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High*Ping*Drifter
March 7th, 2001, 03:44 PM
There is a very useful tweak for Win98SE where by adding a single line to the 386enh section of your SYSTEM.INI file (ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1), you can force Windoze to use all Physical RAM first before using the much slower swapfile virtual memory. This has greatly enhanced my overall system performance under Win98SE.

A buddy of mine is using WinME, and I'm wondering if anyone has tried this same tweak in WinME??

Much Thanx in Advance...


.H*P*D.

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pumpkinhead77
March 8th, 2001, 11:51 AM
no, but I will try it

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Blackhawk
March 9th, 2001, 12:08 AM
Yes, that tweak still works in ME, as do most sys.ini tweaks.

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Votan
March 9th, 2001, 10:11 PM
Sounds a good tweak. It makes any difference if this line is placed at the begining or the end, or anywhere in the middle?

Blackhawk
March 15th, 2001, 10:33 AM
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Votan:
Sounds a good tweak. It makes any difference if this line is placed at the begining or the end, or anywhere in the middle?</font>

Just cut and paste:

ConservativeSwapFileUsage=1

It doesn't matter where, as long as it is within the [386enh] section.

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mahdi
March 19th, 2001, 04:32 PM
This is an effective tweak, i will use almost all my system memory without even accessing the disk.
Downside...disk will go into 'sleep mode' and take forever to spin backup when needed...usualy not until I open a new app.