A customer's computer is having difficulty opening programs and regularly receives error messages regarding low system resources. Which of the following performance setting changes would BEST help…

The correct answer is B. Page-file size. The page file (also called virtual memory or swap space) is a reserved area on the hard drive that Windows uses as overflow RAM when physical memory is exhausted. Increasing the page-file size allows the OS to handle more concurrent processes and data in memory-constrained…

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A customer's computer is having difficulty opening programs and regularly receives error messages regarding low system resources. Which of the following performance setting changes would BEST help the customer temporarily until a proper upgrade can be made?

Options

AData execution prevention
BPage-file size
CVisual effects
DProcessor scheduling

How the community answered

(44 responses)

A
11% (5)
B
80% (35)
C
7% (3)
D
2% (1)

Explanation

The page file (also called virtual memory or swap space) is a reserved area on the hard drive that Windows uses as overflow RAM when physical memory is exhausted. Increasing the page-file size allows the OS to handle more concurrent processes and data in memory-constrained situations, directly addressing 'low system resources' errors. This is a temporary workaround until a physical RAM upgrade can be performed. Data execution prevention (A) is a security feature, not a performance tuner. Visual effects (C) reducing eye candy can marginally help but does not address the underlying RAM shortage. Processor scheduling (D) adjusts CPU time allocation between foreground apps and background services, which is less impactful for low-memory errors.

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