"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Jaap Telschouw <telschouw@freemail.hu> wrote:
>
>> I have Windows XP Pro and two gigs of RAM. Do I still need a page file?
>
> Yes, its safer to have one which doesnt get used much at all.

Agreed - it is safer, but unfortunately windows will use it if it is there,
whether it needs it or not, so your system will see a performance
reduction,. I suspect that any PC with 2GB of RAM is probably powerful
enough to absorb the performance hit and the user won't even notice in day
to day use. Its only noticable if you use some application that requires
disk access and is impeeded by virtual memory activity.

> XP can be a little stupid with no page file at all.

Not in my experience over the last 2 years - XP works much faster and more
efficiently with it turned off.