


In the Performance Options dialog, under Virtual memory, click Change.In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab and click Performance Options.To have Windows select the best paging file size, click System managed size in the Virtual Memory dialog box. For the initial size, Microsoft recommends using the recommended value in the Total paging file size for all drives box. Set Initial size (MB) and Maximum size.In the Virtual Memory dialog box, select a drive to store the paging file.In the Performance Options dialog, click the Advanced tab, and under Virtual memory, click Change.Click Start > Settings > Control Panel.


Select Custom size and set Initial size (MB) and Maximum size (MB).Select the drive to use to store the paging file.Click the Advanced tab, and click Change under Virtual Memory.In the System Properties dialog, click the Advanced tab.Under Tasks, click Advanced system settings.Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista: See the Microsoft Help topic: " How to Increase Virtual Memory in Windows 10: A Quick Guide". In that case, clear some space on the drive or set the virtual memory to another drive. If the amount of free space on the drive is less than the virtual memory settings, the page file size uses all the available drive space. The drive selected for the virtual memory should have enough free space to store the page file, as defined by the initial and maximum settings. See the link in the Related Links section below. Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008 Server, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 10 can be set higher values than 4GB. For Windows 2000 and XP, the maximum available is 4096MB (4GB). For the maximum benefit, set this value to the maximum available on the Windows operating system. Instructions provided describe how to adjust the system's virtual memory settings.
