporting components Hello Gerry,

If that were the case, then should this figure be 1.5G ?

I have 512M RAM and a 1G Pagefile.

Thanks,

Bruce

"Gerry" wrote:

> The figure in System Information stated to be pagefile space is the sum
> of the pagefile and the amount of RAM memory. This figure is described
> as the Limit under Commit Charge in Task manager.
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> bbentley52 wrote:
> > System Information states Pagefile Space - 1.37G
> > Defrag report states Pagefile Space - 1G
> > Pagefile setting in Performance Options - 1G minimum & 1G maximum -
> > Custom Setting.
> > Why does System Information report 1.37G when it can't be that large?
> > I am not using all my RAM anyway, and Performance reporting verifies
> > NO Paging activity.
> > Directory list of C:\Pagefile.sys shows 1,073,741,824 bytes. Exactly
> > 1G. Thanks for any help.
>
>
>

Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Pagefile size varies on reporting components Gerry,

According to this MSFT doc -

Check the Page File Space value if the computer is having memory problems.
Page File Space is the physical space on the hard disk that the operating
system uses to increase the apparent size of RAM

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/msinfo_system_summary.mspx?mfr=true

Regards,

Bruce

"bbentley52" wrote:

> Hello Gerry,
>
> If that were the case, then should this figure be 1.5G ?
>
> I have 512M RAM and a 1G Pagefile.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce
>
> "Gerry" wrote:
>
> > The figure in System Information stated to be pagefile space is the sum
> > of the pagefile and the amount of RAM memory. This figure is described
> > as the Limit under Commit Charge in Task manager.
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Gerry
> > ~~~~
> > FCA
> > Stourport, England
> > Enquire, plan and execute
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > bbentley52 wrote:
> > > System Information states Pagefile Space - 1.37G
> > > Defrag report states Pagefile Space - 1G
> > > Pagefile setting in Performance Options - 1G minimum & 1G maximum -
> > > Custom Setting.
> > > Why does System Information report 1.37G when it can't be that large?
> > > I am not using all my RAM anyway, and Performance reporting verifies
> > > NO Paging activity.
> > > Directory list of C:\Pagefile.sys shows 1,073,741,824 bytes. Exactly
> > > 1G. Thanks for any help.
> >
> >
> >

Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Pagefile size varies on reporting components Bruce

As you say my explanation does not coincide with that it says in your
link Nevertheless I think my explanation is correct but the binary
factor is a complication I am struggling with. In some cases some of the
RAM is allocated to hardware, commonly to the video. On my computer this
does not apply because the graphics card has it's own memory. This might
be the explanation for the figure of 1.37 gb.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

bbentley52 wrote:
> Gerry,
>
> According to this MSFT doc -
>
> Check the Page File Space value if the computer is having memory
> problems. Page File Space is the physical space on the hard disk that
> the operating system uses to increase the apparent size of RAM
>
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/msinfo_system_summary.mspx?mfr=true
>
> Regards,
>
> Bruce
>
>
> "bbentley52" wrote:
>
>> Hello Gerry,
>>
>> If that were the case, then should this figure be 1.5G ?
>>
>> I have 512M RAM and a 1G Pagefile.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>> "Gerry" wrote:
>>
>>> The figure in System Information stated to be pagefile space is the
>>> sum of the pagefile and the amount of RAM memory. This figure is
>>> described as the Limit under Commit Charge in Task manager.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Gerry
>>> ~~~~
>>> FCA
>>> Stourport, England
>>> Enquire, plan and execute
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> bbentley52 wrote:
>>>> System Information states Pagefile Space - 1.37G
>>>> Defrag report states Pagefile Space - 1G
>>>> Pagefile setting in Performance Options - 1G minimum & 1G maximum -
>>>> Custom Setting.
>>>> Why does System Information report 1.37G when it can't be that
>>>> large? I am not using all my RAM anyway, and Performance reporting
>>>> verifies NO Paging activity.
>>>> Directory list of C:\Pagefile.sys shows 1,073,741,824 bytes.
>>>> Exactly 1G. Thanks for any help.

Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Pagefile size varies on reporting components Gerry,

It appears MSFT should update their documentation. When I calculate the
Memory used in my Video Adapter, I come up with 1.49G. Close enough for
Government Work :-)

Thanks for your help.

Bruce

"Gerry" wrote:

> Bruce
>
> As you say my explanation does not coincide with that it says in your
> link Nevertheless I think my explanation is correct but the binary
> factor is a complication I am struggling with. In some cases some of the
> RAM is allocated to hardware, commonly to the video. On my computer this
> does not apply because the graphics card has it's own memory. This might
> be the explanation for the figure of 1.37 gb.
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
> bbentley52 wrote:
> > Gerry,
> >
> > According to this MSFT doc -
> >
> > Check the Page File Space value if the computer is having memory
> > problems. Page File Space is the physical space on the hard disk that
> > the operating system uses to increase the apparent size of RAM
> >
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/msinfo_system_summary.mspx?mfr=true
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> >
> > "bbentley52" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Gerry,
> >>
> >> If that were the case, then should this figure be 1.5G ?
> >>
> >> I have 512M RAM and a 1G Pagefile.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Bruce
> >>
> >> "Gerry" wrote:
> >>
> >>> The figure in System Information stated to be pagefile space is the
> >>> sum of the pagefile and the amount of RAM memory. This figure is
> >>> described as the Limit under Commit Charge in Task manager.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hope this helps.
> >>>
> >>> Gerry
> >>> ~~~~
> >>> FCA
> >>> Stourport, England
> >>> Enquire, plan and execute
> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>>
> >>> bbentley52 wrote:
> >>>> System Information states Pagefile Space - 1.37G
> >>>> Defrag report states Pagefile Space - 1G
> >>>> Pagefile setting in Performance Options - 1G minimum & 1G maximum -
> >>>> Custom Setting.
> >>>> Why does System Information report 1.37G when it can't be that
> >>>> large? I am not using all my RAM anyway, and Performance reporting
> >>>> verifies NO Paging activity.
> >>>> Directory list of C:\Pagefile.sys shows 1,073,741,824 bytes.
> >>>> Exactly 1G. Thanks for any help.
>
>
>