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Cannot access System Properties (Windows 7)
In Windows 7, I cannot open
Advanced system settings (nor "systempropertiesadvanced.exe")
Computer name, domain and workgroup settings (nor "systempropertiescomputername.exe"
Performance settings (...
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Windows reports "Out of Memory" despite huge pagefile
How to force Windows to use the swap file to the fullest?
I use Windows 7 64-bit and I have 16 GB of RAM + 8 GB (static) pagefile.
When I open many Chrome tabs, and the physical memory is almost ...
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Is there way to detect Page file size change source within Windows 7?
In the office, I do my work on a Windows 7 machine that has 16GB on RAM. However, after each restart it automatically sets the pagefile to 3072MB. I have created a delayed schedule task (which calls a ...
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(Virtual Memory) Windows 7 keeps saying "System memory is running low" and close programs/game crash
I noticed my PC with Windows 7 x64 very often say system memory is running low.
This happens when I open some "heavy" programs simultaneously (like Firefox with many tabs, photoediting, CAD, etc).
I ...
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Why won't Windows 7 record crash details when the paging file is separated from the operating systems drive, and can I do something about this?
I've got a secondary harddrive (a separate physical device, not a logical partition) specifically dedicated for the Virtual Memory paging file. The drive is 3.5x larger than my RAM, so it's plenty ...
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Windows 7: Set Physical Memory Limit [closed]
Where can we set the maximum physical memory an Application/Process can use. I am not trying set a cap on Maximum memory, rather the amount allowed on physical memory before switching to virtual ...
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The instruction at X referenced memory at Y. The memory could not be written
TFG (Total Files Gaurd) is a software that used in offices to protect client's data from thief by malware and users. It encrypt some types of files(Network's Admin selects which type he/she want to be ...
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Disable win7 harddisk ram for a specific software
Sometimes when you ask matlab to create a very large array, it exceed actual ram and tries to go into harddisk, which slows down the computer so much that it becomes impossible to close matlab, only ...
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How do I know how much swap is used on Windows 7?
Apparently, as per Commit charge is 100% full but physical memory is just 60% when using no page file and http://brandonlive.com/2010/02/21/measuring-memory-usage-in-windows-7/, the Commit numbers in ...
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Is there a way to set a paging file on a folder-mounted volume in Windows 7?
I have a physical volume mounted to an NTFS folder in Windows 7 that I would like the system to use for paging. Is this possible and, if so, how do I enable it? Thanks in advance.
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Why does Windows 7 intentionally make itself slow?
I've encountered this oddity with 5 different machines, running different versions of Windows 7. I've seen the same issue in Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate.
The System Allocates Less Virtual ...
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Application to Automatically Free Modified Memory
Is there a Windows application or script that can free modified memory belonging to a given application.
I have tried Flush File Cache which is great as a big ol' hammer to clean out all modified ...
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Windows 8 Automatic Page File Size vs Windows 7
I've noticed that Windows 8 sets smaller page files by default. Windows 7 systems seem to create a page file the size of the RAM (eg 4GB of RAM means that Windows makes a 4GB page file). In Windows 8 (...
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How can I use a flash drive to increase my virtual memory?
My computer has 8gb of physical memory. I'm running some memory intensive processes that quickly eat up that 8gb. When the physical memory runs out, it starts using the virtual memory and I see ...
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Should I/Need I set the virtual memory on system parition or not?
I have a single drive(500Gb) divided into 2 partitions C:(98 Gb, system partition) and D:(368 Gb).
Where should I set my virtual memory(manual input) ?
Do need I to set it on system partition to ...
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