Disable Paging¶
Systems with more than 8GB memory should disable paging. This may need to be re-enabled if certain programs rely on the paging file existing.
Give priority to foreground applications
GUI
⌘ + r › systempropertiesadvanced › Performance › Settings › Advanced › Processor scheduling
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Programs
Updated: 2021-02-19
Registry
2 is the value used for the GUI setting. 26 is the highest
foreground priority. 18 prefers background services.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\PriorityControl
Win32PrioritySeparation
DWORD
2
Updated: 2021-02-19 Reference
Disable paging files for all drives
GUI
Be sure to set this for each drive explicitly.
⌘ + r › systempropertiesadvanced › Performance › Settings › Advanced › Virtual memory › Change…
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No paging file
Updated: 2021-02-19
Registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
PagingFiles
MULTI_SZ
{EMTPY}
Updated: 2021-02-19 Reference