after adding memory do you have to reconfigure windows XP?

August 30th, 2003

thanks

**Hipster Doofus** · August 30th, 2003

I would say NO.

Just enjoy the POWER! w00t w00t

August 30th, 2003

I'm a power hungry person.

**Admiral Michael** · August 30th, 2003

Ive added memory in XP Pro and no you dont have to reconfigure anything.

**PseudoKiller** · August 30th, 2003

No there is nothing you have to do as long as when you boot up it shows the correct amount of RAM... yes its that easy.

**ming** · August 30th, 2003

It's not like the previous versions of windows where you had to re-install the OS just to make it adjust itself to the new resource or memory.

**SPeedY_B** · August 30th, 2003

Originally posted by ming
It's not like the previous versions of windows where you had to re-install the OS just to make it adjust itself to the new resource or memory.

huh? :confused: what versions of windows did do that?

**ming** · August 30th, 2003

From my experience Win95 and 98 slowed down when I added ram to the system. I also read it somewhere on in those computer mags... back in those days.

**perris** · August 30th, 2003

tee hee

if you are letting the system manage your virtual memory, then the initial minimum will be permanently increased

this will fragment the pagefile

and sooooooooooooooo

ypu should probably have to defrag the pagefile after you increase your memory

but on the other hand

everyone else is also right, because you won't notice a hit of a fragmented pagefile unless you are really putting your memory under severe pressure

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Hipster Doofus Good grief Charlie Brown Joined: May 2002 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 5,920 Reputation: 560 Power: 187	I would say NO. Just enjoy the POWER! w00t w00t Pentium 4 2.6ghz 400mhz @ 3.07ghz 472mhz / Gigabyte GA-8IHXP v2.1 / RAMBUS PC 800 768mb / Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 256mb / 2 x Maxtor 80gb ATA133 DiamondMax, RAID0 :: 1 x Western Digital 7200 40gb / Liteon DVD-RW Dual Layer SOHW-1633S @ 1653S / Liteon 52x24x52 CD-RW LTR-52246S / Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu Fan / Antec TruePower 480w / RD3XP Gladiator Rounded Cables

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PseudoKiller Zug Zug Joined: April 2002 Location: Ice Crown Citadel Posts: 3,858 Reputation: 490 Power: 165	No there is nothing you have to do as long as when you boot up it shows the correct amount of RAM... yes its that easy. )\|( I reject your reality and substitute my own )\|(

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 162	It's not like the previous versions of windows where you had to re-install the OS just to make it adjust itself to the new resource or memory. Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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Daviepants Unregistered Posts: n/a	I'm a power hungry person.

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SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	Originally posted by ming It's not like the previous versions of windows where you had to re-install the OS just to make it adjust itself to the new resource or memory. huh? :confused: what versions of windows did do that? 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 162	From my experience Win95 and 98 slowed down when I added ram to the system. I also read it somewhere on in those computer mags... back in those days. Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	tee hee if you are letting the system manage your virtual memory, then the initial minimum will be permanently increased this will fragment the pagefile and sooooooooooooooo ypu should probably have to defrag the pagefile after you increase your memory but on the other hand everyone else is also right, because you won't notice a hit of a fragmented pagefile unless you are really putting your memory under severe pressure IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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