Re: Virtual memory with 200MB free physical memory?

[Suz McClure]

Windows works that way.. is it causing you a problem?..

"Hunyadi" > wrote in message
...
> Hello!
>
> Under my running Windows XP the task manager says I've got
> 200MB of free physical memory.
> When I launch the software MatLab, why does it get 40 MB
> physical memory AND the rest 40 MB in virtual memory? With
> this, I get a lot of page fault while running it, of
> course.
> How can I set the system to give more physical memory
> resource to the program if there is possibility of it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hunyadi

[Ron Martell]

"Hunyadi" > wrote:

>Hello!
>
>Under my running Windows XP the task manager says I've got
>200MB of free physical memory.
>When I launch the software MatLab, why does it get 40 MB
>physical memory AND the rest 40 MB in virtual memory? With
>this, I get a lot of page fault while running it, of
>course.
>How can I set the system to give more physical memory
>resource to the program if there is possibility of it?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Hunyadi

Page faults are not a valid measurement of page file usage. They could
also, for example, be caused by the loading of a data file or a program
component that was not originally loaded.

Add the "Page File Delta" column to the Task Manager view and see what it
shows you.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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