Keep Windows operating data in main memory

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Windows XP contains several tweakable memory settings in the registry, one of

which is the DisablePagingExecutive registry key. This controls whether the operating

system will transfer its essential driver and kernel files to the 'virtual memory' (the

page file on the hard disk). It defaults to allowing this.

 

Obviously, transferring portions of the system to hard drive memory can

considerably slow things down, and it appears that Windows XP does this

periodically, whether or not the system is actually low on physical memory (RAM).

 

If you have 256MB of system memory or more, try this registry tweak to force

Windows to keep its operating data in main memory:

 

Open Regedit.

 

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session

Manager\Memory Management.

 

Select the DisablePagingExecutive value to '1'

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