I'm trying to increase size of paging file, but the system won't let me. I have 2 gigs of memory, but still can't get more than 4600 in the paging file. Any help out there?1 person needs an answerI do too

When your computer's physically installed random-access memory (RAM) is running low, Windows adds available memory by using a paging file, generally known as virtual memory, on the hard disk to simulate physical RAM. By default, the virtual memory paging file that is created during installation is 1.5 times the physical RAM on your computer. Therefore, a computer that has 1GB of installed RAM will have 1.5GB of virtual memory. You can manually change the size of the paging file to make it larger or smaller. You can also optimize virtual memory use by dividing the file space between multiple drives and by removing allocated space from slow or heavily accessed drives. To optimize your virtual memory space, divide it among as many physical hard drives as possible. When you select drives, follow these guidelines: see this ms web page When your computer's physically installed random-access memory (RAM) is running low, Windows adds available memory by using a paging file, generally known as virtual memory, on the hard disk to simulate physical RAM. By default, the virtual memory paging file that is created during installation is 1.5 times the physical RAM on your computer. Therefore, a computer that has 1GB of installed RAM will have 1.5GB of virtual memory. see this mc page http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308417

To add to what coork said: It is generally best to let Windows manage the page file. If you do wish to size it yourself, please have a read of the "How Big Should I Make the Paging File?" section of Pushing the Limits of Windows: Virtual Memory (the whole article is a good read, actually ;-) ).