How Should I Configure Virtual Memory Settings?

➡️ The default settings for virtual memory are good enough for most. Tweaking virtual memory settings depends on your computer and what you do with it. ➡️ Configuring virtual memory Virtual memory only comes into play if your computer doesn’t have enough RAM to do what’s being asked of it. Configuring virtual memory settings is useful only if you find yourself in that situation. Doing less or adding RAM are more practical long-term solutions. Updates, related links, and more discussion: https://askleo.com/3062 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: https://go.askleo.com/ytsub ✅ Watch next ▶Computer Slow? You Might Not Have Enough RAM for Windows ▶    • Computer Slow? You Might Not Have Enough R...   Chapters 0:00 Configure Virtual Memory Settings 1:36 Swap file = Paging file = Virtual Memory (VM) 2:00 RAM matters most 4:50 Where to look for RAM 6:10 Windows Memory magic 7:49 Changing the settings 9:20 Default settings 9:25 Turn off the paginf File, No virtual memory 10:18 Separate partitions, no; separate drives, yes 11:15 A separate drive? 12:34 Defragment the paging file? Probably not ❤️ My best articles: https://go.askleo.com/best ❤️ My Most Important Article: https://go.askleo.com/number1 More Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com to get your questions answered ☑️ https://newsletter.askleo.com to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ https://askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com/all-the-different-... for even more! #askleo #virtual #memory