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pagefile registry setting for NT

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by kevin

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I have a situation where I could use the pagefile limit to be stretched from 4gb to whatever... I know in 2000 there is a fairly simple way to do this, but as far as NT goes, I don't see the ease, I have found the registry setting for the pagefile, but I really don't want to be monkeying around with the text in the setting until I know what I am doing (well for the most part, know what I am doing) Thanks...

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by syscokid

You can change the pagefile setting in Control Panel, System, Performance tab, under Virtual Memory click Change.

by nettek

The pagefile is an actual file called pagefile.sys. 4GB is the maximum size for ANY file with NTFS, not just the pagefile. There is no way to increase this in the registry. However, you can have multiple pagefiles. Simply create logical drives and add additional pagefiles to them so that you can have multiple 4gb pagefiles. Just make sure that the System Account has Full Control of whatever drive or folder the pagefile is located on.

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