Manipulating Virtual Memory

Perform the following steps to manipulate your system's virtual memory:

1. Open the System utility by clicking Start → Control Panel → System.
2. In the left-hand side, click the Advanced System Settings link.
3. In the Performance section, click the Settings button.
4. When the Performance screen appears, click the Advanced tab.
5. In the Virtual Memory section, click the Change button.
6. Deselect the Automatically Manage Paging File Size For All Drives check box.
7. Click the Custom Size radio button.
8. Set the Minimum and Maximum settings to one and half times RAM. For example, if your RAM is 1024 MB, change both settings to 1536 MB.
9. Click the Set button.
10. Click OK. Click OK at the Performance screen.
11. Close the System Properties window.

Setting Up Recoverability Options

Now let's see how to set up some recoverability options for your operating system.

Perform the following steps to create a restore point:

1. Open the System utility by clicking Start → Control Panel → System.
2. In the left-hand side, click the System Protection link.
3. When the System Protection screen appears, click the Create button in the Create A Restore Point Right Now section.
4. A dialog box asks you to type in a description to help identify which restore point it is. Type in today's date and click the Create button.
5. After it finishes, a dialog box stating that the restore was created successfully appears. Click the Close button.
6. Click the System Restore button.
7. At the System Restore screen, click Next.
   At the "Restore your computer to the state it was in before the selected event" screen, you should see the restore point that you just created.
8. If the restore that you created is there, click Cancel. If the restore is not there, repeat steps 2 through 5.