I have a question about Stop Windows from Wildly Accessing your Hard Disk:

TechTV just posted an article about using the Swap File. They say it is not needed. They then recommend that you should set the following variable in the SYSTEM.INI file in the [386Enh] section called ConservativeSwapFileUsage=1 . Any thoughts about this idea or information on what this actually does.

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what it does is make the puter use ram instead of swap files it uses swap files less 
but it will still use swap files as needed

you also need to change some more settings
to make this setting work or it will go spazo
cause the Vcache will be to hi if you have like 256mb ram then this will help but 
if you only got like 64mb ram it will not help 


have you disable findfast if you have ms office
just a question 

add these lines in the system.ini then reboot

[vcache]
MinFileCache=0
MaxFileCache=16384

[386enh]
ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1
MinSPs=8

**** use a 4 above if you don't have 256mb ram
MinSPs=4  the default is 2


if you go to the microsoft support site you can do a search on all of these settings

also just type the word into yahoo you will be surpized at the matches found

With these sttings I am online with my normal line up and have 122MB of free ram 
no swap file going
also it takes the load off the processor so the modem has more time to putt 
the bigger the Vcache the processor time is burnt up updating the cache








On Saturday, November 17, 2001 at 10:00 am, Nelson Ray wrote:
>I have a question about Stop 
>Windows from Wildly Accessing your Hard Disk:

>
>TechTV just posted an article about using the Swap File.  They say it is not needed. 
> They then recommend that you should set the following variable in the SYSTEM.INI 
>file in the [386Enh] section called ConservativeSwapFileUsage=1
>.
>
>Any thoughts about this idea or information on what this actually does.

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On Saturday, November 17, 2001 at 10:00 am, Nelson Ray wrote:
>I have a question about Stop
>Windows from Wildly Accessing your Hard Disk:

>
>TechTV just posted an article about using the Swap File. They say it is not needed.
> They then recommend that you should set the following variable in the SYSTEM.INI
>file in the [386Enh] section called ConservativeSwapFileUsage=1
>.
>
>Any thoughts about this idea or information on what this actually does. ---------------------------------------------------- http://www.adriansrojakpot.com/Speed_Demonz/Swapfile_Optimization/Swapfile_Optimization_01.htm http://www.putergeek.com/vcache/index.shtml http://www.onlinehelp.bc.ca/tips.htm http://www.freespeech.org/Khephra/a/memmgmt.htm http://www.pcforrest.freeserve.co.uk/swapfile.htm http://windows.about.com/compute/windows/library/tips/bltip181.htm http://windows.about.com/compute/windows/library/tips/bltip182.htm

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After reading Microsofts post on ConservateSwapFileUsage=1, I do not recommend to set it. What it does is to make Windows 98 behave like Windows 95, which is *probably* not a good idea.

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Yeah, it *SOUNDS* like it would not be a good idea, but, in fact, it IS a good idea. I am not sure of the other settings, but I know that you do not HAVE to have them. I have been using that line for quite sometime in my [386Enh] section of my System.ini and it does wonders for the speed of programs. It accesses your hard disk MUCH less, and with 256MB + of RAM that's definately a good thing!


On Tuesday, January 1, 2002 at 1:10 pm, Peter wrote:
>After reading Microsofts post on ConservateSwapFileUsage=1, I do not recommend to
>set it. What it does is to make Windows 98 behave like Windows 95, which is *probably*
>not a good idea.

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I'm not sure if my problem is the same as the topic here but it's close I think. I have an older computer that I mostly use for the internet some word processing but mostly music. It has 320 mb of ram one 6 gig hard drive and one 10 gig hard drive. I use ecdc 6 and cooledit for the music. To get ecdc 6 to work I had to upgrade to win98se. Since I did this, everthing runs jerkily - cooledit and ecdc etc. So when I try to record from my records etc. it's jerky and doesn't sound good. I have tried the fixes posted here but they didn't help. When I turn my computer off and on its better for a while but then it seems to get worse and worse. I have scansed with mcafee, avg and spybot etc and all is clear no viruses or spyware. Nothing is working for me Please help me. I'm not sure what settings I should use for vert mem and vcache etc.???


On Saturday, November 17, 2001 at 11:00 am, CoolSights2000 wrote:
>
>what it does is make the puter use ram instead of swap files it uses swap files less
>but it will still use swap files as needed
>
>you also need to change some more settings
>to make this setting work or it will go spazo
>cause the Vcache will be to hi if you have like 256mb ram then this will help but
>if you only got like 64mb ram it will not help
>
>
>have you disable findfast if you have ms office
>just a question
>
>add these lines in the system.ini then reboot
>
>[vcache]
>MinFileCache=0
>MaxFileCache=16384
>
>[386enh]
>ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1
>MinSPs=8
>
>**** use a 4 above if you don't have 256mb ram
>MinSPs=4 the default is 2
>
>
>if you go to the microsoft support site you can do a search on all of these settings
>
>also just type the word into yahoo you will be surpized at the matches found
>
>With these sttings I am online with my normal line up and have 122MB of free ram
>no swap file going
>also it takes the load off the processor so the modem has more time to putt
>the bigger the Vcache the processor time is burnt up updating the cache
>
>
>
>

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I have tried all this and it still has hicup delays in my music??


On Saturday, November 17, 2001 at 11:00 am, CoolSights2000 wrote:
>
>what it does is make the puter use ram instead of swap files it uses swap files less
>but it will still use swap files as needed
>
>you also need to change some more settings
>to make this setting work or it will go spazo
>cause the Vcache will be to hi if you have like 256mb ram then this will help but
>if you only got like 64mb ram it will not help
>
>
>have you disable findfast if you have ms office
>just a question
>
>add these lines in the system.ini then reboot
>
>[vcache]
>MinFileCache=0
>MaxFileCache=16384
>
>[386enh]
>ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1
>MinSPs=8
>
>**** use a 4 above if you don't have 256mb ram
>MinSPs=4 the default is 2
>
>
>if you go to the microsoft support site you can do a search on all of these settings
>
>also just type the word into yahoo you will be surpized at the matches found
>
>With these sttings I am online with my normal line up and have 122MB of free ram
>no swap file going
>also it takes the load off the processor so the modem has more time to putt
>the bigger the Vcache the processor time is burnt up updating the cache
>
>
>
>

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Also this doesn't happen right away after reboot the puter work ok for about 10 mins then it starts to hicup and gets worse and worse PLEASE HELP MEEEEEE!!!


On Thursday, June 2, 2005 at 4:44 pm, Fuzzybones wrote:
>I have tried all this and it still has hicup delays in my music??
>
>
>

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