Virtual memory, also known as a Page file, adds to the physical RAM by using disk space. However, moving the page file to a secondary SSD can help free up space if you run out of space on the primary.

Although the Windows operating system has changed substantially over the years, one of the options that has existed for decades is the option to use a pagefile. In the early days of Windows, the ...

How to delete the Windows 11 page file with every shutdown Your email has been sent Computer and data security should always be a priority. A simple tweak of the Windows 11 Registry file can eliminate ...

The PC uses RAM to hold running programs, open documents and the intermediate results of calculations. Programs can, however, be too large to fit in a computer's memory, which causes problems. Before ...

Virtual memory, also known as the swap file, uses part of your hard drive to effectively expand your RAM, allowing you to run more programs than it could otherwise handle. But a hard drive is much ...

As I've noted in the two previous installments in this series, Windows 10's Hyper-V platform is the ideal way to test-drive a new feature update before trusting it to production hardware. If you've ...