GT wrote:
>
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>
> If a swapfile exists, windows will use it in an attempt to keep as
> much physical RAM available at any one time. In other words, if you
> have 2GB of RAM and are using only 400MB, then windows will still
> insist on swapping pages out to the pagefile, to keep the available
> RAM as high as possible. If something that has been swapped out is
> then required it is reloaded from the swapfile, introducing a
> performance degredation which we have been trying to tell you about.
> If you choose to run without a swapfile, then there would be no
> performance drop - simple as that.

Are you saying that MS is so stupid that they swap pages out, and
then swap them back in even if they haven't been disturbed? I can
well believe that, considering their other myriad stupidities.

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