Here's our Windows NT Tip for.. September 4, 2001
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Tracking Pagefile Size for Peak Efficiency
If you'd like to see if your page files are optimum, try this: First, click Start|Settings|Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double- click System to open it, then click the Performance tab.

Now click Change under Virtual Memory. This will open the Virtual Memory dialog box. See how much initial memory is assigned in your system. Record the value, then click OK twice to back out of the dialog boxes.

Now go ahead with your work and at the end of each day open Windows NT Explorer and click once on Pagefile.SYS to see how large it is. Check this for a few days and if the file size is consistently larger than the initial size, you may want to change the initial size to make your system more efficient.