How To Make Windows Seven Restart Faster

Virtual Memory, or better known as the swap file, is a fake memory located on the hard disk. Basically, Virtual Memory RAM is useful if there in the system limited so harddisk space being used as temporary storage. Therefore it is not surprising that the Virtual Memory size can be set to twice compared to system RAM.


But the amount of Virtual Memory may affect the speed of shutdown or reboot Windows. The greater the Virtual Memory, the longer the Windows to reboot or shutdown.


Here's the solution:
1. Click the menu "Start", then type "Local Security Policy".
2. Or try type "secpol.msc" in the Start menu. See the left column, then select "Security Settings> Local Policies> Security Options> Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile". Set its value to "Disabled".

Do you have a lot of RAM? If Yes, You can also set up so that Windows will running without the Virtual Memory in this way
1. Right click "Computer> Properties". Select "Advanced system settings".
2. Click "Settings" in the Performance section. In the window "Performance Options", click the tab "Advanced".
3. In the "Virtual memory", click "Change". There you can see on the drive where XP set Virtual Memory.
4. To disable the use of Virtual Memory, select the drive where XP put the Virtual Memory (pagefile.sys), then click on "No Paging File", followed by clicking "Set". After that, reboot your computer.

The Virtual Memory is just like a double-sided sword. In one side, if you want to speed up the shutdown or reboot with disable feature "Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile" on "Local Security Policy", so your system is less secure because crackers could have "a look" inside. But in otherway, if you are not using Virtual Memory, your system might became unstable.

As a middle way, for you who have a large RAM, it is better to use a little Virtual Memory. For example, if you have 1GB of RAM, you can use the Virtual Memory of 256MB or 128MB while still set "Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile" to "Enabled". The amount of Virtual Memory can be tailored to the needs and hard disk space.